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Disaster Preparedness of Child Care Teachers: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2017

Dongchoon Uhm  and
Hyang Soon Oh Open the ORCID record for Hyang Soon Oh [Opens in a new window]
Dongchoon Uhm
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Hyang Soon Oh*
Affiliation:
Nursing Department, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Hyang Soon Oh, RN, KCIC, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, 255, Jungang-ro, Suncheon-si, Jellanamdo, 57922, Republic of Korea (e-mail: ohs2016@sunchon.ac.kr, ohs2012@nate.com).
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Abstract

Objective

We aimed to identify the differences in personal disaster preparedness and disaster risk perception among child care and preschool teachers in South Korea by using demographic characteristics and disaster-related questions.

Methods

A cross-sectional self-reporting questionnaire was administered from February to October 2014.

Results

Of all the participants, 68.1% had received disaster preparedness education and training on 2 or more occasions per year; 13.2% had received no education or training. Personal disaster preparedness differed significantly by marital status (P<0.05), the number of disaster education and training sessions attended (P<0.05), and having purchased home insurance (P<0.001). Disaster risk perception differed significantly by children’s age group under a teacher’s care (P<0.05). The topic on which child care teachers wanted more training was “fractures and bleeding emergency care” (53.9%). The most probable disaster was considered to be a typhoon (66.0%).

Conclusions

Disaster preparedness is important for both young children and their teachers. Field-based teacher disaster preparedness education and training should be provided so that they can respond effectively to disaster occurrence regardless of type, time, or location. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018; 12: 321–328)

Keywords

disasterpreparednesschild carepreschoolteacher
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , June 2018 , pp. 321 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2017 

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