Impact of Climate Change Education on Pregnant Women's Anxiety and Awareness.
Leyla Kaya, Esra Keles, Kürşad Nuri Baydili and 2 others
PMID 39388505WHAT IT FOUND
Pregnant women reported less climate anxiety and more awareness after reading a climate change brochure, but also more helplessness.
No control group or follow-up means this cannot prove the brochure caused the changes.
Key findings
01After the brochure, mean climate anxiety on the worry scale fell from 15 to 12.38, while mean awareness total score rose from 143.71 to 164.06.
02Mean feelings of helplessness rose significantly from 4.3 to 12.38 after the brochure.
03Pregnant women also reported higher awareness, perception, knowledge, and behavioral and policy expectations after the brochure.
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What it does not show
All participants received the same education, so there was no comparison group to show what would have happened without the brochure. There was no follow-up, so the study cannot tell whether the changes lasted. Participants were recruited by convenience sampling from one tertiary maternity hospital in Istanbul, so the results may not apply to other pregnant women. Data were collected only between April and June 2023, so seasonal factors may limit generalizability. The paper states eligibility included gestational age greater than 28 weeks, but reports a mean gestational week of 27.37 and a range of 10-37. The gestational age of the analysed sample is therefore unclear.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that climate change education reliably reduces anxiety or increases awareness. All women received the same education, there was no control group and no follow-up, and helplessness increased after the brochure.