Relationship between social trust and emergency supplies preparedness among college students in Heilongjiang province

Objective To examine status and influencing factors of emergency supplies preparedness among college students in Heilongjiang province.Methods A questionnaire survey on emergency supplies preparedness was conducted among 1 806 students selected with multi-stage random cluster sampling from seven colleges in Heilongjiang province between March and May 2014.Results Of the college students surveyed,5.26% reported full preparedness of emergency supplies including medicine,food and water for 72 hours,flashlight,radio and extra batteries.Among the students,the trust score for self-rescue (4.20±0.97) was the highest,while that for the rescue conducted by volunteers (3.00±1.08)was the lowest.There were significant differences in preparing emergency supplies among the college students of different gender,residence,income,emergency attitude,emergency preparedness behavior tendencies,specific social trust (all P<0.05).Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that the promoting factors of emergency supplies preparedness were living in urban region (odds ratioOR=2.981,95% confidence interval95%CI=1.585-5.608),with higher behavioral tendency for emergency preparedness (OR=1.102,95%CI=1.021-1.188),and with higher specific social trust (OR=1.562,95%CI=1.134-2.152) among the students.Conclusion Emergency supplies preparedness is at a low level among college students in Heilongjiang province,suggesting that emergency-related education,information dissemination,and exercises need to be strengthened among the population,especially in rural regions.Goverment should improve efficiency and effect of emergency rescue and individual should also prepare for emergency.