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African journal of biological science, (AFJBS)
African Science Publications
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6
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Abstract: Background: Climate change is one of the most consequential
threats facing humanity today. It is not only endangers the sustainability and
health of the planet, but also exacerbates social, economic, environmental, and
geographic inequality across generations. Especially current generation as
they will reach adulthood in the next 10-20 years. Hence, this study aimed to
evaluate the effect of youth empowerment program about climate change.
Subjects and methods: A quasi-experimental research design with pre-post
test was used, where 124 governmental secondary school students were
enrolled using a cluster random sampling technique. Two tools were used for
data collection: (1) An Interview questionnaire composed of personal and
environmental data, (2) Climate Change Survey Questionnaire consisted of
three parts (knowledge regarding climate change, attitude towards climate
change, and climate change relevant behavior). Results: Studied youth were
initially to some extent knowledgeable (66.9%) about climate change, held
positive attitude (52.4%) and behaved (24.2%) adequately toward it.
Conclusion: Nursing intervention proved to be an adequate tool in
empowering youth regarding climate change in terms of knowledge, attitude,
and behavior. Recommendations: Health education about climate change
ought to be conducted to school students. Moreover, schools must involve
students in environmental protection endeavors as forestation, planting of
plants, reducing use of firewood, considerate use of non-renewable resource
of energy, waste management, etc.
Keywords: Climate change, youth, climate change knowledge, attitude
towards climate change, climate change relevant behavior, and empowerment
program
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