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Students' preparedness for disasters in schools: a systematic review protocol.

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Introduction

Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in disasters. Improving students' knowledge and skills to prepare for disasters can play a major role in children's health. School as a place to teach children can make a significant contribution to provide the necessary skills. This study aims to identify the effects, strengths and weaknesses of interventions in schools to prepare children for disasters.

Methods and analysis

We use Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to develop a protocol for this systematic review. The included studies will report on the results of interventions targeting 'schoolchildren' defined as individuals between 4 and under 18 years old studying in schools. Different electronic databases will be used for a comprehensive literature search, including MEDLINE, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials and EMBASE to identify the records that match the mentioned inclusion criteria published till December 2020. The main search terms are 'disaster', 'preparedness', 'children' and 'school'. Four types of data will be extracted from the qualified studies including study characteristics (study design, year of publication and geographical region where the study was conducted), participant characteristics (sample size, age and gender), intervention characteristics (aim of intervention, intervention facilitators and barriers) and intervention outcomes. The quality appraisal of the selected papers will be conducted using Cochrane Collaboration's Risk of Bias for quantitative studies and Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist for qualitative studies. We use a narrative synthesis for this systematic review. The narrative synthesis refers to an approach to systematic reviews which focuses mostly on applying words and texts to summarise and explain findings.

Ethics and dissemination

This paper is a part of a Ph.D. thesis of Hamed Seddighi at University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences with ethics code IR.USWR.REC.1399.008 approved by the Ethics Committee of the above-mentioned university.

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CRD42020146536.

SUBMITTER: Seddighi H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722369 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Students' preparedness for disasters in schools: a systematic review protocol.

Seddighi Hamed H Sajjadi Homeira H Yousefzadeh Sepideh S López López Mónica M Vameghi Meroe M Rafiey Hassan H Khankeh Hamid Reza HR Garzon Fonseca Magdalena M

BMJ paediatrics open 20201204 1

<h4>Introduction</h4>Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in disasters. Improving students' knowledge and skills to prepare for disasters can play a major role in children's health. School as a place to teach children can make a significant contribution to provide the necessary skills. This study aims to identify the effects, strengths and weaknesses of interventions in schools to prepare children for disasters.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>We use Preferred Reporting Items for Systemati ...[more]

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Students' preparedness for disasters in schools: a systematic review protocol.

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Methods and analysis

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