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• <br />• <br />• <br />Evacuating Knowiedge of Community <br />Resources and Participation in <br />Emergency Preparedness Programs: <br />Needs Assessment for Falcon Heights, MN <br />Jenna Washnieski, M.P.H. <br />wash0089~umn.edu <br />a Iona a ror esearcn <br />• Sister 9f41, Falcon Heights has-mobilized <br />residents around emergency preparedness <br />• Neighborhood Commission <br />• Neighborhood Liaisons <br />• Emergency Preparedness Training Programs <br />• Are residents aware of resources? <br />• What can be done to engage residents? <br />Whatgaps;,urrentiyexfstinpsotnotingti~ese <br />programs? <br />esearc ues Ions <br />• Does knowing the Neighborhood Liaison result in greater <br />perception of local connectivity? <br />• Does high social connectivity result in hearing about and <br />participating in emergency preparedness programming? <br />• Who in the community is most/teast sociaifiy connected? <br />• Which is the most effective method for reaching <br />residents >.vi~; new informa+aon at:o+~rt tits city? <br />ec ices <br />• Provide background and rationale for <br />research <br />• Discuss sampling and survey methods <br />• Examine survey results <br />• Identify important findings and <br />recommendations far Faleafr f+eights <br />ac grouno <br />• Nigh-sense of eornmunit~ is significxrrtty associated vrith <br />increased community partiapation, greater neighborhood <br />satisfaction, and positive relations with neighbors 1r~m•.1eea; <br />Cn•vie 8 WwMe•mn, 1870) <br />• Utilizing social conneciivity in mobilize around issues <br />builds social capital <br />• Resource that arises from the strudure of social relationships in <br />community (ca.m.•. 1877) <br />• CitizeMevel emergency preparedness strategies <br />incxease community's.peroaption of t>ecurity and can <br />contribute to community self-sufficiency tuaaim.n,mo7: ate., <br />,773) <br />• 500 randomly selected residents accessed <br />through MN Drivers License list <br />• Survey, cover letter, return envelope, and $1 <br />incentive sent to 500 residents <br />• 270 (70%) of 500 surveys used in analysis <br />~~ <br />