Household emergency preparedness: A multidisciplinary concept analysis

Wilcox, Lisa; Heagele, Tara; McNeill, Charleen

doi:10.1111/nuf.12670

Cited by 5 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…I have enough…I am in a position that this is an inconvenience, it’s not a disaster.” This conceptualization is consistent with widely accepted views of disasters as events where the required capacity or ability to cope exceeds available resources(53). Another respondent stated, “Everyone is vulnerable depending on where you are, what you’re doing and what the impact is but there are certain people who are much more vulnerable because they don’t have the resources or the ability to be resilient.” In a recent multidisciplinary review of literature and concept analysis of household emergency preparedness, authors examined antecedents, or things that must occur prior to the concept (disaster) occurrence(54). Personal resources/financial capital was not included as an antecedent to household emergency preparedness.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitive Interview Validation of a Novel Household Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Instrument

Amberson

Ndayishimiye

Cloud

et al. 2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Weather and climate disasters are responsible for over 13,000 USA deaths, worsened morbidity, and $1.7 trillion additional costs over the last 40 years with profound racial disparities. This project empirically generated items for a novel survey instrument of household hazard vulnerability with initial construct validation while addressing racial data bias. Methods Cognitive interviewing methodology was completed with transdisciplinary disaster expert panelists (n=20) from diverse USA regions on 60 unique hazard, disaster, or event items. Interview video recordings were qualitatively analyzed using thematic and pattern coding. Results A cognitive process mapped to themes of disaster characteristics, resources, individual life facet, and felt effect was revealed. 379 unique instances of linked terms as synonyms, co-occurring, compounding, or cascading events were identified. Potential for racial data bias was elucidated. Analysis of radiation exposure, trauma, criminal acts of intent items revealed participants may not interpret survey items with these terms as intended. Discussion The findings indicate the potential for racial data bias relative to water dam failure, evacuation, external flood, suspicious package/substance, and transportation failure. Hazard terms that were not interpreted as intended require further revision in the validation process of individual or household disaster vulnerability assessments. Conclusion Several commonalities in the cognitive process and mapping of disaster terms may be utilized in disaster and climate change research aimed at the individual and household unit of analysis. Keywords: racial bias; survey and questionnaire development; validation studies; disasters; environment and public health; hazard analysis

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitive Interview Validation of a Novel Household Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Instrument

Amberson

Ndayishimiye

Cloud

et al. 2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This section includes two entries (one single-choice entry, and one multiple-choice entry). The entries in this part were designed based on market research on the current first-aid kit, a review of relevant literature, and expert consultation (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24).…”

Section: Items For Residents' Home First-aid Kit Preparation Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

The current status and factors related to the preparation of home first-aid kits in China

Zhang

Lyu

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundHome first-aid kits can play an important role when residents are injured, suddenly become seriously ill or suffer from disasters.PurposeTo explore the home first-aid kit preparedness of Chinese residents and the relationship between demographic sociological characteristics, self-efficacy, Big Five personality, health literacy and home first-aid kit preparation behavior.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted. Information was collected through a self-designed questionnaire consisting of sociological characteristics, the New General Self-Efficacy Scale (NGSES), the Health Literacy Scale Short-Form (HLS-SF12), and the 10-item short version of Big Five Inventory (BFI-10). Rank sum test, Chi-square test, and logistic regression were used to explore the relationship between independent variables and home first-aid kit preparation behavior.ResultsA total of 9,344 respondents were included, and 2,156 (23.07%) prepared home first-aid kits. Among the respondents who had prepared their home first-aid kits, disinfection supplies (85.20%), medical masks (84.51%), commonly used drugs (82.79%) were the most frequently available. The respondents whose geographic area was Central and Western China, permanent residence in the urban area, secondary education or above, monthly income of 3,000 RMB or above, health care cost-bearing method mainly resident health insurance, high subgroup of self-efficacy, high subgroup of health care dimension in health literacy, and whose openness and conscientiousness was high subgroup were more likely to prepare home first-aid kits (P < 0.05).ConclusionThe preparation rate for home first-aid kits in China is less than a quarter. The public's home first-aid kit preparation behavior is related to demographic characteristics, self-efficacy, health literacy, and the openness of the Big Five personality. A multi-level linked national emergency literacy education system should be established to enhance the residents' attention to home first-aid kits and improve the residents' ability to prevent emergencies.

show abstract

“…Wilcox et al [ 45 ] in their analysis of household emergency preparedness, highlight that nurses should prepare emergency overnight bags in case they are unable to leave the hospital due to severe weather or other emergencies. They should arrange, where necessary, backup carers for children or pets in the event of extended shifts or being unable to return home safely [ 45 ]. Balut et al [ 44 ] found that USA healthcare workers who felt they were not prepared at a household level for major emergencies were more open to receiving preparedness training.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While a number of studies have examined nurses' emergency household preparedness, none have compared how prepared nurses feel (perceived preparedness) and their actual preparedness (checklist preparedness) [28,30,[44][45][46][47]. Wilcox et al [45] in their analysis of household emergency preparedness, highlight that nurses should prepare emergency overnight bags in case they are unable to leave the hospital due to severe weather or other emergencies. They should arrange, where necessary, backup carers for children or pets in the event of extended shifts or being unable to return home safely [45].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While several studies have examined nurses' emergency household preparedness [3,28,30,42,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52], comparing how prepared nurses feel (perceived preparedness) and their actual preparedness remains underexamined, with Longo's [52] study of student nurses a rare exception. Even when widening the scope to include the general population, only a few studies have examined the alignment of perceived and actual household preparedness [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

An assessment of nurses’ perceived and actual household emergency preparedness

Brown,

McMullan,

Largey

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nurses’ household preparedness is critical if they are to avoid role conflict and report for duty during an emergency. To date, the alignment between nurses’ perceived and actual household preparedness remains under examined. Investigating one of these variables in isolation fails to consider that perceived and actual household preparedness must be high and aligned. If misaligned, vulnerabilities could surface during emergencies, like concerns about family safety, potentially impacting a nurse’s commitment to duty during a crisis, or nurses may lack the actual preparedness to continue working long hours during an emergency. An online questionnaire was distributed to registered nurses in Ireland. The questionnaire was informed by a review of the literature and captured nurses’ perceived and actual household preparedness, attitudes towards and exposure to a range of emergencies, and pertinent demographic characteristics. The results showed a relationship between how nurses view their household preparedness and their actual preparedness. Regression analyses indicate that while there is an overlap, the factors associated with how prepared nurses think they are and how prepared they are can differ. This means that strategies to boost actual preparedness may differ from those needed to boost perceived preparedness. This finding underscores the importance of psychosocial preparedness. Feeling prepared is crucial as it can influence how one responds in an emergency. Considering both the perceived and actual aspects of household preparedness can lead to a more effective response during emergencies.

show abstract

Household emergency preparedness: A multidisciplinary concept analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Cognitive Interview Validation of a Novel Household Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Instrument

Cognitive Interview Validation of a Novel Household Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Instrument

The current status and factors related to the preparation of home first-aid kits in China

An assessment of nurses’ perceived and actual household emergency preparedness

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About