Filipino-American nurses' knowledge, perceptions, beliefs and practice of genetics and genomics

ABSTRACT

@#<p style="text-align justify;"><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> There is limited information on the   knowledge,   perceptions,   beliefs,   and practice, about genetics and genomics among Filipino-American   nurses.   The   National Coalition   of   Ethnic   Minority   Organizations (NCEMNA),  in  which  the  Philippine  Nurses Association  of  America  (PNAA)  is  a  member organization,  conducted  an  online  survey  to describe the genomic knowledge, perceptions, beliefs,  and  practice  of  minority  nurses.  This study   reports   on   responses   from   Filipino-American   survey   participants,   which   is   a subset analysis of the larger NCEMNA survey.<br /><strong>OBJECTIVE:</strong> The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, practice and genomic education of Filipino-American nurses.<br /><strong>METHOD:</strong>  An online survey of 112 Filipino-American nurses was conducted to describe the knowledge,  perceptions,  beliefs,  and  practice  of  genetics/genomics.  Survey  responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics.<br /><strong>RESULTS:</strong>  Most  (94%)  Filipino-American  nurses  wanted  to  learn  more  about  genetics. Although 41% of the respondents indicated good understanding of genetics of common diseases,  60%  had  not  attended  any  related  continuing  education  courses  since  RN licensure, and 73% reported unavailability of genetic courses to take. The majority (83%) of  PNAA  respondents  indicated  that  they  would  attend  genetics/genomics  awareness training if it was offered by their national organization during their annual conference, and 86%   reported   that   the   national   organization   should   have   a   visible   role   in genetics/genomics initiatives in their community.<br /><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong>  Filipino-American  nurses  wanted  to  learn  more  about  genetics  and  were willing to attend genetics/genomics trainings if offered by PNAA. The study findings can assist  PNAA  in  planning  future  educational  programs  that  incorporates  genetics  and genomics information. </p>