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Assessment of Nursing Students’ Awareness regarding Climate Change

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Community Health Nursing.

Abstract

Background: Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humankind today and great challenge for the health sector. Aim: The study aims to assess nursing students' awareness regarding climate change. Study Design: Descriptive design was utilized. Setting: This study conducted in Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University. Sample: A convenient sample of 200 nursing students from 4th year. Results: 42% of studied nursing students had satisfactory knowledge, 63% of them had negative attitudes and 39.5% of them had inadequate reported practices regarding climate change. Conclusion: More than two fifths of the studied nursing students had satisfactory knowledge, near two thirds of them had negative attitudes and about two fifths of them had inadequate reported practices regarding climate change. Also there was a highly statistical significant correlation between nursing students' total level of knowledge, their attitudes & reported practices regarding climate change Recommendations: Implement an educational program to raise awareness about climate change and its adverse health effects.

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2023.201614.1068

Keywords

Awareness, Climate Change, Nursing students

Authors

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Abdel Nabi

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Affiliation

Community health nursing department, Faculty of Nursing,Helwan

Email

adamjory2010@gmail.com

City

Helwan

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First Name

Sahar

Last Name

Shafik

MiddleName

Ahmad

Affiliation

Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing, El Fayom University

Email

dsahar100@yahoo.com

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First Name

Amany

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University.

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amany1234564@yahoo.com

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Volume

2

Article Issue

3

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42146

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-03-21

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

69

Page End

82

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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12

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Journal

Publication Title

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Nursing Students’ Awareness regarding Climate Change

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28 Dec 2024