Abstract
Background: The high risk of an earthquake happening and the harmful consequences that it leaves, besides the unsuccessful policies for preparing the community for mitigation, suggested that social factors should be considered more in this regard. Social trust is an influencing factor that can have significant impact on people's behavior.
Objective: To determine the relationship of the influencing factors on
the preparedness of Tehran households against earthquake. Methods: This was a
cross-sectional study with 369 participants (February to April 2017) involved
through stratified random sampling from selected urban districts of Tehran. The
Persian version of an 'Intention to be prepared' measurement tool and a
standard checklist of earthquake preparedness behaviors were used. The tool was
evaluated for internal consistency and test-retest reliability in a pilot study
(Cronbach's alpha =0.94 and Intra Class Correlation Coefficient =0.92).
Results: Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that
social trust is the most important predictor for the preparedness mean of
changes in Tehran (R(2)=0.109, p
Conclusion: The relationship between social trust and preparedness
dimensions suggested that changing a social behavior is not possible through
considering only individual characteristics of community members and not their
social networks relations. The programs and policies which try to enhance the
social trust in general, may be able to increase public preparedness against
earthquakes in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6478-6486 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Electronic physician |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Mar 2018 |