Hazard Mitigation Training for Vulnerable Communities

Part I: Disasters and Communities

1. Disaster Education as a Form of Community Capacity Building

2. Climate Resilience and Justice

3. Social Construct of Vulnerability

Part II: The K.A.P.S. Model

4. Applying the Knowledge and Attitudes in K.A.P.S.

Applying the K (Knowledge) in K.A.P.S.

Applying the A (Attitude) in K.A.P.S.

How do we teach it?

What do we teach?

5. Applying the Preparedness and Skills in K.A.P.S.

Applying the P (Preparedness) in K.A.P.S.

Applying the S (Skills) in K.A.P.S.

How do we teach it?

What do we teach?

Part III: Implementing K.A.P.S.

6. Building A K.A.P.S. Community Training

Step 1: Community Profile

Step 2: Stakeholder Recruitment

Step 3: Requesting Fiscal Support

Step 4: Designing the K.A.P.S. Curriculum

Step 5: Participant Recruitment

7. Implementing and Evaluating a K.A.P.S. Community Training

Scheduling the Workshop

The Size of the Workshop

Obtaining Consent

Risks and Benefits

Workshop Flow

Approaches to Evaluating K.A.P.S.

Getting to Know the Data

Preparing the Data

Analyzing the Data

K.A.P.S. Disaster Preparedness Index for Researchers

K.A.P.S. Disaster Preparedness Index for Practitioners and Community Leaders

Presenting the Data for The K.A.P.S. Disaster Preparedness Index

Ensuring Reliability and Validity

8. Epilogue

Appendix A: Lesson Plans

Appendix B: Materials to Build a K.A.P.S. Community Training

Appendix C: Material for Implementing and Evaluating a K.A.P.S. Community Training

Appendix D: International/national Community Preparedness Resources