%0 Journal Article
%T The transmission of information in the immediate aftermath of the great East Japan earthquake by the administration in their efforts to establish safe communities
%J Injury prevention
%D 2012
%A Yamada, N.
%A Yamada, Minoru
%A Yoshiike, N.
%A Niiyama, Y.
%A Kokubo, J.
%V 18
%N Suppl 1
%P A154-A154
%X Background This survey examines the availability of information in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake in X City, which was affected by the disaster, and considers future disaster response policies.  Aims/Methods For the survey, 451 households in X City were randomly selected from among the 26 818 households.  Results The survey yielded 359 responses from 248 of the 451 households.  Attributes of the respondents; of the 681 people who responded, 294 (43.2%) were male, 355 (52.1%) were female, and 4.7%did not disclose their gender. The average age of the respondents was 48.7 (±22.6 years). Four hundred and ten respondents (60.3%) were married.  The day after the earthquake; Moreover, 90 people (25.1%) were able to obtain the information they required the day after the earthquake, that is, three in four people could not obtain information.  One week after the earthquake; 223 people (62.1%) reported that they were able to obtain the information they required. (5.9%) reported that although they were gradually able to access information, they could hardly obtain any information' even after 1 week.  Significance Incidentally, 166 people responded, 'The disaster took me by surprise and I was unable to cope with it as I wished and 156 (43.4%) said that they could cope with it as they wished. A safe community disaster program is one in which citizens learn disaster response measures in times of non-emergency.   This is an abstract of a presentation at Safety 2012, the 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 1-4 October 2012, Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand. Full text does not seem to be available for this abstract. <p />
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%I BMJ Publishing Group
%@ 1353-8047
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590l.8