Household Food and Water Emergency Preparedness Practices Across the United States
| Autor: | Michelle A. Lloyd Call, Laura K. Jefferies, Carla Belliard, Madalyn Kener, Erin Hiatt, Dennis L. Eggett, Rickelle Richards |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Government
Emergency management Descriptive statistics business.industry Water storage Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Civil Defense Water Disaster Planning 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease 01 natural sciences Emergency situations United States Disasters 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Agency (sociology) medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Business Medical emergency 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 16:1029-1037 |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/dmp.2020.480 |
| Popis: | Objective:To evaluate food and water storage practices in the United States, including the extent that government emergency preparedness guidelines were followed.Methods:Qualtrics panelists (n = 572) completed a 142-item online survey in August 2014. Cognitive interviews (n = 5) and pilot data (n = 14) informed survey development. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze quantitative data. Open-ended responses related to water storage preparation were classified into 5 categories.Results:Many respondents reported being somewhat or well prepared to provide food and water for their households during a large-scale disaster or emergency. Only 53% met Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines to have water last at least 3 days. Based on respondents’ self-report, it appeared that those who prepared personally-filled containers for water did not carefully follow FEMA instructions. Most respondents had non-perishable foods available, with 96% meeting the FEMA guidelines of at least 3 days of storage.Conclusion:Households were generally prepared to provide food and, to a lesser extent, water in emergency situations, but were not consistently following FEMA guidelines. Additional easy-to-follow, evidence-based information may better help citizens accurately implement food and water storage emergency preparedness guidelines. |
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