Determination of awareness and concern levels of health administrators about the impact of climate change on health in Tekirdağ province

Climate change affects every field, especially health. The effects of climate change on health also affect health institutions and concern health managers closely. The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge, concern and awareness levels about climate change of health managers actively working in public/private secondary and tertiary health institutions and medical centers located in Tekirdağ city center. All 89 people working as active health managers in 11 health institutions (3 public, 5 private and 2 medical centers, 1 university hospital) in Tekirdağ City Center participated in the cross-sectional study. Three questionnaires were used in data collection, one of which was the "PIF" created and structured by the researchers themselves, and the other two were the "CCAS" and the "CCCS", for which validity and reliability studies were conducted in Turkish. The study data were transferred to the computer environment and descriptive statistics and comparative analyzes were made with the PASW® Statistics 18 for Windows package program. Permissions for the study were obtained from the relevant institutions and ethical permission from the TNKU TF Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics. As a result of the research, it was determined that healthcare managers are aware of the impact that climate change will have on healthcare services and healthcare institutions. It has been determined that all health managers want to know more about climate change, but due to their busy workload, they cannot participate in seminars and trainings on the subject. It has been determined that young health managers (31-35) are more anxious and have higher awareness levels than middle-aged health managers. The expected average score of the participants from the Climate Change Concerns Scale was determined as 36.39 ± 8.649, and Cronbach's Alpha was determined as 0.754. The average score that could be gained from the Climate Change Awareness Scale of the participants was determined as 192.51 ± 51.979, and Cronbach's Alpha was determined as 0.774. Keywords: Hospital Management, Climate Change, Health Management, Health M.