Assessment of community disaster resilience among Kelantan flood affected community: a cross sectional study
Introduction: Community disaster resilience (CDR) is the community abilities to cope, with stands and accommodate disturbances caused by hazard exposure. In 2014, the east coast Malaysia had the worst flood disaster and many lost their home, belongings and everything was uncontrolled and messy. D...
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| Language: | English |
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Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/42146/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42146/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42146/7/42146-edited.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Community disaster resilience (CDR) is the community abilities to cope,
with stands and accommodate disturbances caused by hazard exposure. In 2014, the east
coast Malaysia had the worst flood disaster and many lost their home, belongings and
everything was uncontrolled and messy. Despite the regular flood, the status of CDR is
unknown. Thus, the aim of this study is to assess the Kelantan's flood victims on their
CDR level, resilience factors and its association to demographic profiles. Methods: A crosssectional
survey using CCRAM28 questionnaire was done in 6 areas within 6 months in
2015. Respondents recruited purposely as they meet the criteria (18 years and above,
understand Malay, moved to flood shelter). Descriptive and inferential analyses were done
using SPSS software. Results: 100% returns rate (n=386). CDR level (mean) were between
medium (2.34- 3.66) and high (3.67- 5.00). Among the living area, marital status, age,
gender, income, religion, education, only gender (p = 0.003) and education level (p =
0.001) were significantly related to CDR level. Positive and strong correlation were seen
between each resilience factors namely leadership (p = 0.001), collective efficacy (p =
0.001); preparedness (p = 0.001); place attachment (p = 0.001) and social trust (p = 0.001)
consecutively. Conclusions: The study shows an acceptable CDR level, strong association
between each of the resilience factors and between communities’ demographic
characteristics and their CDR level. To ensure high level and continuous CDR, assessment
and activities to build the resilience should be introduced by the state of Kelantan or the
government of Malaysia. |
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