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Can Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Climate Change

NCT ID: NCT07293845

Last Updated: 2025-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-01-10

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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Climate change is a major global problem threatening individual health, public health, and health systems. Climate change poses a significant global threat to social and environmental health determinants, such as the disruption of food systems, the spread of climate-sensitive diseases, and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that climate change will cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths annually from malaria, diarrhea, malnutrition, and heat stress between 2030 and 2050. In this context, nursing students, as future healthcare providers, need to be prepared and knowledgeable about global warming, climate change and its impacts on health, climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and the promotion of a healthy environment for a sustainable future. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of climate change education on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding climate change and health.

Detailed Description

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Climate change is a major global problem threatening individual health, public health, and health systems. Climate change poses a significant global threat to social and environmental health determinants, such as the disruption of food systems, the spread of climate-sensitive diseases, and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that climate change will cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths annually from malaria, diarrhea, malnutrition, and heat stress between 2030 and 2050. Climate change leads to increased mortality and illness due to extreme weather events such as heat waves, storms, and floods; increases in the frequency and intensity of food-borne, water-borne, and vector-borne infectious diseases; exacerbations of chronic diseases; and increases in mental health problems. Consequently, it negatively impacts individual health physically, mentally, and socially. Due to the increasingly negative impacts of climate change on human health, nurses can serve as expert resources for patients, community members, and policymakers. However, nurses need to be well-equipped and highly aware of this issue. In this context, it is emphasized that nurses' climate-related competencies should be enhanced both today and in the future, starting with the educational process and developing independent practices rather than topics covered in existing courses. In this context, nursing students, as future healthcare providers, need to be prepared and knowledgeable about global warming, climate change and its impacts on health, climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and the promotion of a healthy environment for a sustainable future. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of climate change education on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding climate change and health.

Conditions

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University Student Climate Change

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard Education

Standard Education

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Training Module

Training Module on Climate Change

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Climate Module

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Training Module on Climate Change

Interventions

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Climate Module

Training Module on Climate Change

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being a 4th-year nursing student
* Voluntarily participating

Exclusion Criteria

* Having any situation that would prevent communication
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Kastamonu University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Semanur Çelik Demiryürek

Research Assistant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Zeynep ARABACI, pHD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Kastamonu University

Locations

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Kastamonu University

Kastamonu, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Semanur Çelik Demiryürek

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +905394004408

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Kastamonu University Kastamonu University

Role: primary

References

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Colak M, Dogan R, Dogan S. Effect of Climate Change and Health Course on Global Warming Knowledge and Attitudes, Environmental Literacy, and Eco-Anxiety Level of Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Public Health Nurs. 2025 May-Jun;42(3):1315-1324. doi: 10.1111/phn.13536. Epub 2025 Jan 17.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 39822057 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health

World Health Organization (WHO)

Other Identifiers

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112425

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id