The influence of expertise on perceived and actual household disaster preparedness

Brown, Gavin; Largey, Ann; McMullan, Caroline

doi:10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100150

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“…Cohabitation was captured using the number of adults living in the household. Finally, the data from a previous Irish study showed that urbanicity was significantly related to actual household preparedness [ 58 ]; hence this variable was included. A detailed summary of respondent demographics is presented in Table 3 .…”

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“…Ten studies examined the empirical differences between perceived preparedness and actual preparedness [ 52 – 56 , 58 , 59 , 64 , 77 , 102 ]. Longo, who utilized dichotomous variables for perceived and actual preparedness, and odds ratios to undertake the analysis, discovered that nursing students who felt prepared for earthquakes were in fact more than twice as likely to have a family emergency plan in their household, and nearly five times as likely to have accumulated emergency supplies [ 52 ].…”

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“…When measuring emergency preparedness, some studies use a single binary measure [ 47 , 70 ], for example, asking respondents if there is a 72-hour emergency kit in their home [ 47 ]. To maintain measurement validity, household preparedness measures should include measures which are not focused solely on supplies [ 58 ], because as Mileti [ 80 ] noted “the purpose of preparedness is to anticipate problems in disasters so that ways can be devised to address the problems effectively and so that the resources needed for an effective response are in place beforehand”. Preparedness measures can be grouped into categories such as:…”

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An assessment of nurses’ perceived and actual household emergency preparedness

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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.

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confidence: 99%