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Evaluation of awareness, attitudes, and practices towards disaster preparedness among Saudi healthcare professionals: implications for enhancing emergency response and training.

Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu, Aseel Awad Alsaidan, Sayer T Aldhafeeri, Doaa Mazen Abdel-Salam, Nasser T Aldhafeeri, Muzun Ali Alanazi, Randa Mansour Almughamisi, Diyam Khalid Alkawkbei, Wijdan Al-Zahrany

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Ashokkumar ThirunavukkarasuDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Aseel Awad AlsaidanDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Sayer T AldhafeeriDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Doaa Mazen Abdel-SalamDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Nasser T AldhafeeriDepartment of Public Health, Public Health Authority, Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia.
Muzun Ali AlanaziMedical Student, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Randa Mansour AlmughamisiMedical Student, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Diyam Khalid AlkawkbeiMedical Student, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.
Wijdan Al-ZahranyDepartment of Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.

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Background and Aim: Disaster management and preparedness by healthcare professionals (HCPs) are integral to safeguarding public health. The present study assessed the awareness, attitude, and practice of disaster preparedness among HCPs of the central Saudi Arabia region. Furthermore, the present study determined the predictors associated with these three domains. Methods: The present study was conducted among 390 HCPs from central Saudi Arabia using a cross-sectional design. The authors used a standard and validated data collection tool to gather the required information. We conducted the Spearman correlation analysis to identify the correlation among these three domains. Finally, the authors applied a multivariate analysis to identify the factors associated with the low levels of awareness, attitude, and practice. Results: Among the HCPs studied, we observed a sizable proportion had low knowledge (36.2%), attitude (45.9%), and practice (49.2%) towards disaster preparedness. The present study showed a significant positive correlation between awareness and attitude (rho = 0.649) and awareness and practice (rho = 0.565). Nursing professionals had significantly higher awareness (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.187, Conclusion: There is a need to plan, design, and develop targeted educational programs to improve the awareness, attitude, and practice of the HCPs in disaster preparedness. Targeted interventions are essential to enhance HCPs' preparedness for diverse disaster scenarios.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelDisaster PlanningHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PersonnelAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSaudi ArabiaSurveys and QuestionnairesDisasterHealthcare professionalsKnowledgePreparednessSaudi ArabiaTraining

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PMID41424709
PMCPMC12713557

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