Disaster risk reduction knowledge among Filipino senior high school students (original) (raw)

Difficult times can happen anywhere and anytime. When calamities occur in a place where people are not ready to respond, the subsequent damage can lead to mortality, loss, and suffering. The school is an example of such communities where many vulnerable children are susceptible to the negative impact of natural or manmade hazards. The goal of this study was to examine the disaster-related knowledge, adaptation, preparedness and readiness, risk perception, and awareness of 503 students from Eastern Samar State University's senior high school department. Students' grasp of disaster risk reduction knowledge was acquired using a customised questionnaire, and descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were used to analyse the data. Despite the fact that the school is located in a remote region, survey findings revealed that senior high school students are ready, aware, adaptive, and equipped to face the risks posed by catastrophes. Moreover, the sex of the respondents has significant differences with disaster preparedness and readiness, adaptation, and disaster-related knowledge. Likewise, the respondents' grade level, only the disaster-related knowledge, showed a significant difference among all categories. Also, all of the categories of disaster risk reduction have a significant difference with the respondents' academic strands. However, the family monthly income shows no differences in all categories of their perceptions of disaster risk reduction. Furthermore, disaster risk reduction education and initiatives in schools should be enhanced to reduce student's susceptibility to disasters.