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Wirtz, Philip W.; Rohrbeck, Cynthia A. – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objectives: The identification of factors which influence peoples' preparation for health safety risks posed by natural and man-made disasters is a central concern in health education. Prior studies have generally approached this issue from either a cognitive or a social influence perspective, and have failed to recognise the increased importance…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Terrorism, Coping, Self Efficacy
Osman, Abdulaziz – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this research study was to examine the unknown fears of embracing cloud computing which stretches across measurements like fear of change from leaders and the complexity of the technology in 9-1-1 dispatch centers in USA. The problem that was addressed in the study was that many 9-1-1 dispatch centers in USA are still using old…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Middle Management, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis
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Murphy, Kelle L.; Donovan, Jacqueline B.; Berg, Dominck A. – Physical Educator, 2016
Physical education teacher education (PETE) programs vary on how the topics of safe teaching and risk management are addressed. Common practices to cover such issues include requiring textbooks, lesson planning, peer teaching, videotaping, reflecting, and reading case law analyses. We used a mixed methods design to examine how risk management is…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Adapted Physical Education, Textbooks, Physical Education
Seiter, Thomas C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Traditional models for studying user acceptance and adoption of technology focused on the factors that identify and tested the relationships forged between the user and the technology in question. In emergency response, implementing technology without user acceptance may affect the safety of the responders and citizenry. Integrating the factors…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Crisis Management, Safety, Correlation