TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The effects of a disaster preparedness app on community knowledge and intentional behavior in hurricane risk areas
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Susmini, Susmini
A1  - Feri, Jhon
A1  - Wijaya, Sapondra
A1  - Wibowo, Wahyu Dwi Ari
A1  - Arifin, Hidayat
A1  - Lee, Bih-O.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.46
ID  - ref1
ER  -