Perceptions of Knowledge Regarding Disaster Management among Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Atoshi Bazien_US
dc.contributor.authorChaklader, Mainul Alamen_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhamad, Faisalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:27:23Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:27:23Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: Worldwide disasters are a common event nowadays. A disaster is an incident that can cause massive disruption and damage. Disaster can be dramatically affected many people, either directly or indirectly. The affected people may die, injures and it also destroyed their houses, health system, and interrupted their lifeline. The study was aimed to identify the perceptions of knowledge regarding disaster management among healthcare workers in Bangladesh.Material and Methods: A total of 120 healthcare workers were selected to participate in this study using two stages of sampling technique. The study was carried out using a cross-sectional survey in the two selected medical college hospitals in Dhaka city of Bangladesh within a period of 4 months (January 2017–April 2017). The data were collected using a pre-tested self-administered semi-structured questionnaire and were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences ver-20.0.Results: In the present study, the mean age of the study respondents was 34.07 ± 10.64 years. About 51.7% of the study participants were female. Two-fifths (40%) of the study participants had diploma in radiology/pharmacy followed by B.Sc. in medical technology (20.8%) and MBBS (10.8%). More than three-fifths (64.2%) had < 11 years of professional experience.Conclusion: The level of good perception of knowledge of females was slightly higher than that of males. The doctors were found to have higher level of good perception of knowledge than those from other professions. The finding reported that close to nine-tenths of the study participants had good perception of knowledge regarding disaster management and the profession of the study participants was found significantly associated with the perception of knowledge regarding disaster management.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsStudent, Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1205, Bangladeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1205, Bangladeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsResearch Associate, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladeshen_US
dc.identifier.citationRahman Atoshi Bazi, Chaklader Mainul Alam, Muhamad Faisal. Perceptions of Knowledge Regarding Disaster Management among Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh. Journal of Medical Sciences and Health. 2019 Sep; 5(3): 39-43en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-9481
dc.identifier.issn2394-949X
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/215686
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherAdichunchunagiri Institute of Medical Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.46347/jmsh.2019.v05i03.007en_US
dc.subjectDisasteren_US
dc.subjecthealthcare workersen_US
dc.subjectknowledgeen_US
dc.subjectmanagementen_US
dc.subjectperceptionsen_US
dc.titlePerceptions of Knowledge Regarding Disaster Management among Healthcare Workers in Bangladeshen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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