Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge, perception and information sources of nurses about climate
change.
METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional study conducted with total number of 105 respondents and duration
of 03 months of 2016 at Dow University Hospital Karachi. Study population consisted of nurses and
nursing management. Data collected through structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed using
frequencies, percentages and associations. Institutional Review Board by Health Services Academy
Ethically approved this study. Written consent from participants was taken prior to collect the data.
RESULTS: Most of the nurses 96(94.4%) considered that air pollution affects their health. 74(70.5%) were
known flooding as one of the adverse effects of climate change, academic qualification age and
designation shown association at α =0.05 and CI: 95%. Over than 78% stated that social media was
source of their information. The second most source was 67.6% national or international media.
CONCLUSION: Majority of the nurses has insufficient knowledge and weak perception regarding
adverse health effects of climate change, main sources of information were social media. Nurses
knowledge can be enhance through in-house trainings and up gradation of the nursing curriculum.
Nazeer Ali Buriro, Sheh Mureed, Ramesh Kumar , Faheem Ahmed, Khadim Hussain, Amir Fatima. (2018) Nurses’ Perception, Knowledge and Information Sources on Climate Change and Health at Dow University Hospital Karachi, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-17, Issue-4.
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