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- Disasters inflict major human and economic damage, highlighting society's lack of preparedness, particularly in education for health professionals and the public.
- A non-randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a disaster preparedness education intervention using the Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ), targeting under-resourced high school students in Kansas City.
- Results indicated that the intervention significantly improved disaster knowledge among participants, suggesting that disaster preparedness should be integrated into secondary school curricula.
Article Abstract
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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