Disaster-Ready Kit

School Name

Center for Advanced Technical Studies

Grade Level

12th Grade

Presentation Topic

Consumer Science

Presentation Type

Non-Mentored

Oral Presentation Award

2nd Place

Abstract

Abstract The Philippines has suffered from an inexhaustible number of typhoons, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. The current emergency kits that exist to aid the population during natural disasters lack in cost efficiency and availability. Due to the lack of resources in rural areas, the spread of communicable diseases rapidly occur, targeting areas that are strongly impoverished. The top 6 diseases in 2013 (Acute Respiratory Illness, Open wounds, bruises, and burns, High Blood Pressure, Skin Disease, Fever, Acute watery diarrhea) are easily manageable through basic hygiene. The Disaster-Ready kit is modeled based off of those diseases and aims to ultimately be distributed to people who live in rural areas in the Philippines. By doing so, it is expected to see an increase in availability of these basic hygienic resources to people in areas that are unable to avoid the spread of infection during natural disasters. The kit’s success will be measured by a survey dispersed anonymously to patients at San Giuseppe Mission and Health Center located in Canlaon City, Philippines and each survey participant will receive a free kit as a result. This survey includes a rating system for each product, questions regarding other possible products, and family sizes. When the surveys are returned, the ratings will be collected and the kit will be assembled accordingly. Key Words Philippines Natural Disaster Emergency Kits

Location

Wall 210

Start Date

3-25-2017 12:00 PM

Presentation Format

Oral Only

Group Project

No

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Mar 25th, 12:00 PM

Disaster-Ready Kit

Wall 210

Abstract The Philippines has suffered from an inexhaustible number of typhoons, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. The current emergency kits that exist to aid the population during natural disasters lack in cost efficiency and availability. Due to the lack of resources in rural areas, the spread of communicable diseases rapidly occur, targeting areas that are strongly impoverished. The top 6 diseases in 2013 (Acute Respiratory Illness, Open wounds, bruises, and burns, High Blood Pressure, Skin Disease, Fever, Acute watery diarrhea) are easily manageable through basic hygiene. The Disaster-Ready kit is modeled based off of those diseases and aims to ultimately be distributed to people who live in rural areas in the Philippines. By doing so, it is expected to see an increase in availability of these basic hygienic resources to people in areas that are unable to avoid the spread of infection during natural disasters. The kit’s success will be measured by a survey dispersed anonymously to patients at San Giuseppe Mission and Health Center located in Canlaon City, Philippines and each survey participant will receive a free kit as a result. This survey includes a rating system for each product, questions regarding other possible products, and family sizes. When the surveys are returned, the ratings will be collected and the kit will be assembled accordingly. Key Words Philippines Natural Disaster Emergency Kits