Perception of Climate Change at Ain Shams Medical Campus: A Survey of Egyptian Medical Students
Yousef, S., Momen, M., Abdellatif, A. (2024). Perception of Climate Change at Ain Shams Medical Campus: A Survey of Egyptian Medical Students. EKB Journal Management System, 42(1), 22-29. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2023.220870.1264
Shaimaa Samy Yousef; Mohamed Momen; Aya Mostafa Abdellatif. "Perception of Climate Change at Ain Shams Medical Campus: A Survey of Egyptian Medical Students". EKB Journal Management System, 42, 1, 2024, 22-29. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2023.220870.1264
Yousef, S., Momen, M., Abdellatif, A. (2024). 'Perception of Climate Change at Ain Shams Medical Campus: A Survey of Egyptian Medical Students', EKB Journal Management System, 42(1), pp. 22-29. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2023.220870.1264
Yousef, S., Momen, M., Abdellatif, A. Perception of Climate Change at Ain Shams Medical Campus: A Survey of Egyptian Medical Students. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 42(1): 22-29. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2023.220870.1264

Perception of Climate Change at Ain Shams Medical Campus: A Survey of Egyptian Medical Students

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine
Article 3, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2024, Page 22-29  XML PDF (946.5 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2023.220870.1264
View on SCiNiTO View on SCiNiTO
Authors
Shaimaa Samy Yousef email orcid 1; Mohamed Momen1; Aya Mostafa Abdellatif2
1Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain- Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
2Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain- Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Climate change represents the greatest health risks to humanity and healthcare professionals all over the world are taking action to mitigate its impacts. The current study aimed to evaluate the perception of medical students at Ain Shams University (ASU) towards climate change, its health impact and medical students’ responsibilities for it in the future.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 503 medical students at ASU. The data was gathered using an electronic questionnaire covering socio-demographic characteristics and perceptions towards climate change using 5- point Likert scale.
Results: Among participants; (78.5%) were 20-25 years old, (54.9%) were females, (68.2%) were living in urban places and (57.9%) of them were in academic years. Most of them perceived agree to strongly agree towards the health impacts of climate change except for receiving medical education about it. Furthermore, females and those from urban sites reported a statistically significant disagreement regarding receiving previous medical education for climate change (p <0.001). After applying multi-variate analysis, clinical medical study was a significant predictor for the 25-point score assessing perception of climate change’s health impact.
Conclusion: Medical students have good perception of climate change and it’s important to teach them about it in medical programs. This will give future physicians the tools they need to deal with the health problems caused by climate change. Moreover, specific educational interventions and tailored methods are needed to teach all students about climate change in depth, focusing on environmental accountability at individual, community and institutional levels.
Keywords
Perception; Climate change; Health impact; Ain Shams University; Medical Students
Statistics
Article View: 131
PDF Download: 84