Swedish version of measuring cultural awareness in nursing students: validity and reliability test

Hadziabdic, Emina; Safipour, Jalal; Bachrach‐Lindström, Margareta; Hultsjö, Sally

doi:10.1186/s12912-016-0146-6

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“…[31] The focus is on measuring the cultural awareness related to the nursing education among students in their final year of education. Three universities that are located in the southern part of Sweden participated in this study.…”

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Measuring nursing students’ cultural awareness: A cross-sectional study among three universities in southern Sweden

Safipour

Hadziabdic

Hultsjö³

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JNEP

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Background/Objective: Cultural awareness refers to when someone is aware of his/her own and other people's cultural values. Academic nursing education should promote students' ability to analyze, understand, and respect people's cultural backgrounds and their values to be able provide equitable care in a multicultural society. This essential competence for nursing students can be obtained through learning and practicing to prioritize people's greatest needs. The aim of this study was to explore students' cultural awareness related to their nursing education by considering their socio-demographic background. Methods: This quantitative study was conducted by means of a pre-designed Cultural Awareness Scale. In total, 215 students participated in this study. Descriptive statistics were used to report the distribution of the data, and regression analysis was carried out to assess the statistical significance of the association between the variables. Results: The results indicated moderately high cultural awareness among nursing students related to their general education, cognitive awareness, comfort with interaction, and clinical practice/patient care. Nevertheless, no statistically significant correlation was identified between the socio-demographic factors (sex, age, and experience of living abroad). However, being a first generation immigrant was significantly associated with better cultural awareness in terms of Patient Care/Clinical Issue. Conclusions: In Sweden, universities are free to design their educational programs since there is no universal curriculum that applies to all the universities; nonetheless, the relatively high level of cultural awareness remained the same for the universities under investigation. This finding suggests that the importance of cultural awareness in nursing education is recognized in this context.

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“…[32,33] The reliable and validated CAS is also available in Swedish with 35 items. [31] In the Swedish version, one item was removed due to the lack of validity and reliability. [31] The CAS is a Likert-type scale with 7 alternatives for each item, from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree ( …”

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Measuring nursing students’ cultural awareness: A cross-sectional study among three universities in southern Sweden

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“…There is also a moderate correlation between the dimension: 'Cognitive Awareness' and 'Patient Care/Clinical Issues. Hadziabdic, Safipour, Bachrach-Lindström, and Hultsjö (2016) report the negative intercorrelation between those dimensions.…”

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Strengthening Cultural Awareness of Nursing Students

Donik¹,

Lorber²

2019

Women, Migrations and Health

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Cultural awareness by nurses is key for ensuring quality and person-centred care, therefore, strengthening cultural awareness in nursing students is very important. By measuring cultural awareness of nursing students and involving them in various educational modules in the field of transcultural nursing, we can influence their cultural awareness and sensitivity. The purpose of the research is to measure the level of cultural awareness in nursing students. A quantitative research approach was used. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was performed. For measuring cultural awareness in nursing students, a Cultural awareness scale (CAS) was used. Descriptive statistical methods and inferential statistics were used. The results showed a moderate level of cultural awareness in nursing students. The results indicated that female nursing students' average cultural awareness was higher than in male nursing students. The gender difference was especially high in the dimension Behaviours/Comfort with interactions. The inter-correlation between dimensions that measured cultural awareness was mostly positive. To ensure culturally competent nursing care, it is necessary to start teaching and gaining cultural competences early in their studies as education in the field of cultural competences represents a strategy for improving the knowledge, attitudes and skills of nursing students.

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“…The study used a Likert-type scale questionnaire of 5, in which all participants were asked 12 questions for the purpose of assessing how they ascribed to cultural aspects in language learning. The selected questions were adapted from the studies of Nault (2006), Wang (2008), Tokić (2013), and Hadziabdic, Safipour, Bachrach-Lindström, and Hultsjö (2016). The validity of the questionnaire was assured through evaluation by 508 faculty members at the Faculty of Education at Yarmouk University.…”

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Intercultural Competence Among English Learners at Yarmouk University, Jordan

Daraiseh¹

2018

UCFL

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Although English is the second language in Jordan and mandatory at its universities, intercultural competence among undergraduate students is still debated. It is therefore also debated that the lack of understanding of the vital importance of intercultural competence could be the reason for the poor learning of English among Jordanian students. Accordingly, this study comes to evaluate the intercultural competence among the undergraduate students at Yarmouk University, using a 5-point Likert questionnaire. The sample of the study consists of 150 students who were selected randomly and who passed the English courses EL 99 and El 101. The questionnaires were analyzed by using the statistical package SPSS. The various hypotheses of the study were tested by using one sample t-test.The results of the study show that the students are not aware of the concept of culture and perceive English courses (EL 99 and El 101) as the same as other taught ones. In addition, they think neither that the English courses can improve their intercultural competency nor that the integration of culture can do that in these courses. 504are less tolerant of each other than people who share neither language nor culture. The former already knows the language while the latter does not, but the latter has motivation, openness, and acceptance to learn both the others' language and the others' culture or background or ideas, in which the language exists; as a result, they are more tolerant to cultural aspects which they have not experienced as they were learning their own language and culture.Generally, undergraduate students at Yarmouk University study two courses in English language as university requirements (English Language Skills EL 99 and EL 101). These courses acquaint the students with the basic knowledge of English, though not to a level that enables the student to enter the labor market or compete with other students from other universities in the region. The courses are currently offered online and thus lack the essence of communication and conversation. The textbooks are designed by the faculty members (Jordanians) of the Language Center of Yarmouk University, who are significantly attempting to delete all cultural aspects which do not fit with Jordanian culture. It is assumed that these inputs may affect the students' English language as an output. The study by Abu-Melhim (2009) showed that most of the English teachers in Jordan exhibited negative attitudes toward the teaching profession. In addition, many EFL instructors in Jordan are neither equipped nor prepared to teach English in a cultural context. This maybe because their teachers themselves taught them English detached from its cultural background (BaniAbido & Breen, 2010). This is the case even though all modern studies have proved that motivation and the willingness to learn are the most important factors in any learning environment.

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Swedish version of measuring cultural awareness in nursing students: validity and reliability test

Cited by 16 publications

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Measuring nursing students’ cultural awareness: A cross-sectional study among three universities in southern Sweden

Measuring nursing students’ cultural awareness: A cross-sectional study among three universities in southern Sweden

Strengthening Cultural Awareness of Nursing Students

Intercultural Competence Among English Learners at Yarmouk University, Jordan

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