All health student participants perceived knowledge, skills and confidence in relation to providing clinical prevention, behaviour change and physical activity behaviour change, pre- and post-placement
| Student survey data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Disagree/Strongly disagree n (%) | Agree/Strongly agree n (%) | Median (Q1, Q3) | Z score | ||||
| Pre-placement (n = 44) | Post-placement (n = 41) | Pre-placement (n = 44) | Post-placement (n = 41) | Pre-placement (n = 44) | Post- placement (n = 41) | All participants Pre (n = 44), post (n = 41) | Matched (n = 23) | |
| Clinical Prevention | ||||||||
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of the principles of clinical prevention | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 30 (68) | 40 (98) | 4 (3,4) | 4 (4,5) | −3.88 | −3.29 |
| I am confident in implementing general prevention activities within clinical care | 3 (7) | 0 (0) | 28 (64) | 40 (98) | 4 (3,4) | 5 (4,5) | −4.23 | −3.15 |
| I am confident in implementing social prescription activities within clinical care | 14 (32) | 0 (0) | 19 (43) | 36 (88) | 3 (2,4) | 4 (4,5) | −4.34 | −3.38 |
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of Health and Wellbeing Queensland and their suite of prevention programs | 22 (50) | 1 (2) | 12 (27) | 33 (81) | 2.5 (2,4) | 4 (4,5) | −5.46 | −3.52 |
| Behaviour change | ||||||||
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of the influences on behaviour | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 36 (82) | 41 (100) | 4 (4, 4) | 5 (4, 5) | −3.93 | −3.067 |
| I am confident in using behaviour change strategies as part of my clinical practice | 6 (14) | 0 (0) | 24 (54) | 38 (93) | 4 (3,4) | 4 (4, 5) | −4.77 | −3.62 |
| I am confident in my ability to offer support and guidance to clients to help them make healthy behaviour changes | 4 (9) | 0 (0) | 31 (70) | 40 (98) | 4 (3,4) | 5 (4, 5) | −4.55 | −3.52 |
| I am confident in my ability to offer support and guidance to clients with complex conditions to help them make healthy behaviour changes | 11 (25) | 0 (0) | 22 (50) | 38 (93) | 3.5 (2.75, 4) | 4 (4, 5) | −4.81 | −3.41 |
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of the Australian physical activity guidelines | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 36 (82) | 41 (100) | 4 (4, 5) | 5 (4,5) | −2.89 | −3.067 |
| I am confident to provide advice in line with the Australian physical activity guidelines | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 34 (78) | 39 (95) | 4 (4,4.25) | 5 (4,5) | −3.37 | −2.844 |
| I am confident in discussing behaviour change in relation to physical activity with a client | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 32 (73) | 39 (95) | 4 (3,4) | 5 (4,5) | −4.27 | −3.201 |
| I am confident in providing physical activity behaviour change support to clients | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 29 (66) | 39 (95) | 4 (3, 4) | 5 (4, 5) | −4.64 | −3.56 |
| I am confident in providing physical activity behaviour change support to clients with complex conditions | 14 (32) | 2 (5) | 14 (32) | 34 (83) | 3 (2,4) | 4 (4,5) | −4.91 | −3.64 |
| Student survey data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Disagree/Strongly disagree | Agree/Strongly agree | Median (Q1, Q3) | Z score | ||||
| Pre-placement ( | Post-placement ( | Pre-placement ( | Post-placement ( | Pre-placement ( | Post- | All participants | Matched ( | |
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of the principles of clinical prevention | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 30 (68) | 40 (98) | 4 (3,4) | 4 (4,5) | −3.88 | −3.29 |
| I am confident in implementing general prevention activities within clinical care | 3 (7) | 0 (0) | 28 (64) | 40 (98) | 4 (3,4) | 5 (4,5) | −4.23 | −3.15 |
| I am confident in implementing social prescription activities within clinical care | 14 (32) | 0 (0) | 19 (43) | 36 (88) | 3 (2,4) | 4 (4,5) | −4.34 | −3.38 |
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of Health and Wellbeing Queensland and their suite of prevention programs | 22 (50) | 1 (2) | 12 (27) | 33 (81) | 2.5 (2,4) | 4 (4,5) | −5.46 | −3.52 |
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of the influences on behaviour | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 36 (82) | 41 (100) | 4 (4, 4) | 5 (4, 5) | −3.93 | −3.067 |
| I am confident in using behaviour change strategies as part of my clinical practice | 6 (14) | 0 (0) | 24 (54) | 38 (93) | 4 (3,4) | 4 (4, 5) | −4.77 | −3.62 |
| I am confident in my ability to offer support and guidance to clients to help them make healthy behaviour changes | 4 (9) | 0 (0) | 31 (70) | 40 (98) | 4 (3,4) | 5 (4, 5) | −4.55 | −3.52 |
| I am confident in my ability to offer support and guidance to clients with complex conditions to help them make healthy behaviour changes | 11 (25) | 0 (0) | 22 (50) | 38 (93) | 3.5 (2.75, 4) | 4 (4, 5) | −4.81 | −3.41 |
| I have a good knowledge and understanding of the Australian physical activity guidelines | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 36 (82) | 41 (100) | 4 (4, 5) | 5 (4,5) | −2.89 | −3.067 |
| I am confident to provide advice in line with the Australian physical activity guidelines | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 34 (78) | 39 (95) | 4 (4,4.25) | 5 (4,5) | −3.37 | −2.844 |
| I am confident in discussing behaviour change in relation to physical activity with a client | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 32 (73) | 39 (95) | 4 (3,4) | 5 (4,5) | −4.27 | −3.201 |
| I am confident in providing physical activity behaviour change support to clients | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | 29 (66) | 39 (95) | 4 (3, 4) | 5 (4, 5) | −4.64 | −3.56 |
| I am confident in providing physical activity behaviour change support to clients with complex conditions | 14 (32) | 2 (5) | 14 (32) | 34 (83) | 3 (2,4) | 4 (4,5) | −4.91 | −3.64 |
| Start of placement (n = 44) | End of placement (n = 41) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Unsure, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | Unsure, n (%) | |
| I believe that providing behaviour change support to clients is an important responsibility of being a health professional | 44 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 41 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Providing behaviour change support to clients means they are more likely to change their health behaviours than if I don't | 38 (86) | 0 (0) | 6 (14) | 41 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Start of placement ( | End of placement ( | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, | No, | Unsure, | Yes, | No, | Unsure, | |
| I believe that providing behaviour change support to clients is an important responsibility of being a health professional | 44 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 41 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Providing behaviour change support to clients means they are more likely to change their health behaviours than if I don't | 38 (86) | 0 (0) | 6 (14) | 41 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Note(s): Q = Quartile; Z-scores derived from Mann–Whitney U tests (all participant analyses) and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests (matched analyses). Median values are reported due to non-normal distribution of ordinal Likert-scale data
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