Determinant factors of community-based disaster preparedness

Abstract

This study examined the determinants of willingness to participate in a community-based disaster preparedness scheme. The theory of reasoned action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977, 1980; Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975) was applied as a basic model and was complemented by the factor of concern about disaster. A structural equation modeling was performed to validate this model. The hypothetical model was supported for the data from the residents (N = 3 036) of an area with a high risk of flood damage. It was clarified that the subjective norm and concern about flood positively contributed to the intention of participating in a community-based disaster preparedness scheme. The perceived cost of preparedness was the inhibitory factor of participating in such a scheme.

Barriers to At-Home-Preparedness in Public Health Employees: Implications for Disaster Preparedness Training

“…Financial barriers to preparedness have been recognized in other investigations. 27 Adding challenges with maintenance increases the barrier prevalence to nearly 60%. This data suggests that educational efforts that emphasize what we should do and why are not likely to have a great lasting impact.…”

Household and Community Disaster Preparedness in Japanese Provincial City: A Population-Based Household Survey

“…Earlier research has found that a person's subjective norms or his or her beliefs of the sort of behaviors that significant others (e.g., family members and close friends) expect determined preparedness (Motoyoshi, Takao, & Ikeda, 2004;Motoyoshi et al, 2008;Paek et al, 2010). Motoyoshi et al have observed the influence of subjective norms on the attitudes of Japanese residents toward household and community preparedness, although they did not examine the association between the two levels (Motoyoshi et al, 2008). This finding implies the existence of discrepancy in the subjective norms for disaster preparedness among local residents.…”

“…Accordingly, there should be a complementary relationship between household-and community-level preparedness, i.e., a lower level of household preparedness would be associated with a higher level of community preparedness, and vice versa. Some studies indicate common predictors of different levels of preparedness, such as people's subjective norms (Motoyoshi, Takao, & Ikeda, 2008;Paek, Hilyard, Freimuth, Barge, & Mindlin, 2010), and concern about disasters (Eisenman et al, 2006;Motoyoshi et al, 2008), and connectedness to a story-telling network (Kim & Kang, 2010), indicating a positive rather than a complementary relationship between the two types of preparedness. However, the association has not been fully understood.…”

Place attachment and flood preparedness

“…Much of the disaster (especially flood) preparedness literature is based on studies in the West (among the small number of exceptions is: Motoyoshi, Takao, & Ikeda, 2004), and so little is known about disaster preparedness in other parts of the world. Moreover, unlike developed countries, developing ones, such as India, face different realities before and after disasters (Persuraman & Unnikrishnan, 2000).…”