Students' Perception of Disaster Management in Benha University | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2017, Page 53-67 PDF (312.57 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.44976 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ghada Elsayed Abd El-Aziz; Howyida Sadek Abd El-Hamed; Hanaa Abdel Gawad bdel Megeed | ||||
| Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Benha University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts. The aim: the study aimed to evaluate students’ perception of disaster management in Benha University. Research design: Descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at 14Faculties at Benha University in Qaliubya Governorate. The Sample: A systematic random sample was used in this study, it includes400 students from 4627. Tools: A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess the socio- demographic characteristics. Students' knowledge about the disasters, Students attitude about disaster, an observation checklist to measure A: observe the presence of facilities and precautions for preventing the disaster. B: Observe the plan used for preventing disaster in the faculty. Results: 65.5% of the students were aged 18- < 20 years, 56.8% of them were female, 40.3% of the students had incorrect knowledge about meaning of the disaster, 50.5% of the students had average knowledge, 56.5% of them had average attitude, 42.8% of them had an average practice, 54.5% of the facilities had good facilities, and 53.3% of them had a good plan. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant relation between knowledge, practices and attitude and general characteristics in age and sex, but there were no statistically significant relation between knowledge and general characteristics in exposed to the crisis. There was no statistically significant relation between the knowledge and the practices, but there was a highly statistically significant relation between the knowledge and the attitude. Recommendations: Health education program should be given to students about the disaster, its causes, classification and disaster management. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Disasters; Students; Knowledge; Practices & Attitude | ||||
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