The Effect of"Green Future With Midwife Hands"Climate Change Animation on Mothers' Climate Change Awareness and Behavior (RKÇ)

The Effect of "Green Future With Midwife Hands" Climate Change Animation on Mothers' Climate Change Awareness and Behavior

The Effect of "Green Future with Midwife Hands" Climate Change Animation on Mothers' Climate Change Awareness and Behavior Climate change appears as one of the most important environmental problems of today. Many negative effects such as the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, sea level rise and the frequency of extreme weather events threaten both natural ecosystems and human life. In this context, it is of great importance for individuals to gain awareness about climate change and exhibit environmentally friendly behavior for a sustainable future. In particular, mothers and expectant mothers have the potential to create significant awareness and change by choosing products that do not harm the environment, while looking for the best for their babies. Reducing plastic use, choosing organic textile products, using biodegradable wet wipes and choosing toys made from natural materials both protect babies' health and support environmental sustainability. This awareness reinforces the environmentally friendly behavior of mothers and helps future generations grow up as more conscious individuals. The role of mothers in this regard is undeniably great for a sustainable future. While mothers making environmentally friendly choices increases the environmental awareness of not only their own families but also the wider masses, being careful when choosing carbon footprint baby products both protects the health of babies and reduces environmental impacts.

This research aims to encourage mothers and expectant mothers to make environmentally friendly and carbon footprint-reducing choices when choosing baby products by increasing the climate change awareness of mothers and expectant mothers through the "Green Future with Midwife Hands" Climate Change Animation.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Consumption; Awareness; Climate Change; Conscious; Consumption Habits of Mothers
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: watching animation show

Detailed Description

Climate change is one of the most important ecological problems of the 21st century, which causes global warming due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting from human activities. This situation creates serious effects on economic, social, environmental and health. Women, especially in developing countries, are more affected by climate change; when water and food security decreases, these responsibilities make them more vulnerable socially and economically. This project aims to raise awareness of climate change for mothers through animation-based education and to encourage them to prefer nature-friendly baby products. It also aims to contribute to leaving a cleaner future for nature by providing guidance to mothers on the correct management of waste. The project has unique value as it is the first animation education model specialized for mothers in Turkey and contributes to sustainable development goals.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 666
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: SENEM ÇİÇEK, MASTER OF DEGREE; Phone Number: +905469196907; Email: senemebe.23@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: HEDİYE KARAKOÇ, PhD Lecturer; Phone Number: +90 5412291726; Email: hediye.bekmezci@karatay.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Selçuklu
    • Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey (Türkiye), 42100
      • Necmettin Erbakan Ünivesitesi tıp fakültesi hastanesi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclu• Pregnant women who can read and write Turkish,

• Volunteer to participate in the research,
• Have had a normal or cesarean delivery,
• Are primiparous,
• Are open to communication (able to understand and answer questions) will be included in the samplesion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Those who do not have the ability to read, listen, write, speak and understand Turkish,

  • Those who have hearing or visual impairments,
  • Those who have postpartum complications,
  • Those who have had a stillbirth,
  • Those who wish to withdraw from the study were not included.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: non-intervention group; the group will not be trained
Experimental: Mothers who have had a caesarean section or normal birth; The animation "A Green Future with the Hands of a Midwife" will be downloaded to mothers' phones and played in a quiet and non-stimulating environment before discharge. In addition, the animation will be played again after the data collection tools are applied on the 7th, 21st and 30th day.	Behavioral: watching animation show; The intervention group will watch the animation titled 'A Green Future with the Hand of a Midwife' on days 7, 21, and 30 to mothers who have just given birth, and the scale will be evaluated on three separate days in total.; Other Names: pre-test data (animation show) ,post- test 7. day,21 and 30. day

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Scale for Assessing Mothers' Behaviors Towards Climate Change	In order to determine the behaviors of mothers towards climate change, a scale will be prepared to evaluate the use of washable diapers, environmentally friendly diapers and disposal of waste diapers, selection of baby textile products and excess textile consumption and disposal, use and disposal of baby bottles, pacifiers and plastic products, selection of wooden toys instead of plastic toys, and the effects of microplastics on baby health.	7,21 and 30. day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 10, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 10, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 10, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 15, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 9, 2025
• Last Verified: September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: awareness; consumption; Climate change; conscious; consumption habits of mothers
• Other Study ID Numbers: AIBU-SBT-SÇ-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: YES
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: 10/09/2025 - 15/06/2025
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No