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The relationship between women's climate change awareness and concerns about climate change in Turkiye
Rukiye Demir1, Rüveyda Ölmez Yalazı1,2, Ayten Dinç1
1Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkiye.
Objectives:
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between women's awareness of climate change and their worries about climate change in terms of women's health in Turkiye.
Study Design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Methods:
The research was conducted in a descriptive study design in the relational survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 321 women. Data were collected with the "Personal Information Form, Adaptation of Awareness to Climate Change Questionnaire, Climate Change Worry Scale."
Results:
The total mean score of the Awareness to Climate Change Scale for Women was 2.32 ± 0.61 (moderate awareness), and the total mean score of the Climate Change Worry Scale was 2.76 ± 0.84 (moderate anxiety). There was a statistically significant, positive but weak relationship between women's worries about climate change and their awareness to climate change (r = 0.373, p < .001).
Conclusions:
As women's awareness to climate change increases, their worries about climate change increase.
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