Evaluation of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Students Disaster Awareness and Attitudes Towards Disasters: Gumushane Province Example

Nurdan Boran; Nilgün Ulutaşdemir

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Evaluation of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Students Disaster Awareness and Attitudes Towards Disasters: Gumushane Province Example

Authors:

Nurdan Boran | Nilgün Ulutaşdemir

Publisher:

Gumushane University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 1, pp.82-89

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285948

pISSN:

2146-9954

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Abstract:

 This research was conducted to evaluate the disas-ter awareness and attitudes of the students of Gumus-hane University Faculty of Health Sciences, Emer-gency Aid and Disaster Management Department. The population of the cross-sectional and descriptive studyc onsisted of students 501 people studying in the department where there search was conducted in April-June 2021. No sampling method was chosen and it was planned to reach the entire population, and 349 people were reached by applying online via google form due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thedata of there search; The question naire consisting of ques-tions to evaluate the views of students on sociodemog-raphic characteristics, disaster, disaster management, disaster awareness, disaster preparedness, attitudes towards disasters and Disaster Attitude Scale ATS questions created by there searchers by examining the literature was applied online. Frequency, t test, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, ANOVA test and correla-tion analysis were used in the statistical analysis of the data. In thisstudy, it was determined that the disaster attitudes of the students studying in the Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management of the Fa-culty of Health Sciences of Gümüshane University were above the medium level in the cognitive, affecti-ve and general dimensions, while the behavioral di-mension had an average below the medium level.

 This research was conducted to evaluate the disas-ter awareness and attitudes of the students of Gumus-hane University Faculty of Health Sciences, Emer-gency Aid and Disaster Management Department. The population of the cross-sectional and descriptive studyc onsisted of students 501 people studying in the department where there search was conducted in April-June 2021. No sampling method was chosen and it was planned to reach the entire population, and 349 people were reached by applying online via google form due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thedata of there search; The question naire consisting of ques-tions to evaluate the views of students on sociodemog-raphic characteristics, disaster, disaster management, disaster awareness, disaster preparedness, attitudes towards disasters and Disaster Attitude Scale ATS questions created by there searchers by examining the literature was applied online. Frequency, t test, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, ANOVA test and correla-tion analysis were used in the statistical analysis of the data. In thisstudy, it was determined that the disaster attitudes of the students studying in the Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management of the Fa-culty of Health Sciences of Gümüshane University were above the medium level in the cognitive, affecti-ve and general dimensions, while the behavioral di-mension had an average below the medium level.

 This research was conducted to evaluate the disas-ter awareness and attitudes of the students of Gumus-hane University Faculty of Health Sciences, Emer-gency Aid and Disaster Management Department. The population of the cross-sectional and descriptive studyc onsisted of students 501 people studying in the department where there search was conducted in April-June 2021. No sampling method was chosen and it was planned to reach the entire population, and 349 people were reached by applying online via google form due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thedata of there search; The question naire consisting of ques-tions to evaluate the views of students on sociodemog-raphic characteristics, disaster, disaster management, disaster awareness, disaster preparedness, attitudes towards disasters and Disaster Attitude Scale ATS questions created by there searchers by examining the literature was applied online. Frequency, t test, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, ANOVA test and correla-tion analysis were used in the statistical analysis of the data. In thisstudy, it was determined that the disaster attitudes of the students studying in the Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management of the Fa-culty of Health Sciences of Gümüshane University were above the medium level in the cognitive, affecti-ve and general dimensions, while the behavioral di-mension had an average below the medium level.

 Bu araştırma Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bi-limleri Fakültesi Acil Yardım ve Afet Yönetimi Bölü-mü öğrencilerinin afet farkındalığı ve afetlere yönelik tutumlarını değerlendirilmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı tipte olan araştırmanın evreni-ni Nisan-Haziran 2021 tarihinde araştırmanın yapıl-dığı bölümde öğrenim gören öğrenciler 501 kişi oluş-turmuştur. Herhangi bir örneklem yöntemi seçilmeyip evrenin tamamına ulaşılması planlanmış ve COVID-19 pandemisi nedeniyle google form aracılığıyla çev-rimiçi uygulanarak 349 kişiye ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma-nın verileri; araştırmacılar tarafından literatür incele-nerek oluşturulan sosyodemografik özellikler, afet, afet yönetimi, afet farkındalığı, afetlere hazırlık du-rumları, afetlere karşı tutumlarına ilişkin öğrencilerin görüşlerini değerlendirmeye yönelik sorular ile Afet Tutum Ölçeği ATÖ sorularından oluşan anket çevrim içi uygulanmıştır. Verilerin istatistiksel analizinde fre-kans, t testi, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, ANO-VA testi ve korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bu araş-tırmada Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fa-kültesi Acil Yardım ve Afet Yönetimi Bölümünde eğitim gören öğrencilerin afet tutumlarının bilişsel, duyuşsal ve genel boyutun orta düzeyin üzerinde bir ortalamaya sahip olduğu bulunurken davranışsal boyutun orta düzeyin altında bir ortalamaya sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Article Details

Evaluation of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Students Disaster Awareness and Attitudes Towards Disasters: Gumushane Province Example

Authors:

Nurdan Boran | Nilgün Ulutaşdemir

Publisher:

Gumushane University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 1, pp.82-89

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285948

pISSN:

2146-9954

Disaster

Disaster Awareness

Disaster Preparedness

Disaster Management

Afet

Afet farkındalığı

Afetlere hazırlık

Afet yönetimi

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Nurdan Boran | Nilgün Ulutaşdemir

Publisher: Gumushane University

Main Topics: Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal: Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 1, pp.82-89

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001285948

pISSN: 2146-9954

Issues

Authors:

Nurdan Boran | Nilgün Ulutaşdemir

Publisher:

Gumushane University

Main Topics:

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Journal:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 1, pp.82-89

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285948

pISSN:

2146-9954