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A Study on Poverty and Health Perceptions and Attitudes toward Poverty among Nursing Students

간호학생의 빈곤과 건강 관련성에 대한 인식 및 빈곤에 대한 태도 연구

  • Received : 2021.03.01
  • Accepted : 2021.05.20
  • Published : 2021.05.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was conducted to identify perceptions about the relationship between poverty and health and examined the attitudes toward poverty among nursing students. This study administered a standardized questionnaire to 198 nursing students at a university. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0. The results of the study showed that nursing students recognized the importance of nursing education for poverty. They also recognized that clinical practice and extra-curricular programs such as volunteer activities were necessary for nursing education. Furthermore, they were aware of the vicious cycle of poverty and health; however, their awareness of the health behavior of the poor was insufficient. In the perception of attitudes toward poverty, individual explanations of poverty tended to be more common than structural explanations, and there was a difference in scores according to age, economic level, political orientation, and clinical practice. In conclusion, it is necessary to develop programs, such as multidisciplinary convergence clinical practice education and volunteer activities, to produce competent nurses to health inequity care for the poor.

본 연구는 간호학생을 대상으로 빈곤과 건강 관련성에 대한 인식 및 빈곤에 대한 태도를 파악하기 위해 시도하였다. 본 연구는 일 대학 간호학생 198명을 대상으로 표준화된 설문지를 활용하여 조사한 후 SPSS ver. 22.0을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과 간호학생은 빈곤에 대한 간호교육의 중요성을 인식하고 있으며 임상실습, 봉사 등 비교과 프로그램을 통한 간호교육이 필요함도 인식하였다. 간호학생은 빈곤과 건강에 악순환에 대해 인식하고 있었으나 빈곤층 건강 행태에 대한 인식은 부족하였다. 빈곤에 대한 태도는 사회구조적 책임 보다 개인적 요인으로 인식하고 있는 경향이 있었고, 연령, 경제적 수준, 정치적 성향과 임상실습 여부에 따른 점수 차이가 있었다. 결론적으로 빈곤층 건강불평등 옹호를 위한 역량있는 간호사 배출을 위해서는 다학문적 융합 임상실습 교육 이외 및 봉사 활동 등 프로그램 개발이 필요할 것이다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the research grant of the Shinhan University in 2020

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