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Effectiveness of Climate Change Awareness Education in Secondary School Students

NCT07654686 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2026-06-17

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Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a climate change awareness education program on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among secondary school students. The study was conducted as a cluster randomized controlled trial in a public secondary school in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Conditions

  • Climate Change Awareness
  • Environmental Health Education
  • Health Behavior
  • Environmental Attitudes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Climate Change Awareness Education Program

The intervention consisted of a structured, multi-component climate change awareness education program developed for seventh-grade secondary school students. The program included classroom-based educational sessions, visual reminder posters, interactive quizzes, and eco-friendly reinforcement materials such as pencils, cloth bags, and flower seeds. Educational topics included the definition and causes of climate change, the difference between weather and climate, the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, environmental and human impacts of climate change, climate change effects in Türkiye, zero waste, carbon footprint, water and energy conservation, recycling, and individual actions to combat climate change.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Medeniyet University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aynur Aytekin Özdemir · İstanbul Medeniyet University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-01
Primary Completion
2026-01-16
Completion
2026-01-16

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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