House has The preparation of a 8.5 internal No - Yes household emergency water supply plan and emergency kit are basic preparedness actions recommended by emergency managers globally (Levac et al., 2012). People with disabilities are more likely to stay at home during an emergency (Abbott and Porter, 2013). Easy access to water and Respondent electricity may allow has No or does 8.7 emergency - Yes them to action further not know preparedness plan ready at measures such as the moment storing water (e.g. in buckets) and recharging any electronic assistive devices or mobile phones. Targeted educational Respondent activities are likely to F1 participated increase risk (Section in DRR No - Yes awareness, which is 2 of the educational positively correlated tool) activities with resilience (Boon et al., 2012) Being able to communicate or receive emergency messages allows Respondents people with disabilities owns a to make informed No - Yes 9.2 mobile decisions before, phone during and after a natural hazard emergency (Calgaro and Dominey-Howes, 2013) Lived According to Knuth et experiences al. (2014), lived of natural None or experience of one 9.5 & 9.6 hazard don’t One Two or more specific natural hazard emergencies remember increases risk in last ten awareness of that years hazard.
The preparation of a household emergency plan and emergency kit are basic preparedness actions recommended by emergency managers globally (Levac et al., 2012). People with disabilities are more likely to stay at home during an emergency (Abbott and Porter, 2013). Easy access to water and electricity may allow them to action further preparedness measures such as storing water (e.g. in buckets) and recharging any electronic assistive devices or mobile phones. 8.5 House has internal water supply No - Yes 8.7 Respondent has emergency plan ready at the moment No or does not know - Yes F1 (Section 2 of the tool) Respondent participated in DRR educational activities No - Yes Targeted educational activities are likely to increase risk awareness, which is positively correlated with resilience (Boon et al., 2012) 9.2 Respondents owns a mobile phone No - Yes Being able to communicate or receive emergency messages allows people with disabilities to make informed decisions before, during and after a natural hazard emergency (Calgaro and Dominey-Howes, 2013) 9.5 & 9.6 Lived experiences of natural hazard emergencies in last ten years None or don’t remember One Two or more According to Knuth et al. (2014), lived experience of one specific natural hazard increases risk awareness of that hazard.
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