Assessing disaster preparedness and mental health of community members in Aceh, Indonesia: a community-based, descriptive household survey of a national program
| Autor: | Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Nawarat Suwannapong, Suporn Apinuntavech, Nopporn Howteerakul, Nizam Ismail |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Emergency Medical Services medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) Disaster Planning Disasters 03 medical and health sciences Household survey Promotion (rank) Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Medicine Humans 050207 economics Socioeconomics media_common Community based Government Family Characteristics business.industry 030503 health policy & services Public health 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Mental health Health promotion Mental Health Indonesia Disaster preparedness Female 0305 other medical science business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1445-6354 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTON Disaster preparedness of the community is an essential disaster-mitigation strategy to protect human life and to prevent injuries and property damage. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of disaster, and the disaster preparedness of community members in Aceh, Indonesia. METHODS A community-based descriptive household survey was conducted in 40 villages of three tsunami-affected districts in Aceh State, Indonesia. In total, 827 randomly selected community members were interviewed with structured questionnaires during the period September-October 2014. RESULTS About 57.6% of community members had good knowledge of disaster, while 26.0% had good community disaster preparedness. Neither knowledge of disaster nor disaster preparedness of community members achieved the target of the Community Mental Health Nurse Program outcome indicators ( |
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