Abstract:
Abstract. Natural disasters that have both physical and
psychological impacts are floods caused by human behavior.
Disaster events caused by humans are things that need to be
considered for immediate attention because it will cause some
infectious diseases. Infectious diseases resulting from floods can
be avoided by prevention activities that involve health cadres to
take an active role in dealing with the problem of infectious
diseases when floods occur. The study aimed to explore cadres’
ability in communicable disease preparedness when flood
disasters through support groups. A quasi-experimental study,
one group pre-test, and post-test without a control group was
applied in this study. Forty-three samples were involved in this
study from Gebangmalang Village, Mojoanyar District,
Mojokerto Regency. Inclusion criteria; 1) cadres who are willing
to become respondents; 2) cadres living in the study area; 3)
cadres present at the intervention. 1-month research time. The
results of the research show that the mean of knowledge,
attitudes, and skills before and after the intervention increased
from 34.9% to 100% good, 46.5% to 100% positive, and 55.8%
to 100% good. Cadres increased the infectious diseases
controlling when the flood disaster occurred with a p-value of
0.001. Increasing the ability of cadres was due to the
interrelatedness between the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of a
cadre. Based on the findings, community of nurses should
provide to be able to prepare activities before a disaster occurs to
be able to minimize the impact that occurs as a result of a
disaster
