A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the effects of global health competency improvement programs on nurses and nursing students

To identify trends in global health competency improvement programs for nurses and to verify their effects.Systematic review and meta-analysis.Articles published from 2000-2017 in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, and ProQuest and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database, Cochrane Library, Research Information Sharing Service, DataBase Periodical Information Academic, Korean Studies Information Service System, and National Assembly Library.Cochrane methods were used to conduct a systematic review, meta-analysis, and sensitivity analysis.Nineteen studies were reviewed. Among them, 12 studies were used for the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis indicated that global health competency improvement programs affected multicultural self-efficacy and cultural competence.The findings can be used as the basis for global health competency improvement programs. More studies are needed to clarify their effectiveness.Global health competency improvement programs can be beneficial to improve cultural competence and multicultural self-efficacy for nurses and nursing students.目的: 了解全球健康能力提升计划对护士的影响趋势,并检验其影响力。 设计: 系统综述与荟萃分析。 数据来源: 在Ovid MEDLINE联机医学文献分析和检索系统、Embase荷兰医学文摘数据和ProQuest学位论文管理系统和护理学及医疗相关文献累计索引数据库、考克兰图书馆、研究信息共享服务平台、学术期刊信息数据库、韩国研究信息服务系统和国会图书馆中于2000年至2017年期间发表的文章。 审查方法: 采用Cochrane系统评价方法进行系统综述、荟萃分析和敏感性分析。 结果: 对19个研究项目进行评价。其中,12个研究项目用于荟萃分析。据荟萃分析的显示,全球健康能力提升计划会影响多元文化的自我效能和文化能力。 结论: 本研究的发现可作为全球健康能力提升计划的依据。但需要开展更多的研究来阐明其影响力。 影响: 全球健康能力提升计划有助于提高护士和护生的文化能力和多元文化的自我效能。.