DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES,CATARMAN NORTHERN SAMAR

A Thesis ProposalPresented to the Faculty of College of NursingUniversity of Eastern Philippines

In Partial Fulfillment of theRequirements for the Degreebachelor of science in nursing

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Capillas, NeomiCuanico, nerissa joeyDe Andres, Celina aprilde dios, felilou jonabethde leon, hazeldelmoro. ma. runacyldiaz, ma. jomayflordolo, crisannedoncillo, erica farraejercito, jonasespEnida, mara klaytilflorano, roneliafroilan, antonio

january 2013TABLE OF CONTENT

title PageiAbstractiiAcknowledgementviiTable of ContentsviiiList of TablesxList of FigurexiChapter IINTRODUCTIONBackground of the Study1Statement of the Problem6Objectives of the Study7Significance of the Study9Scope and Limitation of the Study11Hypothesis of the Study 12Theoretical Framework12Conceptual Framework15Paradigm of the Study16Definition of Terms17Chapter IIREVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIESRelated Literature19Related Studies27Synthesis of the Study37Chapter IIIMETHODOLOGYLocale of the Study39research Design40Research Respondents40Research Variables41Research Instruments42Validation of Instruments42Sampling Technique43Data Gathering Procedure44Scoring and Interpretation of Data44Statistical Treatment of Data47Chapter IVPRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA49Chapter VSUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSummary85Conclusions and Implications88Recommendations91BIBLIOGRAPHY92APPENDICES94 ABOUT THE AUTHORS

List of Tables

Table 1Distribution of Respondents by Course 49Table 2Distrbution of Respondents by Subject/Concept 51Table 3 Distribution of Respondents by Number of Trainings 52Table 4 Summary of Weighted Mean on the Awareness onDisaster Related Issues54

Table 5 Summary of Weighted Mean on the Level of Disaster Preparedness (Positive Statements)68

Table 6 Summary of Weighted Mean on the Level of Disaster Preparedness (Negative Statements)76

Table 7 Summary Result of the Relationship Between the 81 Respondents Profile and the Level of Disaster PreparednessTable 8 Summary Result on the Relationship between the Level of Awareness on Disaster Related Issues and the Level of Disaster Preparedness 83

List of FigureFigure 1 Paradigm 16