Migrant Health Promotion Program for University Students

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of the study is to determine effect of program about developing nursing students' attitudes towards refugees based on contact hypothesis on Xenophobia, Attitude towards Refugees and Intercultural Sensitivity.

Detailed Description
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This Randomized Controlled Trials has been conducted with Bachelor's degree in nursing. Ninety students selected and randomly assigned to the intervention and control group as 45 students. Intervention group received a program about developing refugees health for 12 weeks. The content of this program consists of education and practices for refugees health. Primary Outcome Measure: Xenophobia, Attitude towards Refugees and Intercultural Sensitivity Scale.

Official Title
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Developing Nursing Students Attitudes Towards Refugees Based on Contact Hypothesis: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Conditions
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Refugees

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: To develop nursing students' attitudes towards refugees program which based on contact hypothesis.


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: The university students in the fourth year of nursing education Exclusion Criteria: Refugees or immigrants students
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Intervention group and control group
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention Group<br>Intervention contain education and application about refugees health. | Other: To develop nursing students' attitudes towards refugees program which based on contact hypothesis.<br>* In the first three weeks, education were given to the intervention group about refugees. Students watched a film on the theme of migration. After than the students contacted refugees in three different centers ( an immigrant health center, a school and a civil Society Organization) each of them for a total of nine weeks and two days a week.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control Group<br>Students of control group performed routine public health nursing practices. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Xenophobia, | Xenophobia Scale: The scale consists of 11 items and a single factor structure. The lowest score that can be obtained from Likert type scale (6 options) is 14 and the highest score is 84; The higher the score, the higher the risk of xenophobia. | 12 weeks | 
| Attitude towards Refugees | Attitude towards Refugees Scale: The scale is a likert type (5 options) and has 5 sub-dimensions | 12 weeks | 
| Intercultural Sensitivity | Intercultural Sensitivity Scale: The scale consists of 24 items and is a five-point likert type. The lowest total score that can be obtained from the scale is 24 and the highest total score is 120. The increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates that the level of cultural sensitivity increased. | 12 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Refugees health, Contact hypothesis, Nursing students, Attitudes, Randomized controlled trial