Explaining the Model of Public Education in Natural Disasters based on the Meta synthesis Method

INTRODUCTION: Considering the significant contribution of public education to the reduction of damages incurred by disasters and crises in the country, the identification of all the components and dimensions of public education can be of great help to policymakers in this field in order to adopt a correct policy and decision. The current research aimed to investigate public education in natural disasters with the meta-synthesis method based on the seven-step model of Sandelowski and Barroso (۲۰۰۷). METHODS: The current qualitative research was conducted based on a meta-synthesis approach. The statistical population of the research included articles related to the research keywords from ۲۰۰۰ until now. A number of ۱۷۵ articles were retrieved, and after examining the title of the research, ۱۰۵ articles were removed, and ۷۰ papers were reviewed, out of which ۳۶ papers were removed, and ۳۴ articles entered the final stage for full analysis. Articles were searched in databases, such as Scopus, Emerald, Science Direct, Springer, Google Scholar, and Scientific Information Database (SID). FINDINGS: The selected sources were analyzed using Maxqda software, and the research findings were coded. In the open coding stage, ۱۰۰ primary codes were extracted from ۳۴ articles, and after extracting the primary codes, to categorize the concepts, axial coding was used, yielding ۵ dimensions, ۱۲ components, and their sub-components. CONCLUSION: As evidenced by the obtained results, to reduce vulnerability, the responsible institutions can adopt appropriate measures that lead to learning and changes in the audience's behavior by using the presented model and considering the determined components and indicators in the process of public education. This model includes the stages of analysis, educational design, preparation and development, implementation, and evaluation.

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Educational design , Natural disasters , Public education , Educational design , Natural disasters , Public education