@article{article_1685811, title={Physiotherapists’ environmental awareness and social responsibility: a comparative study among healthcare professionals}, journal={Nuh Naci Yazgan Üniversitesi Sağlık Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={1}, pages={9–17}, year={2025}, author={Ataç, Emirhan and Kiloatar, Hümeyra}, keywords={climate change, environment, health professional, physiotherapist}, abstract={While healthcare professionals’ roles in climate change have been studied, research on physiotherapists’ environmental awareness and responsibilities is limited. Understanding their perspectives can help develop targeted interventions. This study examines the relationship between physiotherapists’ climate change awareness, social responsibility, and environmental attitudes, comparing them with other healthcare professionals. The study included physiotherapists, nurses, and physicians through web-based and face-to-face surveys. Environmental attitudes were assessed using the New Ecological Paradigm Scale, climate change awareness with the Climate Change Awareness Scale, and social responsibility with the Personal and Social Responsibility Scale. A total of 49 physiotherapists, 58 nurses, and 38 physicians participated. A significant difference was found in the ’New Ecological Paradigm Scale - Environmentalist Subscale’ among groups (p <0.05). Within physiotherapists, a positive correlation was found between the ’Climate Change Awareness Scale - Anxiety Level Related to Climate Change’ subscale and the ’New Ecological Paradigm Scale - Environmentalist Subscale’ (p <0.05). Additionally, the ’Climate Change Awareness Scale - Expectations from Behaviors and Policies’ subscale correlated positively with both the ’New Ecological Paradigm Scale - Environmentalist Subscale’ and the ’Personal and Social Responsibility Scale’ (p <0.05). No significant correlations were found among other parameters (p>0.05). Physicians, physiotherapists, and nurses exhibit similar climate awareness and environmental sensitivity. Awareness and education campaigns targeting healthcare professionals are essential. Improving physiotherapists’ environmental attitudes may enhance climate awareness. Further studies with larger samples are needed.}, number={1}, publisher={Nuh Naci Yazgan University}, organization={This study was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) within the scope of the 2209-A-University Students Domestic Research Projects Support Program. The researchers thank TÜBİTAK for their support.}