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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2023

Evaluating the Knowledge Change Before and After Continuing Cancer Education in Malawian Nurses.

Jennifer Hotchkiss, Agatha Kapatuka Bula, Chifundo Zimba, Samuel Bingo, Mabel Chinkhata, Lixin Song, Ashley Leak Bryant

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer HotchkissUNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA. Jennifer_hotchkiss@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6003-821X
Agatha Kapatuka BulaUNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
Chifundo ZimbaUNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
Samuel BingoNational Cancer Centre, Kamuzu Central Hospital, PO Box 149, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Mabel ChinkhataKamuzu Central Hospital, P. O Box 149, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Lixin SongSchool of Nursing UT Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7947, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Ashley Leak BryantUNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USKamuzu Central Hospital · MWThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malawi has a high cancer incidence and mortality. Efforts to train and educate oncology nurses have been identified as an area of need. This study evaluates the educational needs of oncology nurses in Malawi and the effects of a virtual cancer education program on improving the knowledge of cancer epidemiology, treatment, and nursing care of common cancers among oncology nurses in Malawi. The educational programs consisted of four sessions at one-month intervals focused on Cancer Screening, Survivorship, Radiation Therapy, and Complementary and Alternative Therapies. A pretest-posttest design was used. Overall, there was an increase in knowledge at each session: cancer screening (47% vs 95%), survivorship (22% vs 100%), radiation therapy (66% vs 100%), and complementary and alternative therapies (63% vs 88%). Using virtual continuing education sessions is an effective tool to enhance the knowledge of oncology nurses in Malawi. These education sessions can serve as an example of how other Schools of Nursing and cancer centers in high-resource countries can collaborate with hospitals and Schools of Nursing in low- and middle-resource countries to support the advancement of oncology nursing knowledge, and ultimately, oncologic care.

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Education, NursingNeoplasmsNursesEducation, ContinuingEducation, Nursing, ContinuingHumansOncology NursingCancerEducationKnowledgeMalawiNurseVirtual

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PMID37208558
PMCPMC10198782
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