Theory-Based Approaches to Understanding Public Emergency Preparedness: Implications for Effective Health and Risk Communication
- Authors
- Paek, Hye-Jin; Hilyard, Karen; Freimuth, Vicki; Barge, J. Kevin; Mindlin, Michele
- Issue Date
- Jun-2010
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
- Keywords
- information processing; Self Efficacy; Humans; Middle Aged; self concept; Male; Data Collection; attitude to health; perception; psychological theory; interpersonal communication; Disaster Planning; Mass Media; Adult; Female; Psychological Theory; female|
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION, v.15, no.4, pp 428 - 444
- Pages
- 17
- Indexed
- SSCI
AHCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 428
- End Page
- 444
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/40508
- DOI
- 10.1080/10810731003753083
- ISSN
- 1081-0730
1087-0415
- Abstract
- Recent natural and human-caused disasters have awakened public health officials to the importance of emergency preparedness. Guided by health behavior and media effects theories, the analysis of a statewide survey in Georgia reveals that self-efficacy, subjective norm, and emergency news exposure are positively associated with the respondents' possession of emergency items and their stages of emergency preparedness. Practical implications suggest less focus on demographics as the sole predictor of emergency preparedness and more comprehensive measures of preparedness, including both a person's cognitive stage of preparedness and checklists of emergency items on hand. We highlight the utility of theory-based approaches for understanding and predicting public emergency preparedness as a way to enable more effective health and risk communication.
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