Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Anna Hubbard

Abstract

AbstractMental health stigma exists across multiple minority populations, especially among African immigrants in the United States. The purpose of this project was to increase staff knowledge at an outpatient mental health clinic by educating them on mental health stigma among African immigrants in the United States. The practice-focused question guiding this study was: Does nursing staff education on mental health stigmas among African immigrants increase knowledge? Two theories served as the theoretical framework for this doctoral project: social stigma theory and modified labeling theory. Seventeen staff members voluntarily participated in a 60-minute nursing staff education project based on the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation model. The participants completed a 10-question pretest and posttest with the same questions before and after the education program. Using Microsoft Excel software, a paired sample -test was performed to analyze the data. In this participant sample, the mean pretest average was 52.9%. The pretest scores showed that staff had some knowledge and skills about mental health stigma among African immigrants, but that knowledge was limited. Posttest scores after the staff education improved to 92.3%, demonstrating an increase in staff knowledge about mental health stigma among African immigrants. This project could have implications for positive social change by providing staff with a better understanding of the negative beliefs of mental illness in African communities, which could improve the quality of care offered to these patients by the healthcare organization.

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