Studies from Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research Have Provided New Information about Environmental Research and Public Health (Earthquake Disaster Risk Perception Process Model for Rural Households: A Pilot Study from Southwestern …)

2019 NOV 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily China News -- Investigators publish new report on Environmental Health - Environmental Research and Public Health. According to news reporting originating in Chengdu, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “There are many important factors to consider when creating robust, regional disaster prevention systems. These include rural households’ knowledge and reported skills of earthquake disasters, disaster risk perception, awareness of disaster risk reduction, willingness to purchase insurance, and willingness to relocate to avoid disasters.”

Financial support for this research came from National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, “However, few empirical studies have systematically established the theoretical research frameworks to analyze these factors. This study analyzed the data sampled from 241 rural households located in counties affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. A theoretical model was designed to investigate rural households’ disaster risk perception and used path analysis to systematically analyze the mechanism of the factors stated above. The results showed that 53.11% of rural households had a stronger willingness to purchase disease insurance and 72.19% had a stronger willingness to relocate to avoid disasters. Risk perception, knowledge and reported skills, and awareness of disaster risk reduction were significantly correlated with a willingness to purchase disaster insurance. Risk perception and awareness of disaster risk reduction were significantly positively correlated with a willingness to relocate to avoid disasters. Knowledge and reported skills indirectly affected the willingness to purchase insurance and the willingness to relocate to avoid disasters through risk perception and awareness of disaster risk reduction.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Risk perception could indirectly affect the willingness to purchase insurance and the willingness to relocate to avoid disasters through awareness of disaster risk reduction.”

For more information on this research see: Earthquake Disaster Risk Perception Process Model for Rural Households: A Pilot Study from Southwestern China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019;16(22):4512.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting D. Xu, Sichuan Center for Rural Development Research, College of Management of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Y. Liu, X. Deng, C. Qing, L. Zhuang, Z. Yong and K. Huang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224512. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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