Promoting Environmental Sustainability Practices to Mitigate Climate-Induced Bronchial Asthma among School Age Children

Background: Bronchial asthma remains the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease among children globally, and its management has become increasingly complex in the face of the 21st-century climate crisis.This study aimed to evaluate the effect of environmental sustainability practices on mitigation climate-induced bronchial asthma among school age children. Design: Quasi-experimental, pre-test/post-test design. Setting: Pediatric Chest Outpatient Clinic, Sohag University Hospital. Sample: A convenient sampling of all 200 school-age children (6–12 years) during six months which divided into Intervention Group (n=100): Receives standard clinical care plus the "Sustainability-Based Asthma Mitigation Program. Control Group (n=100): Receives standard clinical care and routine asthma education only. Tools: 1-Demographic & Climate Exposure Sheet, 2-Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT), 3-Eco-Anxiety Scale for Children, and 4-Sustainability Practice Questionnaire: To track the adoption of sustainable behaviors by the family. Results:The findings of this study demonstrated a highly significant improvement (P