Knowledge regarding social equity in sustainable development with relationship to health among nursing students
Shivanand Kore and Dr. Rajashekharayya CK
Background: Healthy lives and promote well-being for allages. Poor health can be attributed to inequity in the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. The case studies showing the amazing work that nurses around the world are doing to improve access to health care, to educate populations. The sustainable development requires nursing students to think critically about issues related to such as climate change, poverty, and inequality. By engaging with these issues, students can develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for success in the modern world.
Objectives
1.To assess the level of knowledge regarding social equity in sustainable development among nursing students.
2.To find out the association between the level of knowledge among nursing students with their selected socio demographic variables.
Methods: A quantitative research approach and non-experimental descriptive design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Gauritai Tilak College of Nursing Solapur, Maharashtra, India. Sample of 30 students based on inclusion criteria were chosen by purposive sampling technique.
Results: Self-administered questionnaire was administered to participants in less than 70% was had inadequate knowledge and 23.33% participant had moderate knowledge. The finding showed that the mean level of knowledge mean score of the subjects was 14.5. The chi-square test was applied to check the association of socio-demographic variables with level of knowledge showed that age, sex, place of residence, source of information was no significant.
Conclusion: The result of the study showed that there was a significant inadequate knowledge about social equity in sustainable development there is an need for any type academic awareness programme to improve the knowledge.
Shivanand Kore, Dr. Rajashekharayya CK. Knowledge regarding social equity in sustainable development with relationship to health among nursing students. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2024;7(2):90-93. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2024.v7.i2.B.404