Related question to the need to consider exits and evacuation routes ‘the Review questions to ensure they only way I could escape is through a window, which would be hard to do with are appropriate to both my disability’ metropolitan and rural regions Focus on a person’s home reinforces negative stereotypes ‘questions that focus on a person’s home, only reinforce negative attitudes that people with disability just stay at home all day. I don’t’ (peak organisation representative) Important to also consider the local area, particularly if affected by ‘one way in, one way out routes’. ‘I live in a flood zone, whilst my house would not be affected. I would be affected how I could move around my suburb, some parts may be closed off’ (peak organisation representative) Questions are very ‘metropolitan’ and lack considerations for people living in rural/regional areas’ Your house Focus of questions are on a person’s immediate family Reword so less emphasis on and household Assumes that people with disability do not move from their family home ‘immediate family’, instead focus A person’s family may not necessarily be their social/support network on a person’s social/support For migrants immediate family may be overseas networks People may live with extended family Include reference to living with Participants from CALD backgrounds discussed this as extremely ‘extended family’ important Q.6.2 response variable for Q.6.2 Response variable for children not broad enough to consider child and infant children to be broadened to identify infant as well as child Natural People may not know what the natural hazards are Include images and descriptions of hazards - the different natural hazards Response variables that ask you to rank risk perception of Require ability to think abstractly which may be hard to do for some Explore using response variables risk people that rate level of risk, rather than Harder if a person does not take natural hazard emergencies rank each hazard for risk seriously/aware of the risk they pose Include more emphasis on ‘all Concerns of EMs as there should be focus on all hazard approaches, not hazard’ approaches to just hazards a person perceives as a risk preparedness Natural Responses are dependent on the natural hazard ‘what I would do in the event of a Allow multiple responses for each hazard flood, may be different to what I would do in a heat wave’ (person with disability) question emergencies –
Related question to the need to consider exits and evacuation routes ‘the only way I could escape is through a window, which would be hard to do with my disability’ Focus on a person’s home reinforces negative stereotypes ‘questions that focus on a person’s home, only reinforce negative attitudes that people with disability just stay at home all day. I don’t’ (peak organisation representative) Important to also consider the local area, particularly if affected by ‘one way in, one way out routes’. ‘I live in a flood zone, whilst my house would not be affected. I would be affected how I could move around my suburb, some parts may be closed off’ (peak organisation representative) Questions are very ‘metropolitan’ and lack considerations for people living in rural/regional areas’ Review questions to ensure they are appropriate to both metropolitan and rural regions Your house and household Focus of questions are on a person’s immediate family Assumes that people with disability do not move from their family home A person’s family may not necessarily be their social/support network For migrants immediate family may be overseas People may live with extended family Participants from CALD backgrounds discussed this as extremely important Q.6.2 Response variable for children not broad enough to consider child and infant Reword so less emphasis on ‘immediate family’, instead focus on a person’s social/support networks Include reference to living with ‘extended family’ Q.6.2 response variable for children to be broadened to identify infant as well as child Natural hazards - perception of risk People may not know what the natural hazards are Response variables that ask you to rank risk Require ability to think abstractly which may be hard to do for some people Harder if a person does not take natural hazard emergencies seriously/aware of the risk they pose Concerns of EMs as there should be focus on all hazard approaches, not just hazards a person perceives as a risk Include images and descriptions of the different natural hazards Explore using response variables that rate level of risk, rather than rank each hazard for risk Include more emphasis on ‘all hazard’ approaches to preparedness Natural hazard emergencies – Responses are dependent on the natural hazard ‘what I would do in the event of a flood, may be different to what I would do in a heat wave’ (person with disability) Allow multiple responses for each question
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