A survey instrument to isolate effectiveness of a novel risk communication intervention

Sanquini, A.; Thapaliya, Sundar M.; Wood, Michele M.

doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2179-2

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“…The study participants were parents, teachers, and other community members of the local school. A 25-item survey instrument, the earthquake-resistant construction knowledge and opinions (EKO) scale (Sanquini, 2014;Sanquini et al, 2016) was created to test the impact of this film on the following four factors: knowledge of earthquake-resistant construction design, materials, and methods; confidence in efficacy of such construction items; intention to support such construction; and intention to recommend building earthquake-resistant homes to others. When compared to those who saw a control film on an unrelated topic, participants who saw the intervention film statistically significantly increased their pretest-posttest scores on all four factors.…”

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A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction

Sanquini¹,

Thapaliya

Wood

2016

Disaster Prevention and Management

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Article information:To cite this document: Anne M. Sanquini Sundar M. Thapaliya Michele M. Wood , (2016),"A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 25 Iss 3 pp. 345 -359 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to apply social theory to the creation of a mass-media communications intervention designed to encourage earthquake-resistant construction in Nepal. Design/methodology/approach -A three-step process was employed in this study: first, a narrative literature review was completed regarding the motivation of protective action. Second, key informant elicitation interviews with 15 community members at five public schools who supported making their buildings earthquake-resistant informed the script for a documentary film. Finally, the film was reviewed with stakeholders, plus 16 community members associated with a school in need of seismic work. Sociograms were used to determine relative closeness of the study participants to the film role models. Findings -Motivating factors identified in the literature synthesis were included in the film, which focussed on effective actions taken by role models, and avoided the use of fear-based appeals. Key informant interviews yielded role-modeling details for the film script, including triggers and obstacles faced by the community members, and outcomes of their actions. Sociogram outcomes guided film editing and increased relative screen time for those community members with whom the study participants felt greater closeness. A pretest-posttest cluster randomized trial (details reported elsewhere) showed greater gains in knowledge, perceived outcome effectiveness, and intended behaviors among intervention film viewers than control participants. Originality/value -This three-step process yielded the information required by a practitioner to develop a theory-based, culturally appropriate mass-media intervention designed to motivate reduction of disaster risk.

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Section: Resulting Film Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction

Sanquini¹,

Thapaliya

Wood

2016

Disaster Prevention and Management

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“…This meant we purposely avoided including new or archival footage which was potentially upsetting (including actual footage of volcanic phenomenon 'in-action'). While some evidence suggests fear-based stories or appeals may be useful to persuade behaviour change around certain health risks (Witte and Allen 2000), for other risks this approach has the potential to demotivate, generate fatalistic thoughts, or even inadvertently trigger maladaptive behaviour (Witte and Allen 2000, Witte 1992, Sanquini et al 2016b. Ethical considerations such as this were discussed and built into the design at the outset, and reassessed throughout the lifecourse of the project.…”

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“…Recognised benefits include the ability to convey information or processes that perhaps are hard to envision or understand, to influence risk perceptions, to increase trust, to motivate behaviour change, and to maintain social memory of particular events (Waterson 2007, Ferreira 2004). However, despite success in other disciplines (e.g., Lowe et al 2006), there is very limited evidence from geophysical hazards research as to the role of film in intervention strategies aimed at reducing risk to environmental threats (as an exception see Wood 2016b, Sanquini, Thapaliya andWood 2016a).…”

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Risk communication films: Process, product and potential for improving preparedness and behaviour change

Hicks

Armijos

Barclay

et al. 2017

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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The medium of film is well established for education and communication about hazardous phenomena as it provides engaging ways to directly view hazards and their impacts. Empirical analysis can help to understand films' effectiveness in informing populations at risk and catalysing action to reduce risk.Using volcanic eruptions as a focus, an evidence-based methodology was devised to create, use, and track the outcomes of digital film tools designed to raise hazard and risk awareness, and develop preparedness efforts. Experiences from two contrasting eruptions were documented, with the secondary purpose of fostering social and cultural memories of eruptions, developed in response to demand from at-risk communities during field-based research. The films were created as a partnership with local volcano monitoring scientists and at-risk populations who, consequently, became the leading focus of the films, thus offering a substantial contrast to other types of hazard communication.The films were analysed by sharing them with at-risk communities and evaluating the immediate influence on learning and affect. Results indicated that the use of local content and actors to share experiences and teach valuable lessons were inspirational. Recognizable faces and spaces helped to convey disaster risk reduction messages. They This study demonstrated the effectiveness of co-production in the design and execution of intervention strategies for volcanic risk reduction. Co-production of films with local agencies resulted in products that were contextually appropriate, meaningful for audiences, and useful risk communication tools. Acronyms

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“…Preventive information is also provided through other means but we chose to focus on DICRIM because it is the main regulatory tool of compulsory form dedicated to the general public that 5 summarizes all risks and their prevention. A brochure, film or advertisement may be just one part of a larger campaign to promote hazard readiness, and these items can and should be tested separately for efficacy and effectiveness prior to broad deployment (Sanquini, Thapaliya, and Wood 2016).…”

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Analysis of a risk prevention document using depend ability techniques: a first step towards an effectiveness model

Ferrer¹,

Curt²,

Tacnet³

2017

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Abstract.Major hazard prevention is a main challenge given than it's particularly based on information communicated to the general public. In France, preventive information is provided by the way of a regulatory document named DICRIM (In French "Document d'Information Communal sur les Risques Majeurs" that 10 means in English "Municipal Information Document on Major Risks"). It is made by mayors and addressed to the public in order to provide information on major hazards affecting their municipalities. Unfortunately, the law imposes only few specifications concerning its content therefore one can question the impact on the general population relative to the way it is concretely realized. Ergo, the purpose of our work is to propose an analytical methodology to evaluate preventive risk communication effectiveness and apply it to the DICRIM. The 15 methodology is based on dependability approaches. EFA (External Functional Analysis) permits the identification of (i) the service and technical functions involved, and (ii) the form, content and regulatory constraints of a DICRIM. FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) is used to define the dysfunctions and detection elements are then listed to evaluate conformity with the 3 types of constraint. The outputs are validated by experts from the different fields investigated. Those results are obtained in order to build in future works a 20 decision support model for the municipality (or specialized consulting firms) in charge of drawing up documents. The method is applied to a database of 30 DICRIMs. This analysis leads to a discussion on points such as usefulness of the elements missing.

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A survey instrument to isolate effectiveness of a novel risk communication intervention

Cited by 9 publications

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A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction

A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction

Risk communication films: Process, product and potential for improving preparedness and behaviour change

Analysis of a risk prevention document using depend ability techniques: a first step towards an effectiveness model

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