A Home Disaster Preparedness Intervention Study with Korean American Residents in New York City.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effectiveness of the Nurses Taking on Readiness Measures (N-TORM) intervention in improving disaster preparedness of Asian immigrant residents in New York City. N-TORM is an innovative, nurse-led, household disaster preparedness educational intervention provided to community members to help them create their disaster-related evacuation and communication plans, build disaster supply kits, and understand community resources available to assist residents before, during, and after disasters. The aims of this controlled before-after intervention study were to (a) pilot test the Korean translation of the Household Emergency Preparedness Instrument (K-HEPI), (b) evaluate the effectiveness of N-TORM to increase household disaster preparedness knowledge and behavior, and

SUBMITTER: Heagele T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12031703 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature