The Role of Climate Change Education on Awareness, Concern, and Hope in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
Climate change can negatively impact women's health at different stages of life through environmental risks such as extreme temperatures, vector-borne diseases, and air pollution. Particularly during pregnancy, a period of intense physiological and psychosocial changes, climate change is reported to be associated with adverse maternal and infant outcomes such as spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, and neonatal mortality. Therefore, identifying climate change-related risks during pregnancy, raising awareness of these risks, and developing preventative approaches are crucial for protecting maternal and fetal health.
This study aims to evaluate the impact of a "Pregnancy and Climate Change" education program developed for pregnant women on their climate change awareness levels, anxiety levels regarding climate change, and hope levels for preventing climate change. The effectiveness of the education program will be determined by comparing the pre-test and post-test scores of the intervention and control groups.
The research is designed as a randomized controlled experimental study with experimental and control groups in a pre-test-post-test configuration. The study population consists of all pregnant women who applied to the antenatal outpatient clinic of Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital. The sample will consist of pregnant women who are 18 years of age and older, have a gestational age…
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Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 154 participants or records.
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