RESEARCH ARTICLE
Student Nurses Attitudes Towards Using Social Media to Raise the Awareness of their Community about the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan
Noha Al-Shdayfat1, Ahlam Alnatour2, Raya Alhusban3, Dalal Yehia4, Najah M Al-shanableh5, Arwa Alsaraireh6, Ja’far M. Alkhawaldeh7, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 15
E-location ID: e187494452201120
Publisher ID: e187494452201120
DOI: 10.2174/18749445-v15-e2201120
Article History:
Received Date: 7/4/2021Revision Received Date: 16/8/2021
Acceptance Date: 27/9/2021
Electronic publication date: 04/02/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Aims:
The current study investigates the student nurses' attitudes and opinions towards their health promotion role during the COVID-19 pandemic using social media.
Background:
Social media and networking have become the most secure modes of communication among health care providers and their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world. However, it is the primary means of disseminating health information about disease prevention and control.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 296 student nurses aged 19-49 enrolled at twelve Jordanian universities (6 public and six private) in Jordan. The research team developed the self-administered questionnaire to explore the student nurses' attitudes towards their health promotion role during the COVID-19 pandemic using social media and the Internet.
Results:
Findings revealed that the student nurses had positive attitudes towards their health promotion role during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of student nurses are using social media to raise the awareness of their community about COVID-19 prevention.
Conclusion:
The current research findings provide baseline data on the student nurses' attitudes about the proper utilization of social media to enhance their community health about COVID-19. Given the student nurses' positive attitudes about their role in COVID-19 health promotion, we strongly recommend that they be provided with the necessary knowledge and skills to demonstrate effective health education.
