RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2012 www.PosterPresentations.com PERCEPTION TOWARDS PREPAREDNESS FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT AMONG COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES Nor Marini Mohamed, Lailatul Hazzliza Musa, Fatimah Sham, Norjah Othman, Nurul Liana Roslan Emergency And Trauma Department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Disasters are defined as extraordinary events which occur abruptly, bringing great damage or harm, loss, and destruction to people and the environment. Nurses may have a more conflict and difficulties in disaster decision making where the victim condition need to be treated in disaster place. Nurses play a key role in hospital as a leaders and managers in the disaster operation and command center but limited data shows that the nurses experience in disaster management. INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 27 government clinics in one of the states in Malaysia with a convenient sampling, 260 participants are selected. The questionnaire consisted of three sections; socio-demographic characteristics, the perception of knowledge and skill towards preparedness for disaster management rated on a Likert scale. In the effort to collect the intended data, a self-report questionnaire adapted and modified from Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Tool (DPET) was implemented (Alrazeeni, 2015). Inclusion criteria: • Nurses who are working in Community Health Clinic in JKWPKL. • Agreed to participate in this study Exclusion criteria: • Disagreed to participate in this study This study was registered under National Medical Research Register for Medical Research (NMRR-16-2626-33093) and approved by the UiTM Research Ethics Committee (600-RMI (5/1/6), Community Research Centre (CRC) Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL/CRC/SL/06) and Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC); (5) KKM/NIHSEC/P17-560 METHODOLOGY RESULTS (DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS) REFERENCES Ahayalimudin, N. A., & Osman, N. N. S. (2016). Disaster management: Emergency nursing and medical personnel’s knowledge, attitude and practices of the East Coast region hospitals of Malaysia. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 19(4), 203–209. Al Thobaity, A., Plummer, V., Innes, K., & Copnell, B. (2015). Perceptions of knowledge of disaster management among military and civilian nurses in Saudi Arabia. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 18(3), 156–164 . Alrazeeni, D. (2015). Saudi EMS Students’ Perception of and Attitudes toward their Preparedness for Disaster Management, 6(35), 110–116. Diab, G. M., & Mabrouk, S. M. (2015). The effect of guidance booklet on knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding disaster preparedness at hospitals. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5(9), 17–31. Hammad, K. S., Arbon, P., Gebbie, K., & Hutton, A. (2012). Nursing in the emergency department (ED) during a disaster: A review of the current literature. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 15(4), 235–244. Ismail, A., Ghazi, H. F., & Unit, C. M. (2016). Disaster Management : Identifying Knowledge of Emergency Nurses and Community Health Nurses and Its Predictors in, 16(3), 66–74 Magnaye, B., M, M. S. M. L., Ann, F. M. M., Gilbert, V. M. R., & Heather, M. J. (2011). the Role , Preparedness and Management of Nurses During Disasters. E-International Scientific Research Journal, III(4), 294 . We would like to anknowledgement and appreciate those individual that were so helpful in assisting us to reach our goal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3.43 3.23 3.74 3.47 3.66 3.44 4.04 3.42 3.6 3.52 3.51 3.55 3.86 3.76 3.65 3.42 0.87 0.9 0.7 0.87 0.73 0.78 0.71 0.8 0.71 0.65 0.67 0.7 0.67 0.67 0.69 0.76 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Figure 5 : The Perception of Knowledge Towards Preparedness for Disaster Management S2 MEAN S2 SD 3.7 3.32 3.06 3.89 3.48 3.68 3.8 3.78 3.74 3.73 3.79 3.26 3.93 3.7 3.78 3.88 3.48 3.12 3.47 3.65 0.69 0.77 0.92 0.69 0.67 0.7 0.64 0.65 0.65 0.7 0.61 0.71 0.58 0.69 0.62 0.61 0.85 0.81 0.68 0.64 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5