Can Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Climate Change

NCT07293845 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 112425
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

University Student; Climate Change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Climate, Health, and Nursing Tool

  The Climate, Health, and Nursing Tool (CHANT) was developed by Schenk and colleagues (2016). The Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Yalçın and Aktaş, and the scale can be used to assess awareness of climate change as well as knowledge and attitudes regarding the climate-health relationship. The scale consists of 48 items and five subdimensions: knowledge, awareness, motivation, concern, and behaviors. There is no total scale score; instead, evaluations are based on subdimension scores. In the validity and reliability analysis, the Cronbach's alpha value for the overall scale was reported as 0.93; for the knowledge subdimension 0.78, for awareness 0.97, for motivation 0.89, for concern 0.95, and for behaviors 0.94.

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Training Module

EXPERIMENTAL

Training Module on Climate Change

Behavioral: Climate Module

Standard Education

NO INTERVENTION

Standard Education

Interventions

Climate Module BEHAVIORAL

Training Module on Climate Change

Training Module

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• Having any situation that would prevent communication

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kastamonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kastamonu University

Kastamonu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• 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.

  PMID: 39822057 RESULT

Related Links

• World Health Organization (WHO)

Study Officials

• Zeynep ARABACI, pHD

  Kastamonu University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Semanur Çelik Demiryürek

CONTACT

+905394004408; sceliik@kastamonu.edu.tr

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2025
• First Posted: December 19, 2025
• Study Start: January 10, 2026
• Primary Completion: March 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: December 19, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)