Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia
Worsening climatic conditions can subsequently lead to the frequent occurrence of unpredictable natural disasters. The early-life educational approach is one of the non-structural mitigations in disaster management, which are the most effective efforts to promote early-life disaster awareness and en...
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| description | Worsening climatic conditions can subsequently lead to the frequent occurrence of unpredictable natural disasters. The early-life educational approach is one of the non-structural mitigations in disaster management, which are the most effective efforts to promote early-life disaster awareness and enhance the knowledge transfer in disaster risk education. By using the health belief model (HBM), this study aims to examine the effectiveness of HBM on the flood-risk reduction (FRR) educational intervention by looking into the perceived susceptibility, severity, benefit and self-efficacy among elementary school children in Malaysia. This study utilised the one-group pre-test–post-test design by recruiting 224 elementary school children in the pre-FRR educational intervention programme, and 205 who undertook a post-intervention programme a month later. This study showed that the FRR educational intervention significantly improved (p < 0.001) the overall HBM components during the post-intervention, particularly in: (1) FRR knowledge, (2) perceived susceptibility, (3) perceived severity and (4) perceived benefits. The one-way analysis of covariance test showed that knowledge transfer intervention is effective to improve all the HBM components that include (1) FRR knowledge, F(38,127) = 2.517; (2) perceived susceptibility, F(6,191) = 6.957; (3) perceived severity, F(20,163) = 2.944; (4) perceived benefits, F(25,153) = 2.342 and (5) self-efficacy, F(7,189)= 12.526. The impact of integrating HBM into knowledge transfer intervention was seen to be effective and provide a positive knowledge enhancement among learners. Therefore, it is crucial to implement a consistent and sustainable educational intervention to harness formal education for community resilience at an early age. |
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| spelling | upm-969022022-11-30T06:03:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96902/ Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia Azmi, Ezza Sabrina How, Vivien Abdul Rahman, Haliza Worsening climatic conditions can subsequently lead to the frequent occurrence of unpredictable natural disasters. The early-life educational approach is one of the non-structural mitigations in disaster management, which are the most effective efforts to promote early-life disaster awareness and enhance the knowledge transfer in disaster risk education. By using the health belief model (HBM), this study aims to examine the effectiveness of HBM on the flood-risk reduction (FRR) educational intervention by looking into the perceived susceptibility, severity, benefit and self-efficacy among elementary school children in Malaysia. This study utilised the one-group pre-test–post-test design by recruiting 224 elementary school children in the pre-FRR educational intervention programme, and 205 who undertook a post-intervention programme a month later. This study showed that the FRR educational intervention significantly improved (p < 0.001) the overall HBM components during the post-intervention, particularly in: (1) FRR knowledge, (2) perceived susceptibility, (3) perceived severity and (4) perceived benefits. The one-way analysis of covariance test showed that knowledge transfer intervention is effective to improve all the HBM components that include (1) FRR knowledge, F(38,127) = 2.517; (2) perceived susceptibility, F(6,191) = 6.957; (3) perceived severity, F(20,163) = 2.944; (4) perceived benefits, F(25,153) = 2.342 and (5) self-efficacy, F(7,189)= 12.526. The impact of integrating HBM into knowledge transfer intervention was seen to be effective and provide a positive knowledge enhancement among learners. Therefore, it is crucial to implement a consistent and sustainable educational intervention to harness formal education for community resilience at an early age. African Centre for Disaster Studies 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96902/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Azmi, Ezza Sabrina and How, Vivien and Abdul Rahman, Haliza (2021) Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 13 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2072-845X; ESSN: 1996-1421 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1102/2003 10.3390/su14116635 |
| spellingShingle | Azmi, Ezza Sabrina How, Vivien Abdul Rahman, Haliza Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia |
| title | Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia |
| title_full | Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia |
| title_short | Effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in Malaysia |
| title_sort | effect of health belief model on flood-risk educational approach among elementary school children in malaysia |
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