Applying Instructional Design Strategies and Behavior Theory to Household Disaster Preparedness Training

Abstract

Employing instructional strategies and behavioral theories in preparedness interventions optimizes the potential for individuals to adopt preparedness behaviors. Study findings suggest that stage movement toward household preparedness was not spurious but rather associated with the intervention. Therefore, Ready CDC was successful in moving staff along the continuous process of adopting household disaster preparedness behaviors, thus providing a model for future interventions. The TTM suggests factors such as knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy will differ by stage and may differentially predict progression towards behavior adoption. Thus, tailoring interventions based on an individual's stage of change optimizes the potential for individuals to adopt desired behaviors.

Livelihood resilience and strategies of rural residents of earthquake-threatened areas in Sichuan Province, China

“…Inconsistent to research hypothesis H3 and Hoffmann and Muttarak ( 2017 ), Liu et al ( 2015 , 2020 ), Thomas et al ( 2018 ), Whitehead et al ( 2001 ), Xie et al ( 2008 ), and other research results, they found that the stronger the residents' the capacity for learning, the more inclined the rural residents to adopt non-farming livelihood strategies. However, this study found that there was no significant correlation between residents' the capacity for learning and their livelihood strategy choices.…”

Reducing Urban Flood Risk Through Building- and Lot-Scale Flood Mitigation Approaches: Challenges and Opportunities

“…Financial resources made available to households to engage in risk (Sandink, 2016;Canadian Standards Association, 2018 reduction activity are dependent on the municipality issuing the program; however, the programs emphasize mitigation of risk associated with sanitary sewer surcharge (Sandink, 2013; Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, 2017). Further, preliminary interviews conducted with municipal staff managing subsidy programs in 10 Canadian communities have indicated that uptake programs is often low (Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, 2017), reflecting previous findings in the disaster risk perception and behavior literature (Martin et al, 2007;Jassempour et al, 2014;Meyer et al, 2014;Thomas et al, 2018;Botzen et al, 2019). Several flood mitigation measures concern buried systems, including buried sewer connections, drainage pipes located below concrete basement floor slabs, and foundation drainage systems.…”

“…There exists a substantial literature summarizing studies that have attempted to explain factors that affect public, individual, and household adaption of risk reduction measures. These studies have been applied for a variety of hazards, notably flood, including river, coastal, and urban flash flooding (Grothmann and Reusswig, 2006;Terpstra et al, 2009;Terpstra, 2011;Bubeck et al, 2012;Koerth et al, 2013;Dittrich et al, 2016;Fox-Rogers et al, 2016;Haer et al, 2016;Babcicky and Seebauer, 2017;Richert et al, 2017;Erdlenbruch and Bonte, 2018;Botzen et al, 2019), and also earthquake (Mulilis and Lippa, 1990;Lindell and Perry, 2000;Tanes and Cho, 2013;Joffe et al, 2016), wildland-urban interface fire (Martin et al, 2007;Shafran, 2008;Mozumder et al, 2009;Penman et al, 2016Penman et al, , 2017, disaster preparedness (Glik et al, 2014;Jassempour et al, 2014;Adame and Miller, 2015;Thomas et al, 2018), climate change impacts including sea-level rise (Semenza et al, 2011;Song and Peng, 2017), tornado (Chaney et al, 2013), and other hazards including landslide (Mertens et al, 2018).…”

“…Intensive coastal flood risk reduction measures, such as elevating homes following Hurricane Sandy in New York, were influenced by building regulations rather than voluntary action by households (Botzen et al, 2019). Thomas et al (2018) found that uptake of disaster preparedness kits and family disaster plans was limited following relatively intensive interventions, including intensive education sessions and multiple reinforcement contacts following the initial session. Jassempour et al (2014) found similarly limited uptake after several interventions to promote adoption of disaster kits.…”

A Training Program to Enhance Disaster Preparedness of Group Companies in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

“…However, it is possible that they might not have known about the stocks if not for this task. Pre-assessment of preparedness is an important component of a training designed to increase disaster preparedness [23]. In a postal survey to municipalities, which are responsible for direct support to their affected residents, 7.3% of respondents did not know the items and quantities of stockpiled foods and water indicated in the regional disaster prevention plan [24].…”