Ecological Footprint Awareness Program in 60-72 Months Children

Program, Communication Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06248021
• Other study ID #: ERSOYU-SBF-ASB-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2, 2023
• Est. completion date: July 24, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 66
• Est. completion date: July 24, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 19, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Months to 72 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• enrolled in the schools where the study was conducted

• Approved by their family to participate in the study,

• 60-72 months old

Exclusion Criteria:

• participation in less than 2/3 of the intervention protocol

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Program, Communication

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University	Burdur

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale for 60-72 Month-old Children scores	it contains five themes, including 'Water and energy use,' 'Waste utilization,' 'Food consumption,' and 'Transportation'. It contains a total of 19 items, which are asked through a game and story structure. he scale is divided into two sections: a game section and a story section. In the game section, children are shown pictures and asked how the characters should behave. In the story section, children are told a story and asked which character is behaving in an environmentally friendly way. Children who answer correctly receive a score of "1", while those who answer incorrectly receive a score of "0". The total score is used to measure environmental awareness. The KR-20 coefficient for internal consistency reliability of the EKAY-O was calculated as 0.66.	four weeks