Creating Awareness in Midwifery Students Through Training on Good and Green Health Practices and Awareness of Good Health Practices

NCT06484296 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Resmiye-3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

In this context, this study aims to increase midwifery students' awareness of good and green health practices and to develop a measurement tool to evaluate their awareness of good health practices. This research is in two stages, the first stage is methodological type, and the second stage will be carried out as a pre-test post-test randomized controlled experimental research between September 2024-2025. In the first stage, the Good Health Practices Awareness Scale will be developed. In the second stage of the study, the Green Culture Scale (pre-test-post-test) will be filled in by the students. The population of this study, which will be carried out in the Midwifery Department of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Health Sciences, will consist of 300 students studying in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of the Midwifery Department of this university. Data of the research; It will be collected with the "Introductory Information Form, Green Culture Scale and Good Health Practices Awareness Scale". Before starting to collect data, an item pool of the Good Health Practices Awareness Scale will be created in line with the literature, the measurement method will be determined and sent to at least ten faculty members who are interested in the subject and experts in the field, their opinions will be taken and scale items will be created in line with their opinions. Then, the purpose of the research will be explained to the students by the researchers and the groups the students belong to will be determined. Before the training, students in all groups will be asked to take the Pretest. Students included in the training group will be trained in good and green health practices in the faculty's conference hall by expert researchers with Conscious Awareness training certificates and the university's green transformation coordinator. Three weeks after the training, all students will take the Green Culture Scale Post-Test. Students in the control group will also receive training at an appropriate time. IBM SPSS Statistics 29 package program will be used for statistical analysis. In evaluating the data obtained as a result of the research, percentage rates, arithmetic mean and standard deviation, t test in dependent and independent groups and Bonferroni analysis will be used to determine where the significance comes from. Results will be evaluated at the 95% confidence interval and significance level of p \< .05.

Conditions

Midwifery

Keywords

Mindfulness; Occupational Health Services; Climate Change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Awareness of Good and Green Health Practices

  It will be applied as a pre-test together with the Good Health Practices Awareness Scale in order to determine the awareness levels of the students. Three weeks after the training, the same scale will be applied again as a post-test. The higher the score of the students, the better their awareness level will be understood.

  3 weeks

• Environmental Awareness and Environmental Behaviour

  In order to determine the awareness levels of the students, it will be applied as a pre-test together with the Green Culture Scale. Three weeks after the training, the same scale will be applied again as a post-test. The higher the score of the students, the better their awareness level will be understood.

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Education Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Before the training, students in all groups will be provided to take the Pretest. The students included in the training group will be trained on good and green health practices in the conference hall of the Faculty by expert researchers and the green transformation coordinator of the university who have a certificate of Conscious Awareness training. Three weeks after the training, all students will be given the Green Culture Scale Post-Test.

Other: Education

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No application will be made to the control group. The students in this group will only fill in the questionnaires as pre-test and post-test three weeks after the pre-test.

Interventions

Education OTHER

Before the training, students in all groups will be provided to take the Pretest. The students included in the training group will be trained on good and green health practices in the conference hall of the Faculty by expert researchers and the green transformation coordinator of the university who have a certificate of Conscious Awareness training. Three weeks after the training, all students will be given the Green Culture Scale Post-Test.

Education Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The participants were Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Midwifery Department 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students,
• Active students who attend the courses,
• Students who are willing and volunteer to participate in the study will be included.

You may not qualify if:

• Disabled to participate in the research,
• Has a diagnosed psychiatric diagnosis,
• Has a communication barrier,
• Students who do not continue their education and training (registration freeze) will be excluded from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kocaeli University: lead

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Rukiye Demir, Ass. Prof

  Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Resmiye Kaya Odabaş, Ass. Prof

  Kocaeli University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Sibel Ocak Aktürk, Ass. Prof

  Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Neriman Güdücü, Ass. Prof

  Kırklareli University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Rukiye Demir, Ass. Prof

CONTACT

+90 5077434208; rukiye_kiymik@hotmail.com

Sibel Ocak Aktürk, Ass. Prof

CONTACT

sibel.ocakakturk@comu.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Asisstant Prof.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2024
• First Posted: July 3, 2024
• Study Start: December 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2025
• Study Completion: September 1, 2025
• Last Updated: July 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06