The Preceed-Proceed Analysis of Safety, Health, Environmental Sustainability, and Disaster Preparedness for Tourism Villages in Disaster-prone Areas

Abstract

Background: Tourism activities worldwide are inseparable from various safety and health risks. It is estimated that 30%-50% of the 1 billion tourists experience injuries and illnesses while traveling. Unsafe human behavior is the leading cause of tourist fatalities including negligence, disregard, and non-observance of safety rules. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the Preceed-Proceed of safety, health, environmental sustainability, and disaster preparedness for tourist villages in disasterprone areas.

Method: This study used a qualitative approach, while the informants were selected using a purposive sampling technique. They were tourism village managers, tourists, and those responsible for tourism villages in Sleman Regency. Data were collected through focus group discussions (FGD) and a literature review. The data were analyzed qualitatively by integrating the FGD results with the literature review.

Results: The results showed that the most appropriate intervention is the community-based health promotion/intervention because the target is the community in the tourist village. It was further integrated into the Preceed-Proceed Model. In tourist villages, community-based health efforts can be implemented through tourist village posts (Pos Dewi). The approach in the intervention can be applied with advocacy, partnership, and community empowerment strategies. The tourism safety framework model includes risk assessment, monitoring, communication, disaster preparedness, emergency response, and health surveillance.

Conclusion: The developed safety, health, environmental sustainability, and disaster preparedness intervention for tourist villages is the integration result of the theme exploration and literature study. Therefore, further studies are needed to test the effectiveness of the developed Preceed-Proceed Analysis.

Keywords: Health; Disaster; Precede-Proceed; Preparedness; Safety