Public health competencies and contents of Nursing degree programs in Spanish universities

e201809064

Authors

  • Alberto Lana-Pérez Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Universidad de Oviedo. Oviedo. España.
  • Francisco Caamaño-Isorna Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. CIBERESP. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. España.
  • Alicia Baltasar-Bagué Departamento de Enfermería. Universitat de Girona. Girona. España.
  • Carmen Amezcua-Prieto Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. CIBERESP. Universidad de Granada. Granada. España.
  • Carmen Vives-Cases Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Universidad de Alicante. Alicante. España. / CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Barcelona. España.
  • María Carmen Davó-Blanes Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Universidad de Alicante. Alicante. España.
  • Grupo de la IV Reunión del Foro de Profesorado Universitario de Salud Pública en el Grado de Enfermería

Keywords:

Public Health, Nursing, Education nursing, Competency-based education, Qualitative research, University

Abstract

Background: The Forum of Public Health University Teachers aims to update the Public Health training in the degree studies. The aim was to determine the competences and basic contents of Public Health of Nursing Degree in Spain according to the criterion of the university academic staff.

Methods: Qualitative study, based on the nominal group technique. The snowball sampling was used to recruit Public Health professors of the Nursing degree, with full time dedication and preferably of the area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Finally, 17 professors from 11 public universities participated, who formed the Forum of University Professors of Public Health of the Nursing Degree, which was held at the University of Barcelona.

Results: Nursing professors selected 43 of the 80 competences which are recognized for Public Health professionals. The majority corresponded to the functions Assessing population health needs and Developing health policies. Professors also got to agree about 47 issues organized in 7 blocks, with contents on introduction of Public Health, demography, health determinants, epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases, health systems and health management, and health promotion and education for health.

Conclusions: The university teachers agreed on Public Health competencies and contents suitable for the Nursing Degree. This consensus constitutes a reference to elaborate educational guides of Public Health for Nursing Degree.

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2018-09-12

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Lana-Pérez A, Caamaño-Isorna F, Baltasar-Bagué A, Amezcua-Prieto C, Vives-Cases C, Davó-Blanes MC, et al. Public health competencies and contents of Nursing degree programs in Spanish universities: e201809064. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2018 Sep. 12 [cited 2025 Jun. 7];92:13 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/1284

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