Climate Change Education and a Short Animated Film on Pregnant Women's Awareness and Hope

Summary

Pregnant women are among the groups most affected by the negative health effects of climate change, such as low birth weight, preterm birth, premature rupture of membranes, stillbirth, gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension and preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion, malnutrition, respiratory illness and stress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder. It can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including psychological problems. Climate change education enables pregnant women to make informed decisions by raising their awareness and helps improve their ability to adapt to the negative effects of climate change. Health education for individuals and pregnant women uses methods such as demonstration, role-playing, screening, expression, question-answering, problem-solving, and short animated films. Short animated films, which are visual and auditory media and are an interesting method of health education, ensure that the information conveyed is stored in long-term memory. No studies were found in Turkey to determine pregnant women's awareness and hope regarding climate change or to increase their awareness and knowledge through education and short animated films. The creation of an original short animated film and its support through education show the difference of this study from other studies. Therefore, this study was planned based on the assumption that climate change education and short animated film would increase the awareness and hope of pregnant women. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of climate change education and short animated film on pregnant women's awareness and hope. This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

• Awareness
• Pregnancy Related
• Hope

Interventions

OTHER

climate change short animation film

For the short animated film, a scenario will be created that describes climate change, risk factors that threaten human health as a result of climate change, adverse health effects of climate change, adverse effects on maternal and foetal health, precautions to be taken to protect against and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. In the short animation film, visual materials will be created that show the adverse effects of climate change by using developing technology. The created scenario will be prepared as a two-dimensional (2D) animation film with the support of Selçuk University SERATEM (Selçuk University Radio and Television Application Center). All lines, colours, decorations and characters used in the creation phase of the short animation film will be determined by the researchers. Once the drawing and animation phases are complete, the voice-over actors will be selected after a further review. The short animated film should be about 2-3 minutes long.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selcuk University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

49 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-02-26

Primary Completion

2025-03-30

Completion

2025-07-18

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations