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Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia

Background: Nine per cent of the total areas of Malaysia is subjected to flood. The individual’s risk perception is one of the fundamental values in determining the subsequent behaviour, action, coping mechanism and effective strategy towards possible risk. Thus, this study aims to determine the ris...

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Main Authors: Nazibah, Baharin, Md Mizanur, Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medip Academy 2021
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36133/1/flood1.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36133/
https://msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/9995
https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213398
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spelling my.unimas.ir.361332021-09-20T06:09:39Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36133/ Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia Nazibah, Baharin Md Mizanur, Rahman H Social Sciences (General) Background: Nine per cent of the total areas of Malaysia is subjected to flood. The individual’s risk perception is one of the fundamental values in determining the subsequent behaviour, action, coping mechanism and effective strategy towards possible risk. Thus, this study aims to determine the risk perception and coping strategy among the flood victims in Kuching, Sarawak, and its factors. Methods: The 200 respondents were systematically selected from three districts in Kuching division, Sarawak. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using interviewer-administered questionnaire. Results: The analysis revealed that about three-fifths (72.5%) of the respondents were inundated last year. The most definite perceptions of risk by the flood victims were a physical health risk, followed by the capacity to mitigate flood and the perception of the social consequences. The respondents had a moderate (score of 4 to 6) to good (score of 7 to 9) level of coping strategy, which was influenced by ethnicity and level of education (p<0.05). Conclusions: Though the flood risk perception was good, it needs to go hand-in-hand with the coping measures to minimise flood impact. The planning for flood-related health programs and activities should be more community-centred by assigning villagers and the vulnerable group as committee members. Medip Academy 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36133/1/flood1.pdf Nazibah, Baharin and Md Mizanur, Rahman (2021) Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 9 (9). pp. 2593-2600. ISSN pISSN 2320-6071 | eISSN 2320-6012 https://msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/9995 https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213398
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
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Nazibah, Baharin
Md Mizanur, Rahman
Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
description Background: Nine per cent of the total areas of Malaysia is subjected to flood. The individual’s risk perception is one of the fundamental values in determining the subsequent behaviour, action, coping mechanism and effective strategy towards possible risk. Thus, this study aims to determine the risk perception and coping strategy among the flood victims in Kuching, Sarawak, and its factors. Methods: The 200 respondents were systematically selected from three districts in Kuching division, Sarawak. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using interviewer-administered questionnaire. Results: The analysis revealed that about three-fifths (72.5%) of the respondents were inundated last year. The most definite perceptions of risk by the flood victims were a physical health risk, followed by the capacity to mitigate flood and the perception of the social consequences. The respondents had a moderate (score of 4 to 6) to good (score of 7 to 9) level of coping strategy, which was influenced by ethnicity and level of education (p<0.05). Conclusions: Though the flood risk perception was good, it needs to go hand-in-hand with the coping measures to minimise flood impact. The planning for flood-related health programs and activities should be more community-centred by assigning villagers and the vulnerable group as committee members.
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author Nazibah, Baharin
Md Mizanur, Rahman
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title Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort risk perception and coping strategy taken by flood victims in kuching division, sarawak, malaysia
publisher Medip Academy
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url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36133/1/flood1.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36133/
https://msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/9995
https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213398
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