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Learning Objective 1: Describe a collaborative partnership model which increases nursing students' knowledge about urban and rural community health nursing in the Philippines and Philippine culture.
Learning Objective 2: Identify partnerships with Philippine nursing faculty, students and community leaders which promote advancement of nursing education on health problems, disease prevention and health promotion.
Findings: Students reported experiences met objectives. Urban setting activities included: College of Nursing orientation; Chancellor/faculty meeting on nursing curriculum/health problems in the Philippines; hospital tour; Health Officer meeting on urban health problems/interventions; mayor meeting on community needs; Nutrition Program visit. Rural activities included: health clinic tour; Rural Health Unit/client home visits; health fair for children. Objective 2 was met through: community leader meetings on culture, health care delivery system; historic tour of Manila; shopping for ethnic foods/visiting Balut market to buy cooked duck embryos; climbing Taal volcano. Students completed an independent study or obtained hours toward community health clinical. Projects focused on tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, malnutrition and prevention/management strategies. Projects will be presented at a global healthcare symposium. Student benefits: increased knowledge about health problems including poor nutrition, smoking, tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, ascaris worms, environmental pollution; understanding Philippine culture, health care delivery system, nurses roles in promoting health/preventing disease. Faculty/students shared nursing knowledge with Philippine nurses/students. Conclusions: Collaborative Partnership Model contributed to students’ understanding of community health problems, disease prevention/health promotion strategies. Findings have implications for development of successful global collaborative partnerships and implementation /evaluation of Philippines study abroad experiences for nursing students. The experience promoted advancement of education of nursing students in a global setting.