DESCRIPTION STUDY OF PANDEGLANG COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE ON NATURAL DISASTERS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN 2022

Authors

Novi Anggraini Ginting, Master Program in Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaFollow
Wiku Bakti Bawono Adisasmito, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

Pandeglang Regency, which is a disaster-prone area, requires people who have sufficient knowledge to create community preparedness in dealing with disasters and can assist in the disaster mitigation process. This study aims to find out how the community's knowledge and community preparedness related to natural disasters and what efforts have been made by the government to improve the readiness of the people of Pandeglang Regency. This research method is descriptive and quantitative with 451 respondents. The results of the study showed that the people of Pandeglang Regency still did not know correctly the different types of threats or types of disasters that occurred, 59% of respondents were on standby to prepare their emergency items, but there were still many people who did not keep essential telephone numbers needed in an emergency, the community Pandeglang Regency prefers information sources through electronic media, this is supported by the demographic factor of the Pandeglang Regency population, the majority of which are aged 30 to 49 years or generation X, who are still not familiar with the development of internet technology.

Bahasa Abstract

Kabupaten Pandeglang yang merupakan wilayah dengan rawan bencana memerlukan masyarakat yang memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup dan memadai agar dapat terciptanya kesiapsiagaan masyarakat dalam menghadapi bencana dan dapat membantu dalam proses mitigasi bencana. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengetahuan masyarakat serta kesiapsiagaan masyarakat terkait bencana alam dan upaya upaya apa saja yang telah dilakukan pemerintah dalam upaya meningkatkan kesiapsiagaan masyarakat Kabupaten Pandeglang. Metode penelitian ini ialah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan responden sebanyak 451 responden. Hasil penelitian didapatkan jika masyarakat Kabupaten Pandeglang masih belum mengetahui dengan benar perbedaan jenis ancaman atau jenis bencana yang terjadi, 59% responden telah siaga untuk mempersiapkan barang darurat mereka, masih banyak masyarakat yang tidak menyimpan nomor nomor telepon penting yang diperlukan ketika situasi kegawat daruratan, masyarakat Kabupaten Pandeglang lebih memilih sumber informasi melalui media elektronik, hal ini didukung dengan faktor demografi penduduk kabupaten pandeglang yang mayoritas masyarakat ialah berusia 30 hingga 49 tahun atau generasi X, yang masih belum terbiasa dengan perkembangan teknologi internet.

Recommended Citation

Ginting, Novi Anggraini and Adisasmito, Wiku Bakti Bawono (2022) "DESCRIPTION STUDY OF PANDEGLANG COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE ON NATURAL DISASTERS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN 2022," Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration: Vol. 7: No. 3, Article 5.
DOI: 10.7454/ihpa.v7i3.6246
Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/ihpa/vol7/iss3/5