A systematic review of school-based disaster risk reduction strategies in India

IF 2 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102646

Tisha Goswami , Ansar Ahmad

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Abstract

India is a diverse country, which experiences different types of disasters in different geographical regions. To reduce the impact of such disasters, the schools need to adopt relevant Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies and equip the students with relevant disaster knowledge to face future disasters. This study presents a systematic review of research on DRR initiatives aimed at Indian school students. The second section of the paper identified the main themes and pertinent recommendations gleaned from those studies. The studies were searched from January 1, 2000, to January 31, 2024, using specific keywords related to DDR, schools, and students. 67 relevant studies, including articles, book chapters, conference papers, and theses, were finalized using PRISMA guidelines. The components of the finalized studies were analyzed based on the year of publication, type of studies, type of data analyzed, the methods used for analysis, the study areas, and the kind of disasters studied. Then, the four themes were identified for thematic analysis: (1) the need to incorporate DRR in the school curriculum (46 %), (2) the emergence of online education as a DRR strategy (27 %), (3) the impact of disasters on disadvantaged students and their mental health (16 %), and (4) the importance of safe and resilient school infrastructure (11 %). The study concluded that the implementation of DRR in Indian schools is necessary to establish a resilient education system that can withstand future disasters. It suggested sensitizing the researchers to conduct more research in this field in India along with the cooperative efforts of all stakeholders in strengthening DRR in the schools.

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印度以学校为基础的减少灾害风险战略的系统审查

印度是一个多元化的国家，在不同的地理区域经历不同类型的灾害。为了减少这些灾害的影响，学校需要采取相应的灾害风险降低策略，并为学生提供相关的灾害知识，以应对未来的灾害。本研究对针对印度学生的DRR倡议的研究进行了系统回顾。该文件的第二部分确定了从这些研究中收集到的主要主题和相关建议。这些研究从2000年1月1日到2024年1月31日进行检索，使用与DDR、学校和学生相关的特定关键词。67项相关研究，包括文章、书籍章节、会议论文和论文，使用PRISMA指南完成。根据出版年份、研究类型、分析的数据类型、分析使用的方法、研究领域和所研究的灾害类型，对最终研究的组成部分进行了分析。然后，确定了四个主题进行专题分析：(1)将DRR纳入学校课程的必要性（46% %），(2)在线教育作为DRR战略的出现（27% %），(3)灾害对弱势学生及其心理健康的影响（16% %），以及(4)安全和有弹性的学校基础设施的重要性（11% %）。该研究的结论是，在印度学校实施DRR对于建立一个能够抵御未来灾害的有弹性的教育体系是必要的。它建议提高研究人员的敏感度，在印度开展更多这一领域的研究，并与所有利益攸关方合作，加强学校的DRR。

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Evaluation and Program Planning SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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112

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