Raising Awareness about Continuing Health Education with Nursing Professionals: Strategic Action Research.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Continuing Health Education

Background:

• Nursing professionals often exhibit limited or superficial knowledge regarding continuing health education.
• Effective strategies are needed to enhance understanding and application of continuing health education.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the impact of an awareness-raising workshop on nursing professionals' knowledge of continuing health education.
• To analyze the transformation of knowledge concerning continuing health education concepts and practices.

Main Methods:

• Strategic action research involving 25 nursing professionals in Brazil.
• Data collected via pre- and post-workshop questionnaires with open-ended questions.
• Discursive textual analysis of collected data.

Main Results:

• A central theme of 'Understanding about continuing health education' emerged.
• Pre-workshop assessment revealed a deficit in knowledge; post-workshop showed significant expansion.
• Knowledge enhancement encompassed both conceptual and functional aspects of continuing health education.

Conclusions:

• Awareness-raising workshops are effective in addressing knowledge gaps in continuing health education.
• These workshops contribute to a significant transformation in nursing professionals' understanding and application of continuing health education.
• The study highlights the value of targeted educational interventions in professional development.