Ankara İli Altındağ İlçesinde İlköğretim Okullarında Görev Yapan Öğretmenlerin Afete Bireysel Hazırlık Düzeylerinin Genel Afete Hazırlık İnanç Ölçeği İle Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the individual disaster preparedness levels of teachers working in public primary schools in Altındağ district of Ankara province. The research was conducted with face-to-face interviews and aimed to reach 1552 teachers in 54 public primary schools in Altındağ district of Ankara province. Teachers were provided to fill out the data collection form via Google Forms. The data collection form consisted of two parts. The first part consisted of seven divisions prepared by the researchers. The second part included the General Disaster Preparedness Belief Scale and the data collection form consisted of 88 items. The obtained data were analyzed with the SPSS program. Whether the variables fit the normal distribution was tested with the Shapiro Wilks test. Student’s T test, One-Way ANOVA test and regression analysis were used in statistical analysis where appropriate. 638 teachers, 436 of whom were women, participated in the study. The average age of the teachers participating in the study was determined as 41.3. 77,0% of the teachers stated that they were faculty graduates. 30,0% of the teachers stated that they experienced a disaster. 46,0% of the teachers stated that they received training on disasters. 95.5% of the teachers stated that the negative consequences of disasters are preventable. 26,4% of the teachers stated that they prepared disaster and emergency kits, and 36,3% stated that they had Natural Disaster Insurance for the house they live in. The reliability of the General Disaster Preparedness Belief Scale when applied to the teachers is high according to ix the Cronbach-alpha internal consistency coefficients. The average score of the General Disaster Preparedness Belief Scale of the teachers participating in the study was determined as 3.99±0.51. The scores of teachers who received training on disasters were higher than those who did not receive training. The general disaster preparedness belief scale scores of the teachers who were given drills in the schools they work are higher than the teachers who were not exercised in the school they work