Awareness and Attitudes
Nursing Students’ Cultural Beliefs and Understanding of Dementia: A Phenomenological Study Across Three Continents.
Brooke, J., Cronin, C., Stiell, M., Ojo, O., Belcina Jr, M. T., Smajlović, S. K., & Slark, J. (2019).
Nurse Education Today, 77, 6-11.
This study explored the cultural beliefs about dementia among student nurses in England, Slovenia, the Philippines, and New Zealand through focus groups. The cultural heritage of student nurses influenced their beliefs about dementia; however, their understanding of the needs, care, and support of a person with dementia evolved through clinical experience and education.
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Investigation Into Attitudes Towards Older People with Dementia in Acute Hospitals Using the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire.
de Vries, K., Drury-Ruddlesden, J., & McGill, G. (2019).
Dementia, 1471301219857577.
This study surveyed staff working on acute medical and orthopaedic wards of five District Health Boards in New Zealand using the ‘Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire. The mean total score indicated overall positive attitudes. Allied health professionals, student nurses and pharmacists had high scores, whilst healthcare assistants scored lowest.
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The Development and Evaluation of an Analytical Framework To Explore Student Nurses’ Cultural Beliefs of Dementia. The Journal of Nursing Research.
Ojo, O., Brooke, J., & Cronin, C. (2019).
The Journal of Nursing Research.
The current study explored student nurses’ cultural beliefs about dementia through focus groups conducted in England, the Philippines, Slovenia, and New Zealand. The results are presented in three parts: the cultural analytical framework, the process of developing the initial categories/themes, and the final themes that emerged from the focus group data.
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