Health BehaviorNCT06860074
Sustainable Environmental Health Program for Adolescents
A study testing Sustainable Environmental Health Programs in people with Health Behavior and Sustainability, run by Suleyman Demirel University.
Trial summary
The research will be conducted to determine the effect of the sustainable environmental health program on environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviors in high school students. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 13 to 14 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Health Behavior, Sustainability, Environment
- What is being tested?
- Sustainable Environmental Health Programs
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 98 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 2 Mar 2025to 20 Jun 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 13 to 14 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Studying in the 9th grade,
- Being able to speak and understand Turkish,
- Parental consent for participation,
- Volunteering to participate in the research
Who cannot join
- Having received previous education on environmental health,
- Transported education
- Boarding education and training
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Sustainable Environmental Health Program Planned for High School Students on Environmental Sensitivity, Sustainable Environmental Awareness, Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: a Randomized Controlled Trial
The research will be conducted to determine the effect of the sustainable environmental health program on environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviors in high school students. The purpose of this study is to develop and sustain environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviors in high school students with the Sustainable Environmental Health Program.
Read the detailed description
Environmental health has direct and indirect impacts on ecosystem balance and human health. Among the consequences of adverse environmental conditions, non-communicable diseases, including ischaemic heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, are the most common. Situations such as environmental pollution, climate change, deforestation and loss of biodiversity that negatively affect environmental health are important public health problems. Protection and improvement of environmental health is very important in terms of sustainable development goals.
Many institutions and organisations carry out studies within the scope of sustainable development goals. The basis of the studies carried out in this context is to improve environmental behaviours. The studies carried out in the field of health include public health studies to protect and improve environmental health. In addition, environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness and environmental attitude are very important in the development and sustainability of environmental behaviours. The development of environmental sensitivity, awareness, attitudes and behaviours in adolescence is important for individual, social and environmental health now and in the future.
Intervention activities carried out to develop environmental awareness, consciousness, attitude and behaviours are interactive interventions such as message content, interaction with nature, education through presentation, cinevision, peer education and puzzle activities.
It is seen that there are cognitive, affective and behavioural changes within the scope of intervention activities. However, when the selected intervention is based on a single teaching method, its effectiveness differs due to the difference in individual perception levels. Combining different intervention activities can eliminate the differences in individual perception levels. The programme prepared by considering different intervention techniques in adolescence is important to develop environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness and environmental attitude and to ensure the formation of environmental behaviours. For this reason, this study examines the effect of the sustainable environmental health programme on the development of environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviours in high school students.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Sustainability, Environment
- Being tested
- Sustainable Environmental Health Programs
- Keywords
- Environment, Environmental Health, Adolescent
- Medical subject headings
- Health Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Sustainable Environmental Health ProgramsBehavioural
- Sustainable Future: Environment, Ecological Balance and Health,
- Ecological Balance and Pollution: Protecting Environmental Health
- Ecological Balance and Environmental Health
- A New Life for Waste: A Sustainable Future with Recycling
- Environmental Behaviors
- Recycling for Street Animals: A Shed Construction Project
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | No Intervention |
| Intervention Group | Experimental | Sustainable Environmental Health Programs Receives: Behavioral: Sustainable Environmental Health Programs |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Environmental Behavior
Environmental Behavior Scale was originally developed by Ardahan (2022). The scale consists of three sub-dimensions as "Sharing in the Family", "Behavior at Home" and "Sharing at School", and a total of 13 items. The scale is evaluated on a five-point Likert scale, rated as "Strongly agree", "Agree", "Undecided", "Disagree" and "Strongly disagree". The internal validity and variance of the scale; Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was stated as 0.888 and the variance explained by the scale was 66.85%. It was stated that the smallest value that can be taken from the scale is 13 and the largest value is 65.
Measured: 3 months
Secondary outcomes (3)
Attitude Scale Towards Environmental Problems
The scale developed has a total of 22 items and a four-factor structure. The scale is rated in a five-point Likert type. The factors in the scale are; Negative Affective Component, Cognitive Component, Behavioral Component and Positive Affective Component, respectively. The total Cronbach alpha value of the scale is .88 and the Cronbach alpha values of the factors are .84, .78, .73 and .70, respectively.
Measured: 3 months
Sustainable environmental awareness
The Sustainable Environmental Awareness Scale was prepared by utilizing the course contents in the education-training curriculum, aiming to reach the information about what students do under certain conditions. The scale is single-dimensional, has a total of 10 items and a 3-point Likert level. In each item in the scale, the desired situation is calculated as three points, the partially desired situation as two points and the undesirable situation as one point. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 30 (3x10), the lowest score is 10 (1x10), and the average score of the scale is 20. When the factor loadings of the scale are examined, it is stated that they vary between 0.585 and 0.735 and the total Cronbach alpha value is 0.87. In addition, the scale explains 45.87% of the total variance
Measured: 3 months
Environmental Sensitivity
The Environmental Awareness Questionnaire consists of 24 questions. In the questionnaire, the scale items were prepared with a three-degree answer feature consisting of "Always", "Sometimes" and "Never" options in order to determine the sensitivity towards air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, green area problems and population growth and ecological balance. The alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was found to be 0.81 in the original study (α). Factor analysis test was used for the structural validity of the sub-factors and as a result of the factor analysis conducted, it was determined by the developers that all 24 items determined for the trial form were suitable. Evaluation was made by giving a total score between the lowest 24 and the highest 72 points, with those who answered "always" receiving 3 points, those who answered "sometimes" receiving 2 points, and those who answered "never"
Measured: 3 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Mar 2025
- Study start2 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion20 Jun 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion20 Jun 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Health BehaviorStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 98 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Suleyman Demirel University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Feyza Bardak, Suleyman Demirel University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06860074
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- E- 87432956-050.99-755267
- Status last verified
- Mar 2025
- First submitted
- 14 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 5 Mar 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Mar 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Sustainable Environmental Health Program Planned for High School Students on Environmental Sensitivity, Sustainable Environmental Awareness, Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06860074
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- E- 87432956-050.99-755267
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Sustainability, Environment
- Keywords
- Environment, Environmental Health, Adolescent
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 98 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Suleyman Demirel UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 2 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 20 Jun 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 20 Jun 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 5 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The research will be conducted to determine the effect of the sustainable environmental health program on environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviors in high school students. The purpose of this study is to develop and sustain environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviors in high school students with the Sustainable Environmental Health Program.
Detailed description
Environmental health has direct and indirect impacts on ecosystem balance and human health. Among the consequences of adverse environmental conditions, non-communicable diseases, including ischaemic heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, are the most common. Situations such as environmental pollution, climate change, deforestation and loss of biodiversity that negatively affect environmental health are important public health problems. Protection and improvement of environmental health is very important in terms of sustainable development goals.
Many institutions and organisations carry out studies within the scope of sustainable development goals. The basis of the studies carried out in this context is to improve environmental behaviours. The studies carried out in the field of health include public health studies to protect and improve environmental health. In addition, environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness and environmental attitude are very important in the development and sustainability of environmental behaviours. The development of environmental sensitivity, awareness, attitudes and behaviours in adolescence is important for individual, social and environmental health now and in the future.
Intervention activities carried out to develop environmental awareness, consciousness, attitude and behaviours are interactive interventions such as message content, interaction with nature, education through presentation, cinevision, peer education and puzzle activities.
It is seen that there are cognitive, affective and behavioural changes within the scope of intervention activities. However, when the selected intervention is based on a single teaching method, its effectiveness differs due to the difference in individual perception levels. Combining different intervention activities can eliminate the differences in individual perception levels. The programme prepared by considering different intervention techniques in adolescence is important to develop environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness and environmental attitude and to ensure the formation of environmental behaviours. For this reason, this study examines the effect of the sustainable environmental health programme on the development of environmental sensitivity, sustainable environmental awareness, environmental attitudes and behaviours in high school students.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | –No Intervention |
| Intervention Group | Experimental | Behavioral: Sustainable Environmental Health ProgramsSustainable Environmental Health Programs |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 13 to 14 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Studying in the 9th grade,
- Being able to speak and understand Turkish,
- Parental consent for participation,
- Volunteering to participate in the research
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Having received previous education on environmental health,
- Transported education
- Boarding education and training
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Environmental Health Programs* Sustainable Future: Environment, Ecological Balance and Health, * Ecological Balance and Pollution: Protecting Environmental Health * Ecological Balance and Environmental Health * A New Life for Waste: A Sustainable Future with Recycling * Environmental Behaviors * Recycling for Street Animals: A Shed Construction Project | Behavioural | Intervention Group |
Primary outcome
Environmental Behavior
Time frame: 3 months
Environmental Behavior Scale was originally developed by Ardahan (2022). The scale consists of three sub-dimensions as "Sharing in the Family", "Behavior at Home" and "Sharing at School", and a total of 13 items. The scale is evaluated on a five-point Likert scale, rated as "Strongly agree", "Agree", "Undecided", "Disagree" and "Strongly disagree". The internal validity and variance of the scale; Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was stated as 0.888 and the variance explained by the scale was 66.85%. It was stated that the smallest value that can be taken from the scale is 13 and the largest value is 65.
3 secondary outcomes
Attitude Scale Towards Environmental Problems
Time frame: 3 months
Sustainable environmental awareness
Time frame: 3 months
Environmental Sensitivity
Time frame: 3 months
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Mar 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Sustainable Environmental Health Programs in people with Health Behavior and Sustainability, run by Suleyman Demirel University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Mar 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Environmental Behavior (time frame: 3 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Mar 2025.