Environmental literacy and ecological footprint awareness encouraging them to consume less energy, reduce waste and use natural resources more sustainably. In this study, the aim was to determine and compare the relationship between environmental literacy, ecological footprint awareness, and environmental behaviors of adults. The research was conducted in a descriptive and cross-sectional type. The universe of the research was individuals aged 18 and over in a province located in the west of Turkey (n: 398) between April 2022 and January 2023. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0, G*Power 3.1, and R programming language 4.1.3 programs. This study revealed that environmental literacy and ecological footprint awareness significantly affected environmental behaviors (p < 0.05). In the study, the ecological footprint awareness variable has a partial mediating effect on the environmental behaviors variable (LLCI = 0.1226, ULCI = 0.2559). Increased environmental literacy and ecological footprint awareness positively affect environmental behaviors. Future studies should explore these relationships in diverse populations. Longitudinal studies on attitudes towards environmental behaviors are recommended.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of young people’s popularity perceptions and social appearance concerns on their perceptions of aesthetic procedures on social media. This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2023 and January 2024. A Personal Information Form, the Popularity Perception Scale (PPS), the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), and the Scale of Aesthetic Procedure Perceptions on Social Media (SAPPS) were used to collect data. Statistically significant differences were found in the popularity perceptions, social appearance anxiety levels, and aesthetic procedure perceptions of the participants based on their age, their status of having a disliked bodily/facial feature, whether they thought of undergoing aesthetic procedures, whether they used filters on social media, whether they used image manipulation programs, and their frequency of using social media platforms each day. The PPS scores of the participants had weak, positive, and significant correlations with their SAAS scores and their total and subscale scores on SAPPS. The frequency of their usage of image manipulation programs was found to predict the popularity perceptions of the participants and their perceptions of aesthetic procedures on social media. It was determined that nursing students had above-average levels of positive popularity perceptions, social appearance anxiety, and positive perceptions of aesthetic procedures on social media, and these three variables were significantly associated with each other. This research may lead to informing young people about the aforementioned factors with the views and support of young nurses.

Çin’de aralık ayında görülen ve pandemi olarak ilan edilen COVID-19 enfeksiyonu ile ilgili her geçen gün morbidite ve mortalite oranları yükselmektedir. Salgın ile beraber gebelik süreciyle ilgili kaygılar da artmaktadır. COVID-19 pnömonisi geçiren gebeler ile genel popülasyonun klinik belirtileri benzerdir. Gebelerin solunum patojenlerine ve şiddetli pnömoniye karşı daha hassas olması ve yapılan çalışmalarda vaka sayılarının azlığı sebebi ile sürecin daha kontrollü sürdürülmesi gerekmektedir. Dünya sağlık örgütü tarafından önerilen Enfeksiyonu Önleme ve Kontrol (IPC) basamaklarının gebelerde olduğu gibi düşük, fetal kayıp, postpartum dönemdeki kadınlar ve bebek bakımını üstlenen kişiler tarafından da uygulanması gerektiği vurgulanmıştır. Yapılan çalışmalarda yeterli kanıtlar olmamakla beraber hastalığın anneden bebeğe geçişinin dikey bulaşla olduğu belirtilmiştir. Enfeksiyon veya şüphesi olan gebelerin doğumdan sonra en az 14 gün boyunca bebeği ile yakın temasının kesilmesi ve emzirilmemesi önerilmektedir. Doğum şekli için tıbbi bir endikasyon yoksa vajinal yolla yapılabileceği belirtilmektedir. Gebeler enfeksiyon sürecinde perinatoloji, yenidoğan ve yoğun bakım uzmanlarından oluşan multidisipliner bir yaklaşımla ele alınmalıdır. Ayrıca bu süreçte gebelere psikososyal desteğin sağlanması da çok önemlidir.

Background/aim: Microbiota awareness, nutritional literacy, and health literacy levels in adolescence have a significant impact on adolescents' health and well-being. This research was conducted to examine the relationship between microbiota awareness, nutrition literacy and health literacy in adolescents.Material and methods: The research was conducted in a descriptive-correlational type. The universe of the research was formed by individuals aged (10-19) living in Türkiye (n:739) between June 2022-February 2024. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0, G*Power 3.1, and R programming language 4.1.3 programs.Results: The total effect of the health literacy variable on nutritional literacy was 0.2311, and this effect value was statistically significant at the 95% confidence level (p< 0.05). In the presence of the health literacy variable, the direct effect of the nutrition literacy variable on the microbiota awareness variable is 0.2888, and this effect value is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level (p< 0.05). In the presence of the nutritional literacy variable, the direct effect of the health literacy variable on the microbiota awareness variable is 0.1707, and this effect value is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level (p< 0.05). Nutrition literacy has a partial mediating role in the effect of health literacy on microbiota awareness (Lower Limit Confidence Interval: 0.045; Upper Limit Confidence Interval: 0.089). The most accurate prediction of machine learning approaches to predict microbiota awareness was made with Random Forest With Shapley Additive Explanations values, it was determined that the most important variable that should be in the model to predict the microbiota awareness variable is the nutrition literacy variable.Conclusion: In our study, it was found that microbiota awareness increased as health literacy and nutrition literacy increased.In machine learning approach prediction, it was determined that the most important variables affecting microbiota awareness were health literacy and nutritional literacy. Longitudinal studies on microbiota awareness are recommended.