3 Methodology Aim This study seeks to identify and describe the knowledge of health care providers about Holocaust and Judaism. Research methods Literature in this area was retrieved from the electronic databases: Medline, PsycInfo, using the following keywords in various combinations: Jew, Holocaust, shoah, second generation, PTSD, victim, transgeneration transport of trauma, transcultural nursing. Based on this review of the literature, this paper addresses two research questions: 1. What is the knowledge about Holocaust in health care providers, nursing and social care for Jewish patients? 2. What is the interest of the education of health care providers in health and social care for Jewish patients? Inclusion criteria The inclusion criteria were as follows: student in middle or high school in the medical field or health care worker providing nursing care. 4 Research outcomes The subjects of the research were students of secondary schools (medical assistant), university students (study program Nursing), health workers practice living in the Czech Republic (abbrev. CZE) and Slovak Republic (abbrev. SK). Further information is given in the Table 1. Table 1. Characteristics of respondents students total university students CZE 284 university students SK 256 high school students CZE 201 high school students SK 177 health care providers CZE 192 health care providers SK 163 Figure 1. Characteristics of respondents 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 university students CZE university students SK high school students CZE high school students SK health care workers CZE health care workers SK 284 256 201 177 163 192 Spirituality Studies 1 (1) Spring 2015 127 (5)
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