The Effects of a Disaster Preparedness app on Community Knowledge and Intentional Behavior in Hurricane Risk Areas
| Autor: | Susmini Susmini, Jhon Feri, Sapondra Wijaya, Wahyu Dwi Ari Wibowo, Hidayat Arifin, Bih-O Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 17 |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/dmp.2022.46 |
| Popis: | Objective: With the advancement of technology, disaster preparedness related to hurricane hazards can be taught through an app. This study aimed to examine the effect of using an android-based disaster preparedness app on community knowledge and intentional behavior in hurricane risk areas. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted from October to November, 2020 and a total of 80 respondents were recruited using cluster sampling. The treatment group was given the intervention in the form of the disaster preparedness app for 2 weeks. Meanwhile, the control group received home visits and conventional education about hurricane disasters twice throughout the same period. We then used a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to analyze the pre-test and post-test and a Mann-Whitney U test to compare between treatment and control groups. Results: After the implementation of the SiBen app, we found a statistically significant difference in knowledge between treatment and control groups (P < 0.003) and intentional behavior between treatment and control groups (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The findings indicate that the disaster preparedness app was an effective educational program able to improve the knowledge and intentional behavior among community members in a hurricane risk area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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