Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The efficacy of household emergency preparedness interventions for community-dwelling, non-institutionalized people is largely unknown.

Objective

To ascertain the state of the science on social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions to improve all-hazard household disaster preparedness.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

Databases, trial registers, reports, and websites were searched, and citation trails followed utilizing replicable methods. Individual, cluster, and cross-over randomized controlled trials of non-institutionalized, community-dwelling populations and non-randomized controlled trials, controlled before-after, and program evaluation studies were included. At least two review authors independentl

SUBMITTER: Amberson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003604 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature