Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT-:A STUDY AMONG THE FEMALE NURSES WORKING IN HEALTH FACILITY IN DISASTER PRONE AREAS OF KERALA
Author
Nahomi Ezhilarasi John* and K.Jothy
Email
nahomiclement@gmail.com
keyword
Effectiveness of
Educational Interventions,
Disaster aspects,
preparedness and
management, Female nurse.
Abstract
The number and severity of disaster crises have been increasing in the world; in the
past 30 years, the number of natural and technological disasters has increased
dramatically which commonly leads to immense damage and devastation. Nurses are
important members of the crisis team. The main goal of nursing in crisis is to achieve
best possible level of health for the individuals and communities affected by crisis. This
study was aimed to evaluate the effect of educational intervention on nurse’s role of
disaster preparedness and management among the female nurses in selected disaster
prone district of Kerala. Research approach adopted for this study was quantitative
study approach. The research design adopted for present study was quasi experimental
(one group pre-test post-test design) and the samples were selected by the using
purposive sampling technique. And 400 samples were selected from healthcare facility
of hospitals, nursing colleges and schools. The researcher prepared a structured
educational interventional programme, used variety of teaching methods like lecture,
discussion, videos, power point presentation and educational booklet were distributed
to the participants and to the Institution. The overall knowledge of nursing personnel
regarding various types of disaster preparedness and management, pre - test mean score
was 95.72, SD (8.80) whereas post-test mean score was 72.24 SD(6.78) and
percentage mean effectiveness 23.48%, ‘t’test value was 43.7.From the present study
findings it was evident that the highest percentage of the female nurse’s pre-test mean
score, SD was below average regarding the various aspects of disaster, role of nurses
on disaster preparedness and management before the educational interventional but in
the follow-up phases the post-test mean score, SD was found highly significant the
increase in the knowledge level indicates the effectiveness of Interventional programme
with significant p value level (0.001Therefore, it is concluded that educational
interventional programme has created greater awareness among nurse on disaster
preparedness and management. The intent of this study was to help nurses to be
prepared with adequate knowledge so they could be equipped with competenciesin
order to respond to a disaster event effectively.
