Attitude as determinants of disaster preparedness

Abstract

Introduction: Survival mainly relies on mental skills since it controls the body, its actions, and its reasoning. If the person thinks that he/she will not survive, the individual will not try to survive. In the same way, disasters come when least expected. Filipinos know that they are at risk but they are not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster

Objective: To assess attitude towards disaster preparedness among the Filipino students.

Methods: A descriptive correlation design was used to determine the relationship between attitude with disaster preparedness of grades nine and ten public high schools students. Nine hundred thirty-three students were selected through purposive sampling from disaster-prone areas of the Philippines.

Results: The findings reveal that attitude was significantly related to planning and response but not significantly related to mitigation. The respondents have positive attitudes towards disaster preparedness. There was a significant difference in disaster preparedness between males and females but there was no significant difference in disaster preparedness when the type of housing was considered.

Conclusion: The respondent had positive attitude towards disaster preparedness in terms of planning, mitigation and response.