Seeking Safety

Christensen, Janelle J.; Richey, Elizabeth Danforth; Castañeda, Heide

doi:10.1177/1533317513500837

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“…Although still inconclusive, some cognitive impairments, such as mild cognitive impairment or dementia (Christensen et al 2013; Brown et al 2012) may reduce the ability to perceive and understand fire related cues and reduce the ability to perceive risk as well as to comply with evacuation procedures. So far, there are no studies that directly address RP and cognitive abilities in the context of evacuation and future studies are necessary to understand their role during evacuation.…”

Section: What Role Does Perceived Risk Play In Building Fire Evacuation?mentioning

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Risk perception in fire evacuation behavior revisited: definitions, related concepts, and empirical evidence

et al. 2015

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Risk perception (RP) is studied in many research disciplines (e.g., safety engineering, psychology, and sociology). Definitions of RP can be broadly divided into expectancy-value and risk-as-feeling approaches. In the present review, RP is seen as the personalization of the risk related to a current event, such as an ongoing fire emergency; it is influenced by emotions and prone to cognitive biases. We differentiate RP from other related concepts (e.g., situation awareness) and introduce theoretical frameworks relevant to RP in fire evacuation (e.g., Protective Action Decision Model and Heuristic-Systematic approaches). Furthermore, we review studies on RP during evacuation with a focus on the World Trade Center evacuation on September 11, 2001 and present factors modulating RP as well as the relation between perceived risk and protective actions. We summarize the factors that influence perception risk and discuss the direction of these relationships (i.e., positive or negative influence, or inconsequential) and conclude with presenting limitations of this review and an outlook on future research.

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Section: What Role Does Perceived Risk Play In Building Fire Evacuation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk perception in fire evacuation behavior revisited: definitions, related concepts, and empirical evidence

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“…People who live with small children and/or individuals with disabilities are more likely to indicate a higher level of preparedness. Other variables, such as education, income, and the perception of vulnerability, also tend to predict preparedness [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. A number of other important psychological variables-such as key attitudes and beliefs-are likely to be useful in not only predicting but also marshalling people's willingness to prepare them for a disaster.…”

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Degree of Disaster Preparedness of Families

Carlos

2020

COJNH

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Background:The family has a crucial role during disaster. It is a principal conduit for disaster behaviors and critical for its individual members' survival. Clason concluded that families have proved themselves not only essential reproductive units, but also as core social units enhancing its members' survival. Global policies on disaster risk reduction have highlighted individual and community responsibilities and roles in reducing risk and promoting coping capacity. A predominant gap in the literature is the need for evidence-informed strategies to overcome the identified challenges to family preparedness.Purpose: This study determined the degree of disaster preparedness of families on the dimensions of resources, disaster plan, knowledge on earthquake, typhoon and flood response, disaster skills, the attitudes of families towards disaster preparedness and the association of variables. Methods:The study utilized the quantitative descriptive-correlational design. The respondents consisted of 399 household heads in the city of Baguio, chosen through systematic, cluster sampling process. Data were gathered utilizing a group made questionnaire, and were treated using counts, means, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. Result:The findings revealed that from a scale of excellent, good, fair and poor, the degree of disaster preparedness of families is only "good" while families have "fairly positive" attitude towards disaster preparedness. There is a weak correlation between attitude and degree of preparedness. Conclusion:A. Families still cannot adequately respond to disaster, with several areas needed to be enhanced. a. Majority of the families do not find it necessary to prepare disaster supplies ahead of time. Several still don't see the need to do so. b. Families still need to come together to agree on what to do in case of disaster. c. Not all are ready to respond to earthquake. d. Families are knowledgeable enough on how to respond to typhoon and landslide. There is a need to enhance training on disaster response and basic life skills. B. Families have some negative perceptions related to disaster preparedness.C. The selected variables do not significantly influence degree of preparedness and attitudes toward disaster preparedness. D. Attitudes toward disaster do not influence much the degree of preparedness of families on disaster. In terms of disaster, they just have to do what can be done regardless of whether they have negative perception of things. Negative beliefs can be set aside in disaster situations.

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“…34 Many older adults have chosen not to evacuate during hurricanes because they had survived previous incidents unscathed or evacuated unnecessarily in the past and so chose not to heed the present warnings. 36 Furthermore, disasters requiring evacuation or relocation can cause additional stress and mental health issues, with displaced older adults suffering greater psychological strain than those able to remain resident. 37 A 2013 US study found that, despite being at greater risk due to disruptions in infrastructure and support, older populations were inclined to shelter in place rather than evacuate.…”

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Psychological and Physical Impacts of Extreme Events on Older Adults: Implications for Communications

McClelland

Amlôt²,

Rogers

et al. 2016

Disaster med. public health prep.

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In recent years, a series of large-scale, high-profile natural disasters and terrorist attacks have demonstrated the need for thorough and effective disaster preparedness. While these extreme events affect communities and societies as a whole, they also carry specific risks for particular population groups. Crises such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan have illustrated the risk of significant and disproportionate morbidity and mortality among older adults during disasters. Age does not necessarily equate to vulnerability, but many physical and psychological consequences of the aging process can increase the risk of adverse outcomes. As the older population grows, so too does the need to ensure that adequate, practical, and appropriate measures exist to offset the specific risks from extreme events associated with this subpopulation. Effective risk and crisis communication plays a key role in mitigating the extent to which older adults are differentially affected during extreme events. By identifying the specific issues affecting older adults, this review highlights important areas for action for practitioners and policy-makers, particularly in the realm of crisis communication. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:127–134)

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Seeking Safety

Cited by 18 publications

References 51 publications

Risk perception in fire evacuation behavior revisited: definitions, related concepts, and empirical evidence

Risk perception in fire evacuation behavior revisited: definitions, related concepts, and empirical evidence

Degree of Disaster Preparedness of Families

Psychological and Physical Impacts of Extreme Events on Older Adults: Implications for Communications

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