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Sharon White-Lewis1, Elaine Beach2, Carli Zegers3
1School of Nursing, Rasmussen University, 11600 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS, 66210.
Background:
Disasters cause significant human and monetary destruction and society as a whole is underprepared to address them. Disaster preparedness education is not covered extensively enough for health professionals or for the general public.
Methods:
A disaster preparedness education intervention was performed using a non-randomized controlled trial of a convenience sample with a pre- and post-intervention survey. The adapted Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ), a validated survey tool, was utilized. Participants came from a health professions educational enrichment program for students from under-resourced high schools in the Kansas City area.
Results:
The experimental group shows statistically significant improvement in knowledge of disaster topics post-intervention. Of 18 adapted EPIQ tool questions, 17 show statistically significant improvement in disaster knowledge post-intervention for the experimental group with significance set at p < .05 (range of significant p values .000-.017).
Conclusions:
The education intervention was effective and cost-efficient. Disaster preparedness education should be included in THE secondary school curriculum.
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