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Animal Disaster Training: Assessing Disaster Preparedness and Perceptions of Responders

open access: yesJournal of Extension, 2021
Extension has an important role in addressing animal issues in communities. An evaluation of animal disaster preparedness and perceptions of participants in a large-animal emergency training course was conducted through precourse and postcourse surveys, and survey data from first responders were compared to those of other participants. Few participants
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Cognition and Implementation of Disaster Preparedness among Japanese Dialysis Facilities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Introduction. Few quantitative studies have explored disaster preparedness in dialysis facilities worldwide. This study examined the levels of disaster preparedness and their related factors in dialysis facilities in Japan. Methods.
Hidehiro Sugisawa   +3 more
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Risk perception of natural hazards of the inhabitants of Pico de Tancítaro, Michoacán, México

open access: yesRevista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, 2023
Risk perception, in disaster risk reduction, refers to the recognition and interpretation of reality, a pro-cess through which an individual's brain decodes and signifies the stimuli received through the sen-ses, to configure a conscious ...
Gemma Gómez Castillo   +1 more
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A cluster-randomized trial study on effectiveness of health education based intervention (HEBI) in improving flood disaster preparedness among community in Selangor, Malaysia: a study protocol

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Flood disaster preparedness among the community seldom received attention. Necessary intervention must be taken to prevent the problem. Health Education Based Intervention (HEBI) was developed following the Health Belief Model, particularly in
M. N. Mohd Tariq   +7 more
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Indonesian nurses’ perception of disaster management preparedness

open access: yesChinese Journal of Traumatology, 2019
Using a quantitative approach, this study aims to assess Indonesian nurses' perception of their knowledge, skills, and preparedness regarding disaster management.This study was a descriptive comparison in design. The research samples are Indonesian nurses working in medical services and educational institutions. The variables of nurses' preparedness to
Martono, M.   +4 more
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Community Perception through Comparative Analysis of Turkey's Disaster Preparedness Policy: The Case of Van-Bitlis Provinces

open access: yesDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi, 2020
In this research, Turkey's perception of society on disaster preparedness policies aimed comparative study. In this context, a field survey was carried out in Van, where the disaster occurred recently (2011) and in Bitlis, where no recent disaster ...
Ahmet Uğur, Metin Işık
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A multi-level analytic framework for disaster situational awareness using Twitter data

open access: yesComputational Urban Science, 2022
During a natural disaster, mining messages from social media platforms can facilitate local agencies, rescue teams, humanitarian aid organizations, etc., to track the situational awareness of the public.
Wei Zhai
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Analysis of direction of association between radiation risk perception and relocation using a random-intercept and cross lagged panel model: The Fukushima Health Management Survey

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2020
In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a person's radiation risk perception can harm their sociopsychological health. Although there are reports of an association between radiation risk perception and relocation, the direction of this association has ...
Michio Murakami   +7 more
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Examination of the factors that influence public perception of mythically-based human behavior in disaster conditions [PDF]

open access: yesGlasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva, 2020
Starting from the importance of risk perception for taking certain preventive measures to protect people and their property from disasters, the subject of the research is to examine the factors influencing public perception of mythically-based ...
Cvetković Vladimir, Jovanović Marina
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Determination of Medical Students’ Perception on Disaster Awareness

open access: yesBezmiâlem Science
Objective: Medical students and general practitioners have a vital role in disasters both in the “preparedness and mitigation” and “response and recovery” phases.
Bilge DELİBALTA   +4 more
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