Revista de Enfermagem Referencia
Volume 2019, Issue 21, 2019, Pages 13-22

Attitudes towards the immigration of students from a nursing school in Portugal [Atitudes em relação à imigração dos alunos de uma escola de enfermagem de Portugal] [Actitudes ante la inmigración del alumnado de una escuela de enfermería de Portugal] (Article) (Open Access)

Gurrutxaga M.I.U.* , Cardoso M.L. , Xavier B. , Gallego B.M. , Rodrigues M.A.
  • a University of Castilla-La Mancha, University College of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Calle Cerro Miraflores 1, Toledo, 45071, Spain
  • b Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3046-851, Portugal
  • c ESEnfC, Coimbra, 3046-851, Portugal
  • d University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, 45071, Spain
  • e ESEnfC, Coimbra, 3046-851, Portugal

Abstract

Background: Cultural diversity is present in all societies. Nurses must be culturally competent to provide quality care. Objective: To validate the Scale of Attitude toward Immigration in Nursing (EAIE) in Portuguese and to know the attitudes toward the immigration of the first-year undergraduate students of a nursing school in Portugal. Methodology: Descriptive, exploratory, and analytical study, with the translation and transcultural adaptation of the EAIE to the Portuguese language, composed of 39 items. The participants were 143 students. Results: Scale with a good internal consistency, assessed with Cronbach’s α (0,94). With the univariate analysis of the scale and each separate item, significant attitudinal differences were identified between men and women in 6 items, and among age groups in 2 items. Conclusion: The attitudes of a portion of the students are not favorable to the full recognition of the rights of health and social resources of the immigrants. It is necessary to develop the training in cultural competence and the Universal Right to Health. © 2019, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Cultural diversity emigrants and immigrants Attitude Health nursing

Index Keywords

Cultural Diversity immigrant nursing education Portuguese (language) Portugal internal consistency Cronbach alpha coefficient immigration human cultural competence groups by age male female univariate analysis Article major clinical study adult exploratory research human experiment
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071987343&doi=10.12707%2fRIV18086&partnerID=40&md5=2f27116420c9e4e4a16864ee70d4574e
DOI: 10.12707/RIV18086
ISSN: 08740283
Original Language: English