Management of the dead in disasters: knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices amongs a group of army soldiers in Sri Lanka | Zendy

Udalamaththa Gamage Gihan Chaminda | Zendy; J. Warushahennadi | Zendy

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Management of the dead in disasters: knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices amongs a group of army soldiers in Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

Udalamaththa Gamage Gihan Chaminda,

J. Warushahennadi

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of forensic medicine science and law

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2465-6089

pISSN - 2012-7081

DOI - 10.4038/sljfmsl.v11i2.7825

Subject(s) - sri lanka , publishing , medical journal , forensic science , publication , library science , medical education , political science , medicine , sociology , family medicine , law , computer science , south asia , ethnology , veterinary medicine

Results: The study population was 188 army soldiers (n=188). A majority (61.2%, n=115) had a moderate level and 32.4% (n=61) had a good level of overall knowledge. Knowledge regarding wearing face masks by dead body recovery teams was poor in 92%, while knowledge in spraying disinfectants to dead bodies was poor in 69.1%. Respectively 21.8% and 52.1% believed that funeral rites are not important and dead bodies of foreign nationals should be treated better than locals. A majority (59%) had reported that they used gloves and boots in dead body recovery process.

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