@article{ref1,
title="The effects of a disaster preparedness app on community knowledge and intentional behavior in hurricane risk areas",
journal="Disaster medicine and public health preparedness",
year="2022",
author="Susmini, Susmini and Feri, Jhon and Wijaya, Sapondra and Wibowo, Wahyu Dwi Ari and Arifin, Hidayat and Lee, Bih-O.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: With the advancement of technology, disaster preparedness related to hurricane hazards can be taught through an app. This study aimed to examine the effect of using an android-based disaster preparedness app on community knowledge and intentional behavior in hurricane risk areas. <br><br>METHODS: A quasi-experimental study was conducted from October to November, 2020 and a total of 80 respondents were recruited using cluster sampling. The treatment group was given the intervention in the form of the disaster preparedness app for 2 weeks. Meanwhile, the control group received home visits and conventional education about hurricane disasters twice throughout the same period. We then used a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to analyze the pre-test and post-test and a Mann-Whitney U test to compare between treatment and control groups. <br><br>RESULTS: After the implementation of the SiBen app, we found a statistically significant difference in knowledge between treatment and control groups (P < 0.003) and intentional behavior between treatment and control groups (P < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that the disaster preparedness app was an effective educational program able to improve the knowledge and intentional behavior among community members in a hurricane risk area.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1935-7893",
doi="10.1017/dmp.2022.46",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.46"
}