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NCT Number: NCT04578821

Social Justice Advocacy Skills and Ethical Sensitivity

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of advocacy education on social justice advocacy skills and ethical sensitivity in undergraduate nursing students.

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Key information

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, 42090, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Advocacy is an effort to correct or change situations that affect people, society and systems.The origin of advocacy is to provide active support in the Latin "Advocates" dictionary. It is defined as "defense work" in Turkish dictionary advocacy is an ethical dimension of nursing practices in nursing science that shows how nursing care is needed and how the nurse will approach the individual, group and society in need.Social justice advocacy has an increasing importance as people are affected by pressure from the social system.Disease, weakness and early deaths are more common in ethnic and diverse races, poor people and societies that do not receive services.Within the scope of advocacy, the duties and responsibilities of individuals, families and society have been determined by laws and regulations in order to protect and improve the health of the society. Advocacy is the nurse's professional role and ethical responsibility.Total 80 students (İntervention and control group)was selected randomly from 112 4 th grade student. Students were randomly assigned to the experimental group(n=40) and the control group(n=40). The experimental group students will take advocacy intervention courses The control group students will the routine curriculum. In this study, effect size will be determined with 5% error margin by using sample size power analysis Gpower 3.1.9.2 program. Accordingly, it was calculated that 35 students were included in the intervention and control groups with 5% error margin and 80% power. İt was decided to include at least 40 people in each working group with 20% surplus, considering that they might be lost in data collection. Theoretical education, film and video screening, case study, Social Security Institution (SSİ) Study, WEB based work, The student will preparation of advocacy action plan, students prepared poster and advocacy awareness activity, poster were exhibited at the campus. Data Collection Tools: Student Information Form, Social Justice Advocacy Scale , Moral-Ethical Sensitivity Scale. Statistical Analysis:Similarity of experimental and control groups; number, percentage, average and standard deviation, pre-test, post test; scale scores difference in dependent groups t-test.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Student who speak very well Turkish

Exclusion criteria

  • Foreign students who do not speak very well Turkish.

Treatment and study plan

Educational Intervention

Other

Educational intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. Social Justice Advocacy Scale score level

    Time frame: At the beginning of advocacy education, an avarage of 1 hour

    Score level of social justice advocacy skill before advocacy education

  2. Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire score level

    Time frame: At the beginning of advocacy education, an avarage of 1 hour

    Score level of moral sensitivity questionnaire before advocacy education. Similarity of experimental and control groups; number, percentage, average and standard deviation.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Social Justice Advocacy Scale

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Changes in the score level of social justice advocacy skill after advocacy education

  2. Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Changes in the score level of moral sensitivity questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nesime Demirören

Other

Collaborators

  • Necmettin Erbakan University

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Advocacy Education on Developing Social Justice Advocacy Skills and Ethical Sensitivity in Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 8, 2020
Registry last updated
Oct 8, 2020

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