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Barriers to At-Home-Preparedness in Public Health Employees: Implications for Disaster Preparedness Training
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Objectives To assess "at-home" preparedness and barriers to preparedness in a cohort of public health employees. Method Conducted a cross-sectional survey involving 100 employees attending emergency preparedness training that emphasized incident command training and included a segment on "at-home" preparedness. Results Fifteen percent of participants were rated as "better prepared," and only 8% of participants would be considered "most prepared." There was no relationship between the concern for bioterrorism and other disasters and preparedness. The principal barrier involved challenges in getting the task done versus lack of desire or knowledge. Conclusions There is great potential for distraction of public health workers during an emergent event if they are not prepared at home and have concern for family members. At-home preparedness training efforts that emphasize what should be done and why are likely to have limited impact on changing behavior. Strategies that ensure that small steps are taken are likely to be more successful.
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“Those few studies that examine household preparedness levels among public health employees (Blessman et al. 2007;Rebmann et al. 2013) and first responders (Federal Emergency Management Agency n.d.) consistently indicate that household preparedness among respondents remains low.”
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“The low levels of preparedness previously found among public health employees (Blessman et al. 2007;Rebmann et al. 2013) and first responders (Federal Emergency Management Agency 2016) may be indicative of low levels of preparedness among the public in general.”
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“Such concerns can cause distraction or even prevent response professionals from reporting for work (Blessman et al. 2007).”
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- Blessman, J., Skupski, J., Jamil, M., Jamil, H., Bassett, D., Wabeke, R., & Arnetz, B.
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- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Published
- 2007-03
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- 49
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- 3
- Pages
- 318-326
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
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- en
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