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Assessment of Knowledge, Emotion, and Attitude Levels of Kindergarten and Elementary School Teachers on the Disaster Management and Pediatric First Aid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2022

Afsın Ahmet Kaya Open the ORCID record for Afsın Ahmet Kaya [Opens in a new window]  and
Bereket Ayker
Afsın Ahmet Kaya*
Affiliation:
Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gümüşhane University, Gumushane, Turkey
Bereket Ayker
Affiliation:
Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gümüşhane University, Gumushane, Turkey
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Corresponding author: Afsın Ahmet Kaya, Email: afsinakaya@gumushane.edu.tr.
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Abstract

Objectives:

This study’s aim is to assess the disaster management and pediatric first aid-related knowledge, emotion, and attitude levels of of kindergarten and elementary school teachers, as the professionals that are first to provide interventions in the case of a disaster to children ages 0-8, who are considered to be among the vulnerable groups in the context of a disaster.

Methods:

A total of 119 teachers working in the kindergarten and elementary schools located in the Gümüşhane province of Turkey were included in the study and were asked to fill in a questionnaire that comprises 3 sections. Data collection tools included a sociodemographic questionnaire, teachers’ disaster management knowledge levels, and teachers’ pediatric first-aid knowledge, emotion, and attitude levels.

Results:

Analysis of the scores obtained by the teachers from the questionnaire revealed that the teachers, who participated in the study, had a high level of disaster management knowledge and a moderate-to-high level of pediatric first aid knowledge.

Conclusions:

It is suggested as a result of this study that the disaster risks and injuries or losses of life associated with disasters that may occur at schools may be reduced with disaster management and first-aid interventions.

Keywords

accidentdisasterelementary school teacherkindergarten teacherpediatric first aid

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e130
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc

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