Climate Change Training for Primary Health Care Workers

Improving climate change awareness among primary care nurses is of great importance forthe future of the health sector. Increasing this awareness enables primary care workersto combat environmental health problems more effectively and to adopt a more consciousapproach to protecting public health. Climate change is a global public health problemthat negatively affects fundamental determinants of health such as clean air, cleandrinking water, food, and safe shelter. Nurses, in particular, must understand theseenvironmental risks and develop strategies to ensure the sustainability of healthservices. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of climate change awarenesstraining given to primary care nurses on their climate change awareness levels.