Programa educativo sobre preparación frente a riesgos y desastres naturales en los habitantes. Recinto la Florida. Cantón Palestina. Provincia del Guayas. 2013

Abstract

The conducted educational program had as objective to increase the level of knowledge on risk preparedness and natural disasters in inhabitants of La Florida enclosure. Palestina Canton province of Guayas. The purpose of the program is to provide knowledge and practices of disaster and develop skills on prevention, preparedness, and mitigation plans. The studied universe was 80 people, an entry survey was applied for identifying the sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge and practices that residents had about risk management and disasters, for the two last characteristics the same survey was applied for second occasion; inside of 80 people group, 70% are women and 30% men, who are between 14 – 75 years old, they are mostly devoted in agriculture and household chore. In the level of knowledge, the obtained data in the entry survey in regards to knowledge and practices about preparedness against risk and natural disaster had a 10% of correct knowledge; it was applied the same exit poll and it was satisfactorily achieved to reach a 95% of correct knowledge on the people. It was necessary to apply the educational program through training, dynamics, participation, group work, which helped the people to acquire knowledge in regards to the risk management and natural disasters. By prioritizing, the issue of flooding that is the risk which people of La Florida community are exposed.