Research article

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN STUDENTS OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CAÑETE-PERU

María Silvia Villa Santillán, Gladys Requejo Pacheco, Lazaro Ruiz Barrera, Paula Milagros Chiok Pérez

Online First: October 29, 2022


The research determined the relationship between the variables, disaster risk management and environmental awareness in students of the Universidad Nacional de Cañete, Peru 2021. It was a study with a quantitative approach, of basic type and non-experimental design, cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational. The census sample consisted of 92 university students, selected by non-probabilistic intentional sampling. The survey technique was used and the instruments used were two questionnaires validated by Expert Judgment and the reliability was obtained from Cronbach's Alpha, with a reliability coefficient of 0.981 for the V1 and 0.985 for the V2 . The results reveal that in V1 the regular level predominates with 42.4% followed by efficient with 41.3%, similarly, V2, highlights the regular level with 53.3%, followed by efficient with 40.2%. It is concluded that there is a significant relationship between the variables disaster risk management and environmental awareness (r=0.818, P-value= 0.000) in students of the National University of Cañete, Peru 2021, at 95% confidence.

Keywords

Disaster risk management, prevention culture, environmental education.