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Abstract
Background: Climate change includes both global warming caused by humans and its impacts on Earth’s weather patterns. Aim of The study: assess mothers awareness about the effect of climate changes on health of their children under 5years. Research design: descriptive exploratory design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Elamiria Medical Center in Elzaton Zone. Sample: A Purposive sample of 264 enrolled at the above mentioned setting was involved in this study. Tools: structural interviewing questionnaire: It was included three parts as following: Part (I): mothers Socio demographic data. Part (II): mothers Knowledge about climate changes effects on health of their children. Part (III): mothers reported practices about climate changes effects on health of their children. Results: the present study showed that 38.6% of the studied mothers had satisfactory level of knowledge about the effects of climate change on the health of their children. And 52.3% of the studied mothers demonstrated healthy practices related to the effects of climate change on the health of their children. Conclusion more than half of the studied mothers demonstrated healthy practices related to the effects of climate change on the health of their children. While, there was a significant statistical correlation between total level of knowledge and total level of practice among the studied mothers. Recommendation: Awareness programs should be conducted regularly for improving mothers’ knowledge which could positively affect their perception and daily life practices and their children health regarding climate change, Apply further research about climate change in other setting for generalization.