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Effect of Didactic Program about Health Care Providers' Role in Facing Climate Changes and Its Effects on Children Health

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Background: One of the most important health issues and global injustices of our age is climate 
change. Health-care professionals represent the main stone in creating an international effort to 
deal with the factors that affect health and reduce the inequalities brought on by climate change. 
So, this study aimed to: Evaluate the effect of didactic program about health care providers' role 
in facing climate changes and its effects on children health. Research Design: Quasiexperimental design was utilized in this study. Subjects: Included a convenience sampling of 50 
physician and 50 nurses who are working at Assuit university children's hospital. Tools of data 
collection: Four tools; Tool (1): Personal data and sources of knowledge about climate change,
Tool (II): A structured interview sheet about physician and nurses' knowledge regarding climate 
changes. Tool (III): Health care provider's attitudes toward climate changes. Tool (IV): Daily 
life practices questionnaire. Results: It noticed that the studied nurses had good knowledge, 
adequate reported practices, and positive attitudes toward climate change in pre &post 
intervention with statistically significant differences. Also, the studied physicians had good 
knowledge, adequate reported practices, and positive attitudes toward climate change in pre 
&post intervention with a statistically significant difference. Conclusion: Implementation of the 
program about role of health care providers in facing climate changes and its effect on children 
health improve their knowledge, attitudes, and reported practices. Recommendations:
Continuing educational programs should be provided for health care professionals about 
environmentally sustainable health care services, practices, and behaviors to improve their 
knowledge and practices.

DOI

10.21608/tsnj.2023.306386

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Amira

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Ahmed

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Hassan Abd Alfatah

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohage University, Egypt.

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Nora

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Zaki

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Abd- Elhamid

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Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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Shimaa

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Khalaf

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Abdelrahim

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. Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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Nahed

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Abd -elsalam

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Abd Al-azeem

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. Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Portsaid University, Egypt.

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Walaa

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Ahmed

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Hassan Abd Alfatah

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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29

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2

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42240

Issue Date

2023-05-01

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2023-07-04

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2023-05-01

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200

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215

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2314-5595

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2735-5519

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Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

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Effect of Didactic Program about Health Care Providers' Role in Facing Climate Changes and Its Effects on Children Health

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25 Dec 2024