NCT06248021

Ecological Footprint Awareness Program in 60-72 Months Children

Effectiveness of Ecological Footprint Awareness Program in 60-72 Months Children: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Months – 72 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an ecological footprint awareness training program for children aged 60-72 months.

Detailed description

This study was conducted using a cluster randomized controlled pretest-posttest experimental design. It was carried out in four kindergartens located in a city center between April and June 2023. Two of the kindergartens were assigned to the intervention group while the other two were assigned to the control group. Data was collected using the Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale for Children (EFAS-C). The training program was conducted with the children in the intervention group for four weeks, with a 40-minute session each week. The program covered one topic each week, which included waste management, water and energy use, food consumption, and transportation. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired groups t-test, and independent groups t-test, with a 95% confidence interval and p\<.05 significance level.

Conditions

• Program, Communication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Ecological Footprint Awareness Program	The program was conducted for four weeks, one day each week, for 40 minutes. Each week, a different topic was addressed such as waste evaluation, water and energy usage, food consumption, and transportation. The program was created in line with expert opinions and literature. The sessions were based on the principles of the Social Cognitive Learning Theory, developed by Bandura, which includes mutual determinism, symbolization, anticipatory capacity, vicarious learning, self-regulation capacity, and self-judgment capacity. During each session, various techniques such as animation, drawing, storytelling, memory cards, and games were employed. To ensure the program's content was appropriate for children's development, the opinions of two experts from the child development department of the university were obtained.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-02
• Primary completion: 2023-06-19
• Completion: 2023-07-24
• First posted: 2024-02-08
• Last updated: 2024-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)