ملخص البحث
Climate change was universally recognized as an important challenge for pregnant women. It poses the greatest threat to public health in the twenty-first century which expose the pregnant women and their developing fetuses at serious risk.
Aim
To evaluate the effect of supportive guidelines on knowledge and self-care practices among working and non-working pregnant women about climate change.
Methods
A pre-post quasi-experimental design was conducted. Sample constituted of 384 working and non-working pregnant women recruited through a purposive sample from the antenatal clinic of the Woman's Health Hospital, Assiut University, Egypt. Data were collected using three tools; an interview questionnaire, knowledge, and reported practices of the pregnant women about climate change.
Results
The study revealed that the mean knowledge and practices scores increased significantly after giving supportive educational guidelines (6.24 ± 2.18 & 10.64 ± 2.15) respectively. Additionally, working pregnant women had higher scores of knowledge than non-working.
Conclusion
The supportive educational guidelines had a positive effect on climate change knowledge and self-care practices of working and non-working pregnant women.
Recommendation
Encourage the use of mass media to improve health awareness about climate change and how it affects the health of pregnant women and their fetuses.
تاريخ البحث
قسم البحث
مجلة البحث
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
مؤلف البحث
صفحات البحث
164-173
الناشر
Assiut University, Faculty of Nursing
عدد البحث
13
سنة البحث
2025