Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices on Risks and Disasters Among Medical Students. A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in 9 Latin American and Caribbean Countries

The objective of this study was to describe the level of knowledge, perceptions, and practices in relation to risks and disasters in medical schools in Latin America and the Caribbean. Multicenter, observational, analytical, non-probabilistic convenience sample study with 2546 medical students in 9...

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Published in:Advances in medical education and practice 2023-01, Vol.14, p.225-235
Main Authors: Izquierdo-Condoy, Juan S, Montiel-Alfonso, Miguel Angel, Nati-Castillo, Humberto Alejandro, Saucedo, Ruth, Jaramillo-Aguilar, Damary S, Nanjari-Barrientos, Camila, García-Arévalo, Carolina, Rivera-Flores, Daniel, Díaz Batista, Maria Ibanesi, Loaiza-Guevara, Valentina, Ortiz-Prado, Esteban
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
caribbean
Colombia
Cross-sectional studies
disaster medicine
Disasters
Ecuador
Emergency management
Emergency preparedness
Knowledge
Latin America
medical
Medical students
Natural disasters
Original Research
perceptions
practices
Questionnaires
Social networks
Software
Spain
students
Training
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Summary:The objective of this study was to describe the level of knowledge, perceptions, and practices in relation to risks and disasters in medical schools in Latin America and the Caribbean. Multicenter, observational, analytical, non-probabilistic convenience sample study with 2546 medical students in 9 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. An online survey was conducted between October 2020 and November 2020, using an instrument validated in each country to assess knowledge, perceptions, and practices regarding risk and disaster prevention measures. Frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation (SD) were used for descriptive analysis. Differences resulting from the relationship between the variables studied and the level of knowledge were obtained using the Chi-square test. P-value
ISSN:1179-7258
1179-7258
DOI:10.2147/AMEP.S394331