Effect of Jigsaw Teaching Strategy on Internship Nursing Students’ Health Literacy Regarding Menstrual Blood Banking

Abstract

Stem cells research and associated therapies are advancing remarkably. The potential to separate stem cells from menstrual blood has created a new avenue in stem cells research that may one day provide mankind with therapeutic advantages. Aim: The current study aimed to examine the effect of jigsaw teaching strategy on internship nursing students’ health literacy regarding menstrual blood banking. Methods: A quasi-experimental design (one-group pretest-posttest) was adopted. A convenience sample of 100 internship nursing students were recruited. Data were collected using two tools: structured self-administered questionnaire and menstrual blood banking attitude assessment scale. Results: Study findings revealed that, pre-intervention the mean knowledge score was 7.70±2.40 while at post-intervention it was significantly increased to 12.2±2.02 (p= 0.02). Concerning attitude, only 6.0% of students expressed positive attitude regarding menstrual blood banking pre-intervention as compared to 78.0% of them post-intervention (p<0.001). The current study declared that, there was a statistically significant correlation between knowledge and attitude at post-intervention (p =0.003). Conclusion: jigsaw teaching strategy had a significant positive impact on internship nursing students’ health literacy towards menstrual blood banking. Recommendation: Utilization of such teaching strategy should be encouraged to improve health literacy among internship nursing students.