Florence Luhanga, Sithokozile Maposa, Vivian Puplampu, Eunice Abudu
"Let's Call a Spade a Spade. My Barrier is Being a Black Student": Challenges for Black Undergraduate Nursing Students in a Western Canadian Province
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres
objective children spend nearly third day school making critical point intervention asthma study aimed illuminate minority students experiences asthma school perceptions facilitators barriers care methods mixedmethods study conducted elementary students asthma participants completed 24question survey drawing exercise depict experiences caring asthma school focus group discussion drawings analyzed narrative pictorial themes discussions audiorecorded transcribed independently coded themes results fifteen children asthma 811 years participated two chicago schools predominately africanamerican populations students 79 indicated control asthma school 85 identified asthma problem exercising half 53 received help asthma care school drawings depicted cooperative management adults peers central role inhalers part everyday asthma care school finally focus groups produced six key themes within domains facilitators 1 support others 2 selfefficacy 3 perception normal barriers 4 lack support others 5 difficulty accessing inhaler 6 perception different conclusions study suggests asthma care plays important role students school experiences stigma around inhaler use lack concern school staff limited access medications remain barriers schoolbased asthma management although facilitators support teachers peers exist future interventions must address existing barriers