The role of climate change education on awareness, anxiety, and hope among pregnant women: a randomized controlled study
Sevilay Aydın Çeli̇k, Beyzanur İşbay Aydemi̇r, Melike Di̇şsi̇z, Mine Akkuş Kala · 2026
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Sevilay Aydın Çelik and three colleagues run a 2026 randomized trial in Istanbul asking what a single climate lesson does to pregnant women's minds. Pregnant women are especially exposed to climate harms, and learning about them could raise worry or, handled well, hope. The trial enrolled 154 women at a public hospital, assigning 77 to a 60-minute face-to-face session on climate change and pregnancy and 77 to no training. Scales measured worry, awareness, and hope before and four weeks after.
The trained group rose significantly on all three measures, with large effect sizes. The control group drifted the other way on anxiety and hope, gaining only slightly in awareness. Statistical tests confirmed the groups changed differently over time. Structured climate education, the authors conclude, can raise awareness while feeding hope rather than despair. They suggest antenatal programs use such teaching for awareness and psychological support alike.
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| CREATOR | Sevilay Aydın Çeli̇k, Beyzanur İşbay Aydemi̇r, Melike Di̇şsi̇z, Mine Akkuş Kala |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |