Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), JC (Jockey Club) School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jan 15;16(2):228. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16020228.
Literature on health emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) for urban public transport safety is limited. This study explored: (i) the confidence in public transport safety, (ii) the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and risk perception of transport safety and (iii) the association between previous first-aid training and response knowledge. This is a population-based cross-sectional telephone survey conducted in March 2017, one month after a major subway incident in Hong Kong. Respondents were randomly selected with the Random Digit Dialing method among Cantonese-speaking population ≥15 years. Sociodemographic information, type of transport used and the corresponding worries, response knowledge and previous first-aid training experience (as a proxy for individual skills in Health-EDRM training proxy) were collected. Among the 1000 respondents, 87% used public transport daily. The self-reported confidence in subway safety was 85.6% even after a subway fire accident. Female, those with lower income and people unmarried were more likely to express worry about transport safety. About 46.1⁻63.2% respondents had the correct fire related health response knowledge. Previous first-aid training (32%) was found to be associated with fire response knowledge in a mixed pattern. Despite inadequacy in fire response knowledge, previous first-aid training appeared to be a beneficial factor for emergency response knowledge. Emergency responses education should be provided to the public to reduce health losses during emergencies.
关于城市公共交通安全的卫生应急灾害风险管理（Health-EDRM）的文献有限。本研究探讨了：（i）对公共交通安全的信心，（ii）社会人口统计学特征与运输安全风险认知之间的关系，以及（iii）以前急救培训与响应知识之间的关联。这是一项基于人群的横断面电话调查，于 2017 年 3 月进行，即香港发生重大地铁事件一个月后。使用随机数字拨号法在 15 岁以上的广东话人群中随机选择受访者。收集社会人口统计学信息、使用的交通方式以及相应的担忧、响应知识和以前的急救培训经验（作为 Health-EDRM 培训代理中个人技能的代理）。在 1000 名受访者中，87%的人每天使用公共交通工具。即使发生地铁火灾事故，自我报告的地铁安全信心仍为 85.6%。女性、收入较低者和未婚者更有可能对交通安全性表示担忧。约有 46.1%至 63.2%的受访者具有正确的与火灾相关的健康应对知识。发现以前的急救培训（32%）与混合模式下的火灾应对知识相关。尽管火灾应对知识不足，但以前的急救培训似乎是应急响应知识的有益因素。应向公众提供应急响应教育，以减少紧急情况下的健康损失。
