Jurnal Ilmiah

Disaster Preparedness: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Rural Communities in Indonesia: A Cross Sectional Survey

Disaster preparedness is strongly influenced by several factors, one of which is knowledge
of disaster risks and disaster management. Lack of knowledge and readiness can affect poor performance
when providing disaster management. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used for this
study. The inclusion criteria were age over 18 years old, able to read and write in Bahasa Indonesia and
agreed to participate. Convenient sampling technique was employed to select participants. They surveyed
the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAPs) of disaster preparedness. Linear regression with enter mode
was used to examine factors associated with practices. Results: The response rate was 83.3 (250 of 500).
The majority were females (72.8%), aged 18–42 years (mean age ± SD, 32.65 ± 5.83years), 60% married,
50.4% graduated from senior high school, and 56% employed. The total score for knowledge was
3.05 (1 to 5), attitude was 2.92 (1 to 5), and practice was 2.92 (1 to 5); indicating that low knowledge,
attitude, and practices towards disaster preparedness. Education level (B= 1.98, SE=0.15), working status
(B= 1.35, SE=0.43), attending disaster training (B= 2.12, SE=1.16), higher knowledge (B= 3.26, SE=1.35),
and positive attitude (B= 2.10, SE=0.75) was the factor associated with practices disaster preparedness
among rural communities (p

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