Challenges and Barriers in Implementing Community Health Education Faced by BSN Students at the College of Nursing, Sir C.J Institute of Psychiatry, Hyderabad

Health education is essential for empowering individuals to enhance their health knowledge and make health-related decisions. The purpose of this research was to assess the challenges and barriers faced by BSN students in implementing community health education. The descriptive non-experimental design was the research methodology employed in this study. The study was done with a sample of 106 BSN students from the College of Nursing at Sir C.J. Institute of Psychiatry, Hyderabad. A structured questionnaire was utilized to identify the challenges and barriers related to health education. Descriptive statistics were used in IBM SPSS version 23 to analyze the data as frequencies and percentages. Major challenges included managing diverse client groups, preparing appropriate audiovisual aids, addressing clients' time limitations, finding suitable venues for sessions, and balancing additional clinical assignments. Significant barriers were identified, such as difficulties in translating medical terminology into the local language, noise and distractions in the environment, challenges in controlling external factors, and insufficient time to effectively evaluate the client’s knowledge. The study concluded that BSN students encounter various challenges and barriers in delivering health education, relating to students, teaching materials, audiovisual aids, clients, environmental factors, and evaluation processes. Identifying these challenges is essential for developing strategies to overcome them, ultimately facilitating more effective health education in community settings.