Evaluation of Individual Disaster Resilience of Faculty of Health Sciences Emergency and Disaster Management Department Students: Çanakkale and Aksaray Example

Disasters are at an unacceptable risk level on a global scale. In order to be harmed as little as possible from disasters, it is necessary to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and societies and increase their resilience. It is very important that the resilience of field workers who will work in disasters is high. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the individual resilience of the students of Emergency and Disaster Management Department at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University and Aksaray University. The data of the study were collected using a 17-question questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic characteristics and disaster experiences, and the "Individual Disaster Resilience Assessment Scale" (20 items). In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, t test and One-Way Anova Test were applied. A significant relationship was found between the sex of the students participating in the study, the economic status of their families and the number of siblings, and their individual resilience to disasters (p<0.05). The mean scores of individual resilience to disasters were found to be higher among women, those with few siblings and those with a good family's economic status. Education is essential for empowering women in all fields. Education is the most fundamental factor for increasing resilience and reducing vulnerabilities in disasters. © 2022, Ankara University. All rights reserved.