Impact of Community Health Nursing Students Home Visits on Outcomes of Primary Health Care Services

Abdelghafar Emara, Ahmed Rezk; Abd-El Azeem, Abeer Farag; Mahmoud, Hoda Esmat

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2025.402367.1371

Impact of Community Health Nursing Students Home Visits on Outcomes of Primary Health Care Services

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Ahmed Rezk Abdelghafar Emara, Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Misr University for Science and Technology,Giza,Egypt , ahmed.rezk@must.edu.eg, https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8969-6378

² lecturer of Community Health Nursing, - Faculty of Nursing- Bader University in Cairo

³ Assistant professor of the Community Nursing Department. College of Nursing –Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza,Egypt . (1)

10.21608/pssjn.2025.402367.1371

Abstract

Background: Patient-centered treatment, early intervention, and prevention. Nursing students participating in community projects like house visits has emerged as a useful tactic in response to the rising need for services that are equitable and easily accessible. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of community health nursing students home visits on outcomes of primary health care services design: A descriptive research design was used. Design: Using of descriptive correlational design was carried out. Settings: The study was conducted in the communities around Al-Amal Specialized Clinics which operate under Suad Kafafi University Hospital. Subjects: A Convenient sample of 61 participants. Tools: structure questionnaire comprising four parts; 1^stpart: socio-demographic characteristics, 2^nd part: Evaluation of home visits, 3^rd part: Beneficiaries’ opinions regarding their health status before and after the visits, 4^th part: Experiences of the nursing students, including difficulties in assessing family needs. Results: Before home visit, only 19% of the samples had good health awareness. While 50.5% of the samples had poor health awareness. After the home visits, the participants' health awareness improved, with a highly significant difference P values 0.00. Conclusion: The current study concludes that the home visits by nursing students significantly improved health awareness Recommendations: Home visits should be formally included in nursing curricula. Awareness campaigns, especially in rural areas.

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Main Subjects

Community Health Nursing

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