Black population’s health in nursing training: students’ knowledge

TL;DR

This study finds that nursing students and graduates in Brazil have limited knowledge about the health of the Black population and related national policies.

Contribution

The study highlights the lack of focused education on Black population health in nursing curricula and suggests integrating anti-racist practices into training.

Findings

Nursing students showed low knowledge about the health of the Black population.

The Brazilian National Policy for Comprehensive Black Population’s Health is poorly understood by participants.

The topic is rarely addressed in nursing courses, mainly in socio-historical contexts.

Abstract

to analyze the knowledge of students and recent graduates of a nursing course about the black population’s health.

an exploratory and cross-sectional study with nursing students and recent graduates from a public university in southeastern Brazil. Data were collected online with 63 participants. The Kruskal-Wallis test was performed for statistical analysis.

there was little knowledge about the black population’s health and the Brazilian National Policy for Comprehensive Black Population’s Health. The approach to this topic in the nursing course is rare and mainly carried out in collective health curricular units, from a socio-historical perspective.

students’ low knowledge reveals the need for a greater approach to the black population’s health in the nursing course, with a view to training centered on ethnic-racial relations and anti-racist practices.

analisar o conhecimento de estudantes e recém-egressos/as de um curso de enfermagem sobre a saúde da população negra.

estudo exploratório e transversal, com estudantes e recém-egressos/as de enfermagem de uma universidade pública da região Sudeste do Brasil. Coletaram-se dados de forma online com 63 participantes. Realizou-se o teste de Kruskal-Wallis para análise estatística.

evidenciou-se baixo conhecimento sobre a saúde da população negra e sobre a Política Nacional da Saúde Integral da População Negra. A abordagem da temática no curso de enfermagem é rara e principalmente realizada em unidades curriculares da saúde coletiva, a partir de perspectiva sócio-histórica.

o baixo conhecimento de estudantes revela a necessidade de maior abordagem da saúde da população negra no curso de enfermagem, com vistas à formação centrada nas relações étnico-raciais e práticas antirracistas.

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