Assessment of the self esteem, communal mastery and disaster preparedness among people residing near to selected factory Jose Jomcy P1, Prasanth PV2,*, Aboobacker Isha M2 1Senior Lecturer, MOSC College of Nursing, Kolenchery 2Assistant Professor, MOSC College of Nursing, Kolenchery *Corresponding author: Prashanth PV, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, M.O.S.C Medical College, Kolenchery, Email: prashanth639@gmail.com, Mob: 9400331801
Online published on 21 January, 2019. Abstract A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. 1 Disaster preparedness can prevent a bad situation from becoming worse. Disaster preparedness reduces the feelings and helps communities and families know where to take refuge and how to care for basic medical issues2. It can also help alleviate some of the devastation by reducing the impact of a disaster. It has been reported that communities which are well prepared to meet disasters will have better chances of mitigation.4 Disasters can happen anytime and anywhere, so it is important to be prepared before disaster strikes. This study focused on identifying whether the public is mentally and physically prepared to face a disaster Top Keywords Disaster, environmental losses, devastation. Top |