Preparedness, based on social-cognitive theory constructs, of households for earthquakes
Citation: Rezabeigi Davarani E, Nekoei-Moghadam M, Khanjani N, et al. Factors related to earthquake preparedness of households based on social-cognitive theory constructs: A systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023:11:987418.
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What is this? In this systematic review, the authors searched for articles to identify the constructs of social cognitive theory in research related to household preparedness against earthquakes. They restricted their searches to articles published in English from January 2000 to October 2021. They included 18 articles from nine countries.
What was found? Common constructs for household earthquake preparedness were self-efficacy, outcome expectations, social support, collective efficacy, normative beliefs, and knowledge. No articles used all constructs together. Preparedness intentions and behaviours were not satisfactory.
Implications: The authors of the review stated that the design and implementation of interventions based on constructs of social cognitive theory can improve the preventive behaviours and preparedness of households against earthquakes.
Other considerations: The authors of the review discussed their findings in the context of education, gender, sex, age, disability, race, and ethnicity.
This summary was prepared by Eszter Szocs, checked by Sneha Bhadti, and finalized by William Summerskill.