RESUMO
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an osteoporosis educational intervention on knowledge, health beliefs, and self-efficacy in college-age Puerto Rican women. The Health Belief Model and Purnell Model formed the theoretical framework for the study. Three hypotheses were tested with a convenience, randomized sample of 51 experimental and 54 control subjects, ages 18-25. The findings support the hypotheses that educational intervention improved osteoporosis knowledge, health beliefs, but had no effect on self-efficacy. Results and directions for future research are discussed.
Assuntos
Educação em Saúde/organização & administração , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Hispânico ou Latino/educação , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/prevenção & controle , Autoeficácia , Mulheres/educação , Adolescente , Adulto , Atitude Frente a Saúde/etnologia , Região do Caribe , Feminino , Hispânico ou Latino/etnologia , Humanos , Modelos Psicológicos , Análise Multivariada , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/etnologia , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Porto Rico/etnologia , Estudantes/psicologia , Inquéritos e Questionários , Universidades , Mulheres/psicologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Sexual violence is a public health problem in Puerto Rico (PR), with an incidence of 7.4 cases for every 10,000 people during 2005-2006 (Departamento de Salud Secretaría Auxiliar de Salud Familiar y Servicios Integrados, 2007). Findings from the literature review indicated that the traditional model of care provided to the victims of sexual violence in the Emergency Department is incomplete; furthermore, it may cause revictimization because of the attitudes, behaviors, and practices of the community service providers, resulting in additional trauma. Emerging evidence demonstrates that Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs are providing effective quality care. In PR, SANEs do not intervene in sexual assault cases; nevertheless, the Department of Health of PR has recognized the importance of SANE intervention. Consequently, there is a need for current evidence-based protocols and standards of care to describe the procedures, roles, and responsibilities for the provision of quality care to victims. This project involves the implementation of the Stufflebeam's Context-Input-Process-Product Model in the creation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico National Protocol for the Management of Victims of Sexual Violence: Adults/Adolescents.