The association between social cohesion and community disaster resilience

A cross‐sectional study

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ID12290284
AutoresSalizar Mohamed Ludin (0000-0001-7155-798X, Department of Critical Care, Kulliyyah of Nursing International Islamic University Malaysia Pahang Malaysia, autor de correspondencia), Munirah Rohaizat (Kulliyyah of Nursing International Islamic University Malaysia Pahang Malaysia), Paul Arbon (0000-0002-5914-3300, Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University South Australia Adelaide Australia)
Año2018
Volumen27
Número3
Páginas621-631
Fecha de publicación2018-10-21
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth & Social Care in the Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0966-0410 • E-ISSN: 1365-2524
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hsc.12674
PMID30345603
OpenAlexW2897929077
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas24

A cross-sectional study design was created, using the Index of Perceived Community Resilience (IPCR) and Buckner's Index of Cohesion (BIC) to survey 386 flood evacuees from six communities in Kelantan, Malaysia, in 2015. The respondents were mostly female (54.7%); lived in basic housing (95.6%); average income (55.9%); secondary level schooling (81.1%); not involved with community organisations (95.1%), volunteering activities (91.2%), or emergency teams (96.9%); inexperience with injury during flooding (94%); experienced the emergency disaster (61.6%); and their mean age was 49 years old. Overall, respondents scored a high level of community disaster resilience (CDR) (mean 3.9) and social cohesion (mean 3.79). Also, respondents' housing type, event of injury during disaster, volunteering in post-disaster activities, and emergency team participation were significantly associated with CDR (p = 0.001-0.002), organisational involvement (p = 0.016), and emergency disaster experience (p = 0.028) were significantly associated with social cohesion. The Pearson correlation coefficient results mostly showing a moderate, weak, and one with a strong relationship. There is a strong relationship between community participation (CDR) in events and BIC variables (r = 0.529, p = 0.001). Other analysis shows a moderate but significant relationship with BIC; is open to ideas (r = 0.332, p = 0.001); community has similar values/ideas (r = 0.421, p = 0.001); sense of pride (r = 0.389, p = 0.001); strong leadership (r = 0.339, p = 0.001); positive change (r = 0.484, p = 0.001); and able to handle problems (r = 0.454, p = 0.001). Overall, the results show that respondents had high levels of CDR and social cohesion, while the demographic characteristics show the impact of CDR and social cohesion. In conclusion, the data gives original insight into the level of association between social cohesion and disaster resilience, which could be used as a building block in sustainable disaster recovery. There is a need to explore this further on programmes designed to improve social cohesion across communities

Association (psychology · Cohesion (chemistry · Community cohesion · Community resilience · Cross-sectional study · Resilience (materials science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology