Ashenefe Baye, Wubshet Mamo, Shimeka Alemayehu
North Gondar Zonal Health Department.
Department of Public Health, St Paul Millineum Medical College, Addis Ababa.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2017 May 31;10:95-106. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S127511. eCollection 2017.
Flood preparedness empowers the community to respond effectively to related hazards. However, there was no research done in the country concerning household flood preparedness. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess household flood preparedness and associated factors in the flood-prone community of Dembia district, northwest Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April 2014 in the Dembia district. A two-stage sampling technique was used. The study was conducted using 806 flood-prone participants. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data were entered using Epi info version 3.5.1 and transported into SPSS version 16 for further analysis. Descriptive and analytic statistics were computed. Variables having association with the outcome variable were reported using odds ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI). Model fitness was checked by Hosmer and Lemeshew chi-square test.
Household flood preparedness was found to be 24.4%. The age group of ≥ 46 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.62; 95% CI: 1.12, 6.00) above, monthly household income >893 Ethiopian Birr, (AOR=6.72; 95% CI: 2.2 7, 19.88) attending primary level education (AOR=22.08; 95% CI: 8.16, 59.74), warning system in household (AOR=5.41; 95% CI: 2.38, 12.32), knowledge of flood prevention, (AOR=2.52; 95% CI: 1.43, 5.57) were positively associated with household flood preparedness.
This study has demonstrated that household flood preparedness was found to be low in the study area. Household flood preparedness was significantly associated with the older age group, attending primary level education, having a higher monthly income, receive household level warning messages, having knowledge on preparedness, prior exposure to a flood, and length of flood >6 days. Strengthening household flood preparedness in advance is important in order to prevent flood and its related consequences.
洪水防备使社区能够有效应对相关灾害。然而，该国尚未开展关于家庭洪水防备的研究。因此，本研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚西北部登比亚区洪水易发社区的家庭洪水防备情况及相关因素。
2014年3月至4月在登比亚区开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。采用两阶段抽样技术。该研究对806名洪水易发参与者进行。使用访谈式问卷收集数据。收集到的数据使用Epi info 3.5.1版录入，并传输到SPSS 16版进行进一步分析。计算描述性和分析性统计数据。使用比值比及95%置信区间（CI）报告与结果变量相关的变量。通过Hosmer和Lemeshew卡方检验检查模型拟合度。
发现家庭洪水防备率为24.4%。46岁及以上年龄组（调整后比值比[AOR]=2.62；95% CI：1.12，6.00）、家庭月收入>893埃塞俄比亚比尔（AOR=6.72；95% CI：2.27，19.88）、接受小学教育（AOR=22.08；95% CI：8.16，59.74）、家庭中有预警系统（AOR=5.41；95% CI：2.38，12.32）、防洪知识（AOR=2.52；95% CI：1.43，5.57）与家庭洪水防备呈正相关。
本研究表明，研究区域内家庭洪水防备水平较低。家庭洪水防备与年龄较大的年龄组、接受小学教育、月收入较高、收到家庭层面的预警信息、具备防备知识、先前遭受过洪水以及洪水持续时间>6天显著相关。提前加强家庭洪水防备对于预防洪水及其相关后果很重要。
