Long-Term and Immediate Impacts of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) Education Interventions in a Rural Chinese Earthquake-Prone Transitional Village

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Emily Ying Yang Chan
Janice Ying-en Ho
Zhe Huang
Jean Hee Kim
Holly Ching Yu Lam
Phoebe Pui Wun Chung
Carol Ka Po Wong
Sida Liu
Sharon Chow
机构
[1] The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC)
[2] University of Oxford,Nuffield Department of Medicine
[3] The Chinese University of Hong Kong,The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care
[4] François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health & Human Rights,undefined
[5] Harvard University,undefined
[6] Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) International Centre of Excellence – CCOUC (ICoE-CCOUC),undefined
[7] Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation,undefined
来源
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science | 2018年 / 9卷
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Earthquake; Transitional community; Disaster preparedness kit; Disaster risk reduction; Health emergency and disaster risk management; Rural China; Sichuan;
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Ma’an Qiao Village, a Dai and Yi ethnic minority-based community in Sichuan Province, China sustained complete infrastructure devastation during the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) education intervention programs were implemented in 2010 and 2011. This serial cross-sectional survey study aimed to examine the immediate and long-term impacts of the Health-EDRM interventions in this remote rural community. The findings demonstrate knowledge improvement in areas of water and sanitation, food and nutrition, and disaster preparedness immediately after the Health-EDRM education interventions. Temporal stability of knowledge retention was observed in household hygiene and waste management and smoking beliefs in 2018, 7 years after the interventions. Other important findings include knowledge uptake pattern differences of oral rehydration solution (ORS) between earthquake-prone and flood-prone communities. Usage of Internet and mobile technology for accessing disaster-related information was found to be independent of gender and income. Overall, this study demonstrated the knowledge improvement through Health-EDRM education interventions in a remote rural community. Promoting behavioral changes through interventions to raise awareness has the potential to reduce health risks in transitional post-disaster settings. Future programs should aim to identify evidence-based practices and explore how technology can support Health-EDRM education among vulnerable subgroups.
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