Effect of jigsaw teaching strategy on internship nursing students’ health literacy regarding menstrual blood banking

Stem cell science and therapies related to stem cell are making remarkable progress. The possibility of stem cells isolation from the menstrual blood cells has opened a new channel in stem cell research that can offer future therapeutic benefits to mankind. Aim: The current study aimed to examine the effect of jigsaw teaching strategy on internship nursing students’ health literacy regarding menstrual blood banking. Methods: A quasi-experimental design (one-group pretest-posttest) was adopted. A convenience sample of 100 internship nursing students were recruited. Data were collected using two tools: structured self-administered questionnaire and menstrual blood banking attitude assessment scale. Results: Study findings revealed that, pre-intervention the mean knowledge score was 7.70±2.40 while post- intervention it was significantly increased to 12.2±2.02 (p= 0.02). Concerning attitude, pre-intervention 90.0% of students expressed negative attitude regarding menstrual blood banking as compared to 78.0% of them have positive attitude post-intervention (p<0.001). The current study declared that, there was a statistically significant correlation between total knowledge and attitude at post-intervention (p =0.003). Conclusion: jigsaw teaching strategy had a significant positive impact on internship nursing students’ health literacy towards menstrual blood banking. Recommendation: Utilization of such teaching strategy should be enforced to improve health literacy among internship nursing students.