Need Assessment for The Development of Disaster Mitigation Training Model in South Sulawesi
- DOI
- 10.2991/icamr-18.2019.108How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Need assessment, mitigation, disaster management
- Abstract
This research is aimed to assess the community needs to development Disaster Mitigation Training Model in South Sulawesi. The research population was adolescents in South Sulawesi Province, and the sample consists of 50 people who represented a total of 15 districts and three cities. The questionnaire is taken aimed to investigate participants’ knowledge of the types, frequency, causes, and mitigation of disaster as well as the sources they have used to gain knowledge on disaster. The result of data analysis showed that flood (26%), hurricane (21%), and forest fire (12%) are perceived as the most common types of disaster by participants, which may appear once (53%) or twice (21%) a year. Majority of participants (78%) responded “Yes” to the questions of whether they know the causes of the disaster and the management technique that should be conducted when the disaster occurred. However, when asked to elaborate on their answer, the informed explanation could not be provided by the participants. The main sources of participants’ knowledge regarding disaster were a television (30%) and parents (24%). Only a few participants responded that teachers (10%), internet (10%), newspaper (9%), books (9%), and peers (5%) had been the source of knowledge on disaster mitigation. Furthermore, all participants responded “Yes” (100%) when asked about the need to develop a model of disaster mitigation training model.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Firdaus Daud AU - Arsad Bahri AU - Andi Citra Pratiwi AU - Dr. Adnan AU - Arifah Novia Arifin PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - Need Assessment for The Development of Disaster Mitigation Training Model in South Sulawesi BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advanced Multidisciplinary Research (ICAMR 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 450 EP - 453 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icamr-18.2019.108 DO - 10.2991/icamr-18.2019.108 ID - Daud2019/04 ER -