La educación antisísmica con estudiantes de medicina a través de un proyecto comunitario / Anti-seismic education of medical students through a community project

La prevención ante los desastres acaecidos por sismos constituye una problemática en determinadas regiones vulnerables en Cuba, y una prioridad en la formación de estudiantes de medicina. En este trabajo, las opiniones de los autores se fundamentan en la influencia que tiene un proyecto comunitario, para actuar ante situaciones sísmicas, en la preparación de los estudiantes de medicina, pues favorece una mayor calidad profesional y contribuye a enriquecer su labor preventiva con la población. Como parte del proceso, participaron 46 estudiantes de cuarto año de la Facultad de medicina No. 1, de Santiago de Cuba, en el período comprendido entre septiembre de 2016 a febrero de 2018(AU)

Prevention of earthquake disasters is a problem in certain vulnerable regions of Cuba, and a priority in the training of medical students. In this work, the authors' opinions are based on the influence that a community project has, to act in seismic situations, in the preparation of medical students, since it favours a higher professional quality and contributes to enriching their preventive work with population. As part of the process, 46 fourth-year students from the Faculty of Medicine No. 1, Santiago de Cuba, participated in the period from September 2016 to February 2018(AU)

Developing messages for protective actions to take during earthquake shaking

This document provides guidance on developing messages about what people should do during earthquake shaking to protect themselves from injury or death. The document refers to this behavior as protective action. The guidance is not designed to advocate one protective action over another. Rather, it describes a process to use and key considerations for creating effective protective actions messages that serve different contexts. This document focuses on actions to take during an earthquake, because information on what to do before and after is available elsewhere and generally better agreed upon. In contrast, messaging agencies around the world advocate a variety of different protective actions. Messages for what to do during earthquake shaking form one part of a broader earthquake safety messaging campaign, as Figure 1 shows. Protective actions messages must complement mitigation and preparedness efforts that will make people much safer from earthquakes in the long term. This document is the result of the project "Guidance on Developing Messages for Protective Actions to Take during Earthquake Shaking" funded by USAID/OFDA. There is no single perfect protective action message, for any nation, or for any jurisdiction. Jurisdictions have different customs, beliefs, buildings, geology, and capacities, and therefore different messaging needs. It is absolutely essential that people understand their specific circumstances and situations and make decisions based on that understanding.

Implementation workbook: developing messages for protective actions to take during earthquake shaking

GeoHazards International (GHI) prepared the tools in this workbook as part of a USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)­funded project to implement protective actions guidance developed in an earlier USAID/OFDA project. The implementation project took place in Anse­a­Veau, Nippes Department, Haiti. The Government of Haiti selected this location because the south peninsula region had not had prior earthquake safety programs, and an ongoing earthquake swarm was causing great concern among local residents. Earlier versions of the worksheets in this document were used in the Anse­a­Veau implementation, and subsequently revised based on that experience. The examples in this workbook were prepared based on the Anse­a­Veau implementation.

Actitudes y conocimientos ante la ocurrencia de sismos en personal de salud en Ica, 2016 / Attitudes and knowledge to the occurrence of earthquakes in health personnel of Ica, 2016

Introducción:El ser humano está expuesto a muchas amenazas según el entorno que lo rodea; el Perú no es la excepción; las experiencias ante las consecuencias de los desastres originados por la naturaleza que vienen ocurriendo desde los últimos años, han puesto en relieve la vulnerabilidad de la salud pública, donde las instituciones incumplen con las acciones de prevención y la poca preparación de la población para hacer frente a estos desastres naturales. En ello como respuesta, el sector salud forma parte de la toma de decisiones dentro del comité operativo de emergencia para la coordinación intersectorial en situaciones de crisis, donde se altera el equilibrio de la naturaleza y fraccionan al grupo humano residente en distintos escenarios. Objetivos: Determinar la relación entre las actitudes y conocimientos ante la ocurrencia de sismos en estudiantes de medicina, y médicos del Hospital Regional de Ica. Material y métodos: Nivel de investigación relacional, tipo descriptivo, prospectivo y transversal. Realizado mediante una encuesta auto aplicada. Análisis mediante SPSS 24.0 aplicando regresión lineal y chi-cuadrado (p < 0.05) y análisis multivariado mediante el modelo de regresión logística.Resultados: Como factores de riesgo se tiene el grado académico, la convivencia con personas con discapacidad, la falta de experiencia en un sismo, no pertenecer a una brigada, no haber llevado un curso en prevención de desastres y el bajo conocimiento en el tema. (AU)

Introduction: The human being is exposed to many threats according to the surrounding environment and Peru is no exception. The experiences of the natural disasters that have been occurring since the last years have highlighted the vulnerability of public health, where institutions fail to comply with prevention actions and the lack of preparedness of the population to cope to these natural disasters. As a response, the health sector is partofthedecision-makingprocesswithintheemergencyoperationalcommitteeforintersectoral coordination in crisis situations, where the balance of nature is altered and the human group residing in different scenarios is divided. Objetive: To determine the relationship between attitudes and knowledge regarding the occurrence of earthquakes in medical students and physicians at the Regional Hospital of Ica. Materials and Methods: Relational research level, analytical type, prospective and transversal. Made through a self-administered survey. Analysis using SPSS 24.0 applying linear and chi-square regression (p <0.05) and multivariate analysis using the logistic regression model. Results: Risk factors include academic degree, coexistence with people with disabilities, lack of experience in an earthquake, not joing to a brigade, not having taken a course in disaster prevention and low knowledge in the subject. (AU)