Current situation and training needs of disaster medicine-related knowledge in community-based populations in Yangpu district of Shanghai
- VernacularTitle:上海市杨浦区社区居民灾难医学知识现状及需求分析
- Author:
Xue HAN
1
;
Rui PU
;
Yi-Bo DING
;
Zhao-Jun SHI
;
Yan DU
;
Zi-Xiong LI
;
Wen-Bin LIU
;
Hong-Wei ZHANG
;
Meng XIE
;
Rong ZHANG
;
Guang-Wen CAO
Author Information
1. 上海市杨浦区疾病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
Disaster medicine;
Community-based population;
Vulnerability;
Training
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2015;(5):237-241
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective] To explore disaster response capability and the vulnerability as well as the current level and training needs of disaster medicine knowledge in urban populations . [ Methods] Five communities in Yangpu District of Shanghai were randomly enrolled in this study .The study populations were then stratified by age groups .A total of 1700 residents were recruited , 1643 of which completed a structured questionnaire designed by the investigators . [ Results] Eight-nine percent of the residents be-lieved the importance of understanding disaster medicine -related knowledge .The correct answer rates of “pro-tective measures of nuclear leakage issues” and “self-rescue measures in a high building fire” reached over 80%;however , the overall correct answer rate of “cardiorespiratory resuscitation operation” was less than 40%.The main channels of community residents accessing disaster medicine knowledge were mainly news -papers, magazines, and internet (52.1%);whereas only 5.3%of them obtained the knowledge from school education .Community residents most liked to obtain “first aid skills”and“basic theory of disaster medicine”through formal lectures (72.4%). [Conclusion] School education lacks disaster-related knowledge , pos-sibly resulting in the fact that community residents have a limited ability to save both oneself and others in disaster .There are significant differences between residents with different education levels .Community resi-dents have limited knowledge of disaster occurrence and development , and lack capabilities of self-rescue and mutual aid .Colleges should increase the contents of disaster medicine education in their curriculum .Disaster education should be enforced in school education .Continued education and simulation of disaster-related knowledge should be regularly offered to community residents to greatly reduce their vulnerability to disasters .
