Disaster management: a study on knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency nurse and community health nurse

Ahayalimudin, Nurul’Ain; Ismail, Aniza; Saiboon, Ismail Mohd

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-s2-a3

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“…Researchers found that adequacy of knowledge and practice, and portraying positive attitude was driven by being involved in disaster response and attending disaster-related education. They recommended paramount for health administrators to conduct disaster-related education/ training for front-liners such as emergency and community health nurses to improve their knowledge and practice towards disaster management [19].…”

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Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim¹

2014

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Abstract:The number of reported natural and human-made disasters continues to rise worldwide. Nurses comprise the highest percent of health and medical workforce. Nurses must understand the national disaster management cycle. The present study was aimed to examine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, practices and familiarity regarding disaster and emergency preparedness-Saudi Arabia. Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using five tools to obtain data from 252 two registered batches of bridging nurses students. Five tools were demonstrated to collect data about demographic data, questionnaire for knowledge, attitude and practice to measure disaster preparedness and emergency preparedness information questionnaire to measure nurses' familiarity. The study findings revealed that the mean age score was 26.36±1.82 and for the knowledge level was 21.2 ± 6.0. A highly significant difference was found for attitude and practice regarding disaster preparedness as well familiarity concerned emergency preparedness P≤.000. Based on the present study results; lacking of knowledge and practices with acceptable level of attitude regarding disaster preparedness and neutral familiarity with emergency preparedness were concluded. Thus an integration of clearly titled theory and practice teaching courses about disaster and emergency preparedness into nursing curricula are crucial needed and provided in respect to their learning/training preferences. Further, follow up research are necessary for maximizing nursing education and nursing quality in these critical areas applied to healthcare and community setting.

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Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

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2014

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“…With growing populations and more densely populated urban areas, disasters, which by nature are unpredict-able events, now affect more people, demolish more property, and disrupt the environment in which people live than ever before (Ahayalimudin, İsmail, & Saiboon, 2012). One such area occurs within the Asia-Pacific region.…”

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Undergraduate nursing students' perceptions about disaster preparedness and response in Istanbul, Turkey, and Miyazaki, Japan: A cross‐sectional study

Öztekin

Larson

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Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Disaster characteristics were not described by one third of the students. Of the two-thirds that were described, most were of events that were highly predictable because of their frequencies in the given areas. Universities need to target and then focus on high-risk factors in their areas and have disaster plans for students who can provide triage and managerial nursing roles as disaster responders.

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“…For instance, a community with a low risk perception is likely to cope poorly with disasters, while a community with a high risk perception tends to behave in a positive and anticipatory way, promoting higher resilience (Gaillard and Texier, 2010). Understanding public perceptions of biological threats can support public health agencies in determining the knowledge required to underpin the necessary educational programmes that raise community awareness (Ahayalimudin et al, 2012), which, in turn, may provide an incentive to develop the relevant strategies (Parkins and MacKendrick, 2007). Furthermore, public perception of a potential pandemic can be beneficial in identifying how to change public behaviour during the early period of any biological threat (Kamate et al, 2009) and can be important in determining compliance with official advice (Rubin et al, 2009).…”

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Public perceptions and attitudes to biological risks: Saudi Arabia and regional perspectives

Alshehri

Rezgui

2016

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Saudi Arabia has experienced frequent occurrences of biological disasters due to a wide range of generator factors, including natural disasters and epidemics. A national survey (n=1,164) was conducted across 13 regions of Saudi Arabia to examine public perceptions to the risk of a biological disaster. The primary results reveal: (a) a degree of knowledge about biological threats such as SARS and H5N1 flu, despite the lack of individual experience with disasters; (b) age, gender, education and faith are positively related to the perception of biological risk; and (c) a number of important community resilience factors exist, including faith, education and willingness. This study concludes that the development of adapted resilience strategies in disaster management can be achieved through public education and training involving cooperation with official organisations and religious authorities in the country to increase public awareness, knowledge and skills in mitigating biological threats.

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Disaster management: a study on knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency nurse and community health nurse

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Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

Undergraduate nursing students' perceptions about disaster preparedness and response in Istanbul, Turkey, and Miyazaki, Japan: A cross‐sectional study

Public perceptions and attitudes to biological risks: Saudi Arabia and regional perspectives

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