Date of Award
Spring 3-23-2025
Document Type
Scholarly Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
First Advisor
David Liguori
Second Advisor
Courtney Montgomery
Abstract
Practice Problem: Brazilian immigrants in Florida face cultural and language barriers that hinder their ability to understand and engage with healthcare services. Additionally, healthcare providers often lack the cultural competency needed to deliver effective patient education, contributing to poor health literacy within this population.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: For healthcare interprofessional staff supporting Brazilian immigrants in Florida (P), how does the development of a web-based health literacy toolkit (I), compared to standard educational methods (C), influence their competency in delivering culturally sensitive patient education (O)?
Evidence: Research demonstrates that culturally tailored health literacy interventions improve patient comprehension, adherence to treatment, and overall health outcomes, supporting the need for targeted educational strategies for immigrant populations.
Intervention: This project proposed a web-based health literacy toolkit featuring interactive training modules, patient education materials in Portuguese, and culturally relevant resources to enhance interprofessional staff competence in culturally sensitive communication.
Outcome: The expected outcome is that healthcare providers using the toolkit will show increased confidence and competence in delivering culturally appropriate patient education, leading to improved health literacy and healthcare engagement among Brazilian immigrants.
Conclusion: This project highlights the potential of culturally tailored, web-based educational tools to strengthen provider competencies and promote equitable healthcare delivery for immigrant populations, particularly Brazilian immigrants in Florida.
Recommended Citation
Reis Pereira dos Santos, F. (2025). Enhancing Interprofessional Staff Competence in Culturally Sensitive Patient Education: A Web-Based Health Literacy Toolkit for Brazilian Immigrants in Florida. [Doctoral project, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences]. SOAR @ USA: Student Scholarly Projects Collection. https://doi.org/10.46409/sr./SIMN7990
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Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Health Information Technology Commons, Interprofessional Education Commons
Comments
Scholarly project submitted to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice.