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Measuring Nurses’ Knowledge and Awareness of Climate Change and Climate-Associated Diseases: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Existing Instruments

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  • Omar Portela Dos Santos

    (Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
    Institute of Health Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal)

  • Pauline Melly

    (Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, 1950 Sion, Switzerland)

  • Stéphane Joost

    (Geospatial Molecular Epidemiology Group (GEOME), Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry (LGB), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Unit of Population Epidemiology, Division and Department of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
    La Source School of Nursing, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Henk Verloo

    (Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
    Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Service of Old Age Psychiatry, 1008 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

Background: Climate change is a health emergency. Each year, it is estimated to cost more than 230 million years of life expectancy, with 4–9 million premature deaths associated with air pollution, and 9 million excess deaths due to non-optimal temperatures, representing 7% more temperature-related deaths since 2015 and 66% more since 2000. Objective: Identify and evaluate the reliability, fidelity, and validity of instruments measuring nurses’ knowledge and awareness of climate change and climate-associated diseases. Methods: A systematic literature review will retrieve and assess studies examining instruments measuring nurses’ knowledge and awareness of climate change and climate-associated diseases. Using predefined search terms for nurses, climate change, literacy and scales or tools, we will search for published articles recorded in the following electronic databases, with no language or date restrictions, from their inception until 31 October 2023: Medline Ovid SP (from 1946), PubMed (NOT Medline[sb], from 1996), Embase.com (from 1947), CINAHL Ebesco (from 1937), the Cochrane Library Wiley (from 1992), Web of Science Core Collection (from 1900), the Trip Database (from 1997), JBI OVID SP (from 1998), and the GreenFILE EBSCO. We will also hand-search relevant articles’ bibliographies and search for unpublished studies using Google Scholar, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, and DART-EUrope.eu. This will be completed by exploring the gray literature in OpenGrey and the Grey Literature Report, from inception until 31 October 2023, in collaboration with a librarian. Twelve bibliographic databases will be searched for publications up to 31 October 2023. The papers selected will be assessed for their quality. Results: The electronic database searches were completed in May 2023. Retrieved articles are being screened, and the study will be completed by October 2023. After removing duplicates, our search strategy has retrieved 3449 references. Conclusions: This systematic review will provide specific knowledge about instruments to measure nurses’ knowledge, awareness, motivation, attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, skills, and competencies regarding climate change and climate-associated diseases.

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  • Omar Portela Dos Santos & Pauline Melly & Stéphane Joost & Henk Verloo, 2023. "Measuring Nurses’ Knowledge and Awareness of Climate Change and Climate-Associated Diseases: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Existing Instruments," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(20), pages 1-12, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:20:p:6963-:d:1265713
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    1. Kendra R. Cicci & Alana Maltby & Kristin K. Clemens & Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera & Anna C. Gunz & Éric Lavigne & Piotr Wilk, 2022. "High Temperatures and Cardiovascular-Related Morbidity: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-24, September.
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    3. Omar Portela Dos Santos & Pauline Melly & Stéphane Joost & Henk Verloo, 2023. "Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Challenges for Nursing Discipline," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(9), pages 1-12, April.
    4. Maria João Salvador Costa & Alexandra Leitão & Rosa Silva & Vanessa Monteiro & Pedro Melo, 2022. "Climate Change Prevention through Community Actions and Empowerment: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-37, November.
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