Training on Good and Green Health Practices in Midwifery Students Awareness Raising and Development of Good Health Practices Awareness Scale

Type (Design) of Research This research has two stages, the first stage is methodological type and the second stage will be carried out as a pre-test post-test randomised controlled experimental research. In the first stage, Good Health Practices Awareness Scale will be developed. In the second stage of the study, training will be given to Midwifery Department students about Good and Green Health Practices and the effectiveness of the training will be evaluated.

Population and Sample of the Study The research is planned to be conducted at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery. The population of the study consists of 300 students studying in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of the midwifery department of this university (based on the number of students in the 1st (n = 110), 2nd (n = 96) and 3rd (n = 94) grades of the 2023-2024 academic year). No sample selection will be made in the study, and it is planned that all 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students will participate in the study. In scale studies, it is stated that the sample size should be at least ten times the number of items. Accordingly, the number of participants will be determined by multiplying the number of items in the scale by 10 to calculate the sample size. If the number of items determined is more than 30, first grade students will also be included in the study. For the second phase of the study, the students will be asked to participate in the training and control group (Training group: 150; Control group: 150). At the end of the research, the relevant sample size will be checked by post hoc power analysis. In the course curriculum of the Midwifery Department of this university, there is no course on environmental awareness, good practices, green practices, etc. In this respect, the variables that may affect the results of the study were tried to be taken under control.

Randomisation Full randomisation technique will be used to assign the participants to the groups. In the study, Random Lists website (https://www.randomlists.com/) was used and each class was divided into two groups by creating a random numbers table (n=150 for the education group and n=150 for the control group).

Data Collection Tools In the study, the data were collected using the "Descriptive Information Form, Green Culture Scale (GCS) and Good Health Practices Awareness Scale (GHPAS).

Introductory Information Form This form, created by the researchers in line with the literature (Perleth et al., 2001; Erötken & Durkan, 2010; Altındiş et al., 2018; Karasu, 2019), consists of two sections and a total of nine questions.