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.

La prevención del riesgo de desastres en la comunidad / Disasters risk prevention in the community

Introducción: los desastres son una de las primeras causas de muerte a nivel mundial, por lo que la prevención de los mismos es una necesidad. Objetivo: incrementar los conocimientos sobre reducción del riesgo de desastres en la población perteneciente a los Consultorios Médicos 5 y 12, del Consejo popular Colón Oeste. Materiales y Métodos: se aplicaron instrumentos que permitieron constatar la existencia de limitaciones y dificultades que significan vulnerabilidades para la prevención en la reducción y mitigación de desastres. Se diseñó y aplicó una estrategia educativa comunitaria con la participación, como facilitadores, de estudiantes de primer año de la carrera de licenciatura en Enfermería de la Filial de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Eusebio Hernández Pérez", en el período comprendido entre septiembre de 2015 a febrero de 2016. Resultados: se identificó la baja percepción del riesgo que tiene esta población. Se elaboró y se puso en práctica una estrategia educativa comunitaria que demostró su pertinencia, pues evidenció el incremento en el conocimiento sobre la prevención para la reducción de riesgo de desastres en la comunidad seleccionada. Conclusiones: se incrementó en la población conocimientos de aspectos principales sobre prevención del riesgo de desastres. La gestión del riesgo de desastres en la comunidad es de gran importancia para la preparación del egresado de Ciencias Médicas porque desarrolla conocimientos y habilidades precisas para la profesión y profundiza su encargo social (AU).

Introduction: Disasters are one of the first causes of death around the world; therefore their prevention is a necessity. Objectives: to increase knowledge on disasters risk prevention in the population of the Family Physician Consultations 5 and 12, of the Popular Council Colon Oeste. Material and Methods: the use of techniques evidenced the existence of limitations and difficulties representing vulnerabilities for the prevention in disasters reduction and mitigation. A community educative strategy was designed and applied, where the students of the first year of Nursery specialty of the Medical Sciences University Branch "Dr. Eusebio Hernández Pérez" took part, in the period from September 2015 to February 2016. Results: The low risk perception this population has, was identified. An educative communitarian strategy was elaborated and put into practice, showing its pertinence since it evidenced the increase of knowledge on the prevention for the reduction of disasters risk in the chosen community. Conclusions: knowledge of main aspects on disasters risk prevention increased in the population. Disasters risk management of disaster in the community is very important for the training of the graduated from Medical Sciences studies because they develop the required knowledge and skills for their profession and social assignment (AU).

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)