Analysis of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness of University Students

Zainatunnisa, Zainatunnisa, Budi Satria, Budi Satria

2018

Abstract

Disaster and Environmental Knowledge course is one of important efforts to improve university students’ disaster preparedness, but unfortunately not all of students would like to participate in this course. This research aimed to determine the differences of earthquake and tsunami disaster preparedness among students. This comparative study applied cross ssectional design. Proportionate stratified random sampling was used with 196 total sample divided into two groups. Those who participated in the course was 94 respondents and those who did not participate in it was 102 respondents. The data were collected using existing questionnaire. This research was analyzed by chi square test. The result showed that the preparedness of those who participated in the course was in very ready category (94,7%), while those who did not participate in it was in ready and almost ready category (56,9%). Chi square test results p-value = 0,000 (α = 0,05) which meant that there were differences of earthquake and tsunami disaster preparedness on Syiah Kuala University students. In conclusion, the curriculum-based disaster education program was effective to improve disaster preparedness. It is recommended to Syiah Kuala Universty to carry out disaster simulation more frequent also students will more upgrade the knowledge related disaster.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zainatunnisa. and Satria B. (2018). Analysis of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness of University Students. In Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC, ISBN 978-989-758-413-8, pages 43-48. DOI: 10.5220/0008394300002442

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ainc18,
author={Zainatunnisa and Budi Satria},
title={Analysis of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness of University Students},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,},
year={2018},
pages={43-48},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008394300002442},
isbn={978-989-758-413-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,
TI - Analysis of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness of University Students
SN - 978-989-758-413-8
AU - Zainatunnisa.
AU - Satria B.
PY - 2018
SP - 43
EP - 48
DO - 10.5220/0008394300002442