Impact of a community disaster awareness training program in Turkey: Does it influence hazard-related cognitions and preparedness behaviors

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dc.authorid0000-0003-1364-5118en_US
dc.authorid0000-0003-1632-3851en_US
dc.authorid0000-0002-5748-9180en_US
dc.contributor.authorAkşit, Bahattin
dc.contributor.authorKarancı, Ayşe Nuray
dc.contributor.authorDirik, Gülay
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T20:55:36Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T20:55:36Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractA community disaster training program focusing on earthquakes, floods and landslides was implemented in Çankiri, Turkey, in 2002. It covered mitigation, preparedness and response aspects of natural disaster management. Four thousand community members participated in the training program delivered by 95 local trainers. This study evaluated the impact of participation in this program. One year later, 400 randomly selected participants in the training program and a comparable sample of 400 community members who did not participate in any disaster training program (nonparticipants) were surveyed. Disaster-related cognitions (i.e., disaster expectation, worry about future disasters, loss estimations if a disaster occurs, beliefs in the possibility of mitigation and preparedness) and reported preparedness behaviors were assessed. The relationship of sociodemographic, previous disaster experience, anxiety and locus of control variables with disaster-related cognitions and behaviors was examined. Results showed that participants in the training program had more disaster expectation, worry and loss estimation and more preparedness behaviors. Results of regression analyses, examining the relationship of the variables of the study with disaster cognitions, affect and actual preparedness behaviors showed that gender, education, being a participant in the training program, anxiety and locus of control are important variables related to different kinds of disaster-related cognitions. However, reported preparedness behaviors were quite low and this result needs to be viewed with caution. These results have important implications for the modification of programs for targeting sustainable behavioral change, which is likely to reduce the impact of future disasters.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAkşit, B., Karanci, A. N. ve Dirik, G. (2005). Impact of a community disaster awareness training program in Turkey: Does it influence hazard-related cognitions and preparedness behaviors. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, Scientific Journal Publishers. s. 33(3), s. 243-258.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage258en_US
dc.identifier.issn0301-2212
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage243en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sbp/sbp/2005/00000033/00000003/art00003;jsessionid=28o0ejbk8mj41.x-ic-live-02
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/2858
dc.identifier.volume33en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScientific Journal Publishersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Behavior and Personality: an international journalen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.2224/sbp.2005.33.3.243en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryUluslararası Hakemli Dergide Makale - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY03432
dc.titleImpact of a community disaster awareness training program in Turkey: Does it influence hazard-related cognitions and preparedness behaviorsen_US
dc.typeArticle
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