Gebelerde İklim Değişikliği Farkındalığı: Nitel Bir Araştırma

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1, 38 - 45, 25.03.2024

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https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1263410

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışma gebelerde iklim değişikliği farkındalığını belirlemek amacı ile yapılmıştır.
Yöntem: Bu çalışmada nitel araştırma yaklaşımı benimsenmiştir. Çalışmanın yürütülmesinde fenomenolojik araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma, 01.09.2022-15.09.2022 tarihleri arasında Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Hastanesi gebe polikliniğine başvuran gebeler ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Nitel araştırmada gebelerin iklim değişikliği farkındalığını belirlemek üzere araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan yarı yapılandırılmış bir görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Görüşmelerde ses kaydı alınarak, toplam 12 gebe ile görüşülmüştür. Görüşmeler deşifre edilerek, MAXQDA 2022 programı ile analiz yapılmıştır. Görüşmelerin tematik analizini 6 ana tema belirlemiştir. Veriler analiz edilirken, betimsel analiz tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Bu çalışma, nitel araştırmaların raporlanmasında COREQ yönergelerine dayanmaktadır.
Bulgular: Gebelerin çoğunun iklim değişikliği ile ilgili haberleri ve gelişmeleri ara sıra takip ettiği görülmüştür. İklim değişikliği ile ilgili nedenlere genellikle insanlardan kaynaklı olan sebepleri belirten gebeler, iklim değişikliğine karşı önlem almada insanların eğitilmesi ve farkındalıklarının arttırılmasının gerekliliğini ifade etmiştir. Gebelerin, sağlığı birçok yönden olumsuz etkileyen iklim değişikliğinin gebelikte anne ve bebek sağlığına etkilerine yönelik bilgilerinin eksik ve yetersiz olduğu görülmüştür.
Sonuç: Gebelerin iklim değişikliği ile ilgili farkındalıklarının oluştuğu fakat yeterli olmadığı belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın iklim değişikliği ile ilgili farkındalık oluşturulması konusunda literatüre destek sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Farkındalık, İklim değişikliği, Gebe kadınlar, Nitel araştırma

Climate Change Awareness in Pregnant Women: A Qualitative Study

Öz

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the awareness of climate change in pregnant women.
Methods: In this study, a qualitative research approach was adopted. A phenomenological research design was used to conduct the study. The research was carried out with pregnant women who applied to the pregnant outpatient clinic of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Hospital between 01.09.2022 and 15.09.2022. With qualitative research, a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers was used to determine the climate change awareness among pregnant women. A total of 12 pregnant women were interviewed by audio recording. Interviews were analyzed using the MAXQDA 2022 program. The thematic analysis of the interviews identified 6 main themes. While analyzing the data, descriptive analysis technique was used. This study was based on COREQ guidelines for reporting qualitative research.
Results: It has been seen that most of pregnant women follow the news and developments about climate change occasionally. Pregnant women, who stated that the causes related to climate change are generally caused by humans, expressed the necessity of educating people and raising their awareness in taking precautions against climate change. It was found that the knowledge of pregnant women about the impact of climate change, which negatively affects health in many ways, on maternal and child health during pregnancy was incomplete and insufficient.
Discussion: It was determined that the awareness of pregnant women about climate change was formed but was not sufficient. It is thought that the study will support the literature in raising awareness about climate change.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Awareness, Climate change, Pregnant women, Qualitative research

Teşekkür

We would like to thank the pregnant women who participated in our research.

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