Effects Of Disaster Risk Reduction Training On The Locus Of Control And Health-Promoting Behavior Among School Disaster Coordinators In San Pablo City, Laguna

Abstract

The disaster management program has shifted its emphasis during the last few decades from reactive to proactive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management or DRRM. One of the factors on the promotion of proactiveness in disaster risk reduction and management is health promotion which reduces risks, increases resilience, and mitigates the impact of disaster on health. This study aims to determine the effects of Disaster Risk Reduction Training to the levels of locus of control and health-promoting behavior of School Disaster Coordinators. Specifically, to identify the levels of health locus of control and health-promoting behavior before and after the Disaster Risk Reduction Training. Quasi-experimental study using pre-, and post-test one-group design was used and the standardized questionnaires namely: Demographic Profile, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC) and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) to gather data from 85 respondents. Majority of the participants are male, the mean age is 36.05 years old, married, with bachelor's degree and have a monthly income under Salary Grade 13 or below, or at most Php30,547.00. Results show that the yielded p-value for the overall composite score of the HPLP II (0.001) indicates that there is a significant difference between the pre- and post-training health promoting behaviors. For the MHLC, the p-value of the internality LOC is 0.749. In this level, there is no significant difference in the participants internality LOC before and after the disaster risk reduction training. In addition, the two other LOC, powerful others LOC and chance LOC have a p-value of both 0.000 which indicates training is effective in improving the externality LOC. These findings underscore the importance of enhancing learning programs in disaster risk reduction and disaster management to help develop and/or redesign such programs that will equip its learners towards disaster resiliency.