Table 2.
Associations found for preparedness and confidence for disasters
| Preparedness for the most recent disaster | Confidence in knowing what to do during a disaster while at work | Confidence in knowing what to do during a disaster while at home | DPKC composite scores | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low preparedness % (n) | High preparedness % (n) | P | Low confidence % (n) | High confidence % (n) | P | Low confidence % (n) | High confidence % (n) | P | Low % (n) | Intermediate % (n) | High % (n) | P | |
| Site | |||||||||||||
| USVI | 65.7 (23) | 34.3 (12) | 0.209 | 40.6 (26) | 59.4 (38) | <0.001 | 32.8 (21) | 67.2 (43) | < 0.001*** | 35.3 (12) | 32.4 (11) | 32.4 (11) | 0.792 |
| PR | 78.3 (36) | 21.7 (10) | 70.4 (50) | 29.6 (21) | 66.2 (47) | 33.8 (24) | 38.7 (24) | 35.5 (22) | 25.8 (16) | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 66.7 (10) | 33.3 (5) | 0.443 | 40.9 (9) | 59.1 (13) | 0.322 | 36.4 (8) | 63.6 (14) | 0.392 | 35.0 (7) | 30.0 (6) | 35.0 (7) | 0.620 |
| Female | 76.4 (42) | 23.6 (13) | 57.1 (52) | 42.9 (39) | 51.6 (47) | 48.4 (44) | 36.8 (25) | 35.3 (24) | 27.9 (19) | ||||
| Non-binary | 50.0 (1) | 50.0 (1) | 33.3 (1) | 66.7 (2) | 33.3 (1) | 66.7 (2) | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (2) | 0.0 (0) | ||||
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Age range | |||||||||||||
| 20–39 | 92.9 (26) | 7.1 (2) | 0.007** | 57.8 (26) | 42.2 (19) | 0.197 | 53.3 (24) | 46.7 (21) | 0.419 | 43.2 (16) | 37.8 (14) | 18.9 (7) | 0.438 |
| 40–59 | 56.7 (17) | 43.3 (13) | 45.6 (26) | 554.4 (31) | 42.1 (24) | 57.9 (33) | 30.0 (12) | 35.0 (14) | 35.0 (14) | ||||
| 60+ | 73.3 (11) | 26.7 (4) | 68.8 (11) | 31.3 (5) | 56.3 (9) | 43.8 (7) | 26.7 (4) | 33.3 (5) | 40.0 (6) | ||||
| Role | |||||||||||||
| Physician/health care provider | 78.6 (11) | 21.4 (3) | 0.817 | 52.2 (12) | 47.8 (11) | 0.300 | 52.2 (12) | 47.8 (11) | 0.821 | 47.4 (9) | 31.6 (6) | 21.1 (4) | 0.185 |
| Nurse | 71.4 (10) | 28.6 (4) | 52.2 (12) | 47.8 (11) | 43.5 (10) | 56.5 (13) | 37.5 (6) | 12.5 (2) | 50.0 (8) | ||||
| Administrator | 75.0 (15) | 25.0 (5) | 48.4 (15) | 51.6 (16) | 48.4 (15) | 51.6 (16) | 30.0 (6) | 35.0 (7) | 35.0 (7) | ||||
| Front desk staff | 83.3 (5) | 16.7 (1) | 83.3 (10) | 16.7 (2) | 66.7 (8) | 33.3 (4) | 25.0 (2) | 75.0 (6) | 0.0 (0) | ||||
| Other providers | 88.9 (8) | 11.1 (1) | 56.3 (9) | 43.8 (7) | 50.0 (8) | 50.0 (8) | 40.0 (4) | 40.0 (4) | 20.0 (2) | ||||
| Other support staff^ | 60.0 (6) | 40.0 (4) | 70.6 (12) | 29.4 (5) | 58.8 (10) | 41.2 (7) | 38.5 (5) | 46.2 (6) | 15.4 (2) | ||||
| Working at the FQHC during the hurricanes in 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 72.1 (44) | 27.9 (17) | 0.802 | 61.4 (43) | 38.6 (27) | 0.212 | 50.0 (35) | 50.0 (35) | 0.929 | 26.7 (12) | 35.6 (16) | 37.8 (17) | 0.064 |
| No | 75.0 (15) | 25.0 (5) | 50.8 (33) | 49.2 (32) | 50.8 (33) | 49.2 (32) | 47.1 (24) | 33.3 (17) | 19.6 (10) | ||||
| Part of emergency response team | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 67.7 (21) | 32.3 (10) | 0.331 | 50.0 (15) | 50.0 (15) | 0.113 | 40.0 (12) | 60.0 (18) | 0.088 | 19.0 (4) | 33.3 (7) | 47.6 (10) | 0.091 |
| No | 77.6 (38) | 22.4 (11) | 67.2 (41) | 32.8 (20) | 59.0 (36) | 41.0 (25) | 37.8 (17) | 40.0 (18) | 22.2 (10) | ||||
| Role during emergency response | |||||||||||||
| Command/leadership | 70.0 (7) | 30.0 (3) | 0.015* | 60.0 (6) | 40.0 (4) | 0.025* | 30.0 (3) | 70.0 (7) | 0.010** | 14.3 (1) | 57.1 (4) | 28.6 (2) | 0.481 |
| Operations | 71.4 (5) | 28.6 (2) | 71.4 (5) | 28.6 (2) | 85.7 (6) | 14.3 (1) | 28.6 (2) | 14.3 (1) | 57.1 (4) | ||||
| Logistics | 100.0 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 66.7 (2) | 33.3 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (2) | ||||
| Planning | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (5) | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (5) | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (5) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 100.0 (1) | ||||
| Last time attended emergency preparedness training | |||||||||||||
| Never attended | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.548 | 70.0 (7) | 30.0 (3) | 0.037* | 50.0 (5) | 50.0 (5) | 0.252 | 50.0 (3) | 50.0 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 0.105 |
| Within the past year | 73.6 (39) | 26.4 (14) | 46.6 (41) | 53.4 (47) | 43.2 (38) | 56.8 (50) | 29.2 (19) | 35.4 (23) | 35.4 (23) | ||||
| More than a year ago | 80.0 (8) | 20.0 (2) | 83.3 (10) | 16.7 (2) | 66.7 (8) | 33.3 (4) | 45.5 (5) | 27.3 (3) | 27.3 (3) | ||||
| Cannot remember | 60.0 (9) | 40.0 (6) | 66.7 (14) | 33.3 (7) | 61.9 (13) | 38.1 (8) | 64.3 (9) | 28.6 (4) | 7.1 (1) | ||||
*
Significant at P < 0.05
**
Significant at P < 0.01
***
Significant at P < 0.001
^
Includes IT, opticians, director of clinical laboratory, information management, radiographers, and a nutritionist
-
Suppressed data, n < 5