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Effectiveness of Education on Global Climate Change and Environmental Health Using Crossword Puzzles in Nursing Students

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinde Küresel İklim Değişikliği ve Çevre Sağlığına Yönelik Çapraz Bulmaca İle Verilen Eğitimin Etkinliği

Beyza Nur Açıcı(BARTIN UNIVERSITY)0009-0004-4135-323X
Fatma Dinç(BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0003-1451-7441
Sultan Can(BARTIN UNIVERSITY)0009-0004-4033-2349
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2026-10-01
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The education given to nursing students with crossword puzzles as one of the innovative learning techniques was effective in increasing their global climate change awareness and environmental attitude levels.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of educating nursing students on global climate change awareness and environmental attitude levels using crossword puzzles.
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Key Findings & Data:This one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study was conducted between February 2024 and June 2024 with 302 nursing undergraduate students in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades at a nursing school in the Western Black Sea Region of Türkiye.
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Conclusion & Impact:The education given to nursing students with crossword puzzles as one of the innovative learning techniques was effective in increasing their global climate change awareness and environmental attitude levels.
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⚙️Variables:Küresel ısınma · iklim değişikliği · çevre

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of educating nursing students on global climate change awareness and environmental attitude levels using crossword puzzles. This one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study was conducted between February 2024 and June 2024 with 302 nursing undergraduate students in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades at a nursing school in the Western Black Sea Region of Türkiye. A six-session face-to-face education program with a crossword puzzle on global climate change and environmental health was implemented for nursing students. Data collection tools consisted of “Introductory Information Form”, “University Students' Awareness Scale on Global Climate Change” and “Environmental Attitude Scale” and were applied before and after the education. Descriptive statistics and dependent sample t-test were used to evaluate the data. The mean posttest score of the students’ global climate change awareness level (2.68±0.35) was significantly higher than the mean pre-test score (2.18±0.31) (p=0.000). Similarly, the mean post-test score of nursing students’ environmental attitude (65.91±8.34) was significantly higher than the mean pre-test score (59.16±5.13) (p=0.000). The education given to nursing students with crossword puzzles as one of the innovative learning techniques was effective in increasing their global climate change awareness and environmental attitude levels.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı çapraz bulmaca kullanılarak hemşirelik öğrencilerine küresel iklim değişikliği farkındalığı ve çevresel tutum düzeylerine yönelik eğitimin etkililiğinin araştırılmasıydı. Bu çalışma tek gruplu ön test-son test yarı deneysel olarak, Şubat 2024-Haziran 2024 tarihleri arasında Türkiye’nin Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi’ndeki bir hemşirelik okulunda öğrenim gören 1.,2.,3. ve 4. sınıftaki 302 hemşirelik lisans öğrencisiyle yürütüldü. Hemşirelik öğrencileri için küresel iklim değişikliği ve çevre sağlığına yönelik çapraz bulmaca ile eğitim programı altı oturumlu yüz yüze uygulandı. Veri toplama araçları “Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu”, “Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Küresel İklim Değişikliğine Yönelik Farkındalık Ölçeği” ve “Çevresel Tutum Ölçeği’nden” oluştu ve eğitimden önce ve sonra uygulandı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve bağımlı örneklem t testi kullanıldı. Öğrencilerin küresel iklim değişikliği farkındalık düzeyi son test puan ortalaması (2,68±0,35), ön test puan ortalamasından (2,18±0,31) anlamlı derecede yüksekti (p=0.000). Benzer şekilde, hemşirelik öğrencilerin çevresel tutum son test puan ortalaması (65,91±8,34), ön test puan ortalamasından (59,16±5,13) anlamlı derecede yüksekti (p=0.000). Hemşirelik öğrencilerine yenilikçi öğrenme tekniklerinden biri olarak çapraz bulmacayla verilen eğitim, küresel iklim değişikliği farkındalığı ve çevresel tutum düzeylerini artırmada etkili olmuştur.

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Açıcı, B. N., Dinç, F., Can, S. (2026). Effectiveness of Education on Global Climate Change and Environmental Health Using Crossword Puzzles in Nursing Students. Fenerbahçe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1. https://doi.org/10.56061/fbujohs.1557884

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