Citation

Khodadadizadeh A, Sohrabizadeh S, Heidarzadeh A, Sayadi AR, Jahangiri K, Janatabadi FS. Int. J. Emerg. Manage. 2020; 16(2): 201.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJEM.2020.112305

PMID

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Iran is considered as one of the highly disaster-prone countries in the world. Preparedness is one of the important phases of disaster management. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of earthquake experiences on household preparedness.

METHODS: This study was a cross-sectional research conducted on a total of 500 households living in Bam and Rafsanjan counties. The data were collected using a standardised earthquake preparedness questionnaire through randomised sampling. The data were analysed using the T-test and descriptive statistics.

FINDINGS: Based on the data, difference of total preparedness scores between two groups was statistically significant (p < 0.01). The mean score of preparedness of Bam households was higher than preparedness of Rafsanjan households.

CONCLUSION: Disaster-experienced households benefit from higher levels of preparedness rather than households without any earthquake experience in Kerman Province, Iran. Community-based education, training, exercising and collaborating are suggested as important factors to improve preparedness.

Keywords: preparedness; readiness; earthquake experience; disaster; natural hazard; household; community; Bam; Rafsanjan; Iran.

Language: en