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  • Public Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Climate Change Adaptation

Background:

  • Heat waves pose significant public health risks, increasing morbidity and mortality.
  • Effective public health strategies require understanding and monitoring public knowledge, awareness, and behaviors related to heat waves.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a Turkish language scale to assess heat wave knowledge, awareness, practice, and behavior among the Turkish population.

Main Methods:

  • Scale development involved item generation and content validity analysis.
  • Knowledge construct validity and reliability were assessed using difficulty index, discriminant index, and Kuder Richardson 20 (KR20).
  • Awareness, practice, and behavior constructs were validated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and Cronbach's alpha.

Main Results:

  • The knowledge construct demonstrated good difficulty, discrimination index, and KR20.
  • Exploratory factor analysis yielded 14 items, with 13 retained in confirmatory factor analysis.
  • High Cronbach's alpha values (0.878 total, 0.768 practice, 0.855 awareness, 0.858 behavior) indicated strong reliability.

Conclusions:

  • A reliable and valid Turkish scale for assessing heat wave knowledge, awareness, practice, and behavior has been successfully developed.
  • This scale can be a valuable tool for public health interventions and research in Turkey.
  • Improving public understanding and preparedness for heat waves is crucial for mitigating health impacts.