THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OF ADULT

AETAS IN PORAC, PAMPANGA

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of Senior High School of

St. Mary’s College of Baliuag

Baliuag, Bulacan

In Partial fulfillment of Inquiries of the Requirement in

Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion

By:

Raymund Dominic V. Cano

Kate Caliel B. Delos Santos

Zhayndelle T. Manliclic

Sofia Mae G. Santos

Regie B. Salas

Patrick Rogel M. Tan

Gerald Yambao

STEM

August 2019
 CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Natural disasters are caused by environmental factors, it suddenly occurs and may result

to disruption of a community, destruction of structures and loss of lives. Nature has given us

disasters since prehistoric and classical times, since in the last twenty years, it has killed 606,000

people all over the world and destroyed properties worth trillions of dollars based from the U.N

report back in 2015.

In the Pacific Ring of Fire for example, which consist of 452 volcanoes, are very prone to

earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Countries around this belt are the most vulnerable in the

world as the geographical location of countries like Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Chile, and the

Philippines exposed them to devastating disasters of typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions

that can severely affect its citizens. Earthquake is one of the most disastrous hazards and

Philippines is vulnerable to it since the Philippine’s location is along the Pacific Ring of Fire

where 90% of earthquakes occur since the majority of Earth's volcanoes takes place along it.

Although the Filipinos are known throughout the world as one of the most resilient and adaptive

people in facing disasters, they have also witnessed and suffered the most devastating disasters

the world have ever seen. Back in 1976, an earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 8.0 in

Mindanao which 8,000 lives are deceased, injured 10,000 people, and leaving 90,000 more,

homeless. The following years, the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, the second largest eruption of the

century, disturbed the peace and wreak havoc in the provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and

Pampanga.
 Pampanga is vulnerable to different kinds of destructive disasters due to its geographical

situation so having disaster preparedness is very important. There has been a recent earthquake

last April 22, 2019 with the magnitude of 6.1 with the epicenter originating in Castillejos town,

Zambales and Pampanga was the most affected and damaged province, with 16 casualties, 14

missing people and 81 injured according to NDRRMC. The Aetas in Porac Pampanga were

appealing for help after the earthquake.

But what about to indigenous and native people living in the mountains and distant from

cities? Being near to hazardous terrains like mountains, volcanoes, flood basins and bodies of

water are certain to have affect to the safety of the inhabitants in case of calamities. A prominent

ethnic group in the Philippines are the Aetas who have inhabited the parts of Zambales and

Pampanga since before the colonization of the Spaniards. They primarily live in the

mountainsides and outside the proximity of urban areas. After the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in

1991, which greatly affected the Aetas in Pampanga and damaged their properties and shelters,

some of the Aetas began to incorporate and live in urban areas and cities.

Disaster preparedness on the other hand, lessens the impact of the disaster in planning

what to do before, during and after a disaster happens. This will also lessen the fear they could

feel during the disaster so it is very important for an individual to be well aware about it for cases

like an earthquake. Knowing the awareness of adult aetas towards disaster preparedness will be a

great help to understand their capabilities in dealing with earthquake; to be able to provide

recommendations or advices to the said respondents.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to answer the question, “What is the level of awareness in disaster preparedness

of adult aetas in Porac, Pampanga?” This serves as the general problem of the study and will

guide the research process throughout.

Specifically, the study aims to answer the following questions:

1. Do the adult aetas in Porac, Pampanga know disaster preparedness?

2. Do the adult aetas respond to disasters?

Hypothesis of the Study

Ho = Null Hypothesis of the Study:

The level of awareness in disaster preparedness of the adult Aetas in Porac, Pampanga is

“Moderately Aware”.
Significance of the Study

This research will benefit the following:

1. The Aeta Community

This study is significant to the Aeta Community because they will be able to know and

prepare when a hazard unexpectedly arrives in their community. With this help, they will be able

to improve themselves and lessen the damage or casualties in their society during disaster.

2. The Barangay of Porac, Pampanga

This study is significant to the barangay of Porac, Pampanga because they will be presented

with new information that they can use as a reference when they conduct their seminars and

trainings about disaster preparedness. This study will also give them an indication about the

resources and facilities that this community needs. In line with this, it will also help the clinics

around this area to provide them some medical supplies and determine the assistance that they

want to acquire.

3. The School Community

This study is significant to the school community because they will be presented with

new findings that will give them new knowledge and understanding. The school's club

organization-- First Aiders, would also be more interested and eager in conducting seminars and

visits to this place because of their situation and capacity to prepare and save themselves from

disasters.

4. The Researchers
 This study is significant to the researchers because they will be able to fuel their curiosity

about the said topic. In addition, it will benefit the researchers in ways where they will gain new

knowledge about the variables being tested. Lastly, it will also be beneficial to the researchers

because they can conduct and prepare more seminars and trainings to help in the preparation of

disasters.

5. The Future Researches and Researchers

This study is significant to future researches and researchers because this can be used as a

basis and reference for further studies and case improvement. This will also provide up to date

and fresh information about how the variables work on our modern society.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The researchers would like to know the level of awareness in Disaster Preparedness of

Adult Aetas in Porac, Pampanga. The research is only focused on awareness and will not go

beyond the extent of their knowledge. The research sample is composed of 181 respondents

wherein the distribution of survey questionnaire is the process for data collection. The

respondents are all adult Aetas, ranging from ages 18-59 years old. The researchers used

purposive sampling in choosing the respondents. The study will be held in Camias, Porac,

Pampanga and will not venture in other Aeta communities around the vicinity.

The study is not concerned about disasters in which the respondents are not experiencing

nor the methods that the Aetas currently use in order to cope with disasters. The researchers will

only tackle Disaster Preparedness as a whole and will not go beyond the details of its subtopics.

This study will determine the Aetas’ capability to survive in regards to disasters and the

respondents will not be compared to other indigenous group.

 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Related Literature

According to Valdeavilla (2018), Aetas are nomadic and are known among the earliest

migrants of the Philippines. Most of them managed to keep their cultural practices and traditions

up to present. They even encounter different problems such as displacement, marginalization,

and poverty. Aeta community are characterized by their skin, color, hair type and more. They are

also capable of building temporary houses made of sticks. They are hunting and gathering

indigenous people and classified as the most skilled in terms of jungle survival where they make

use of plant as herbal medicine and make their own weapon and tools.

According to Era and Orante (2017), farming is one of the major livelihood of Aetas,

their community is then considered as susceptible to damage and vulnerable as it is continuously

being affected by disasters such as typhoon, drought & excessive rain. The indigenous people's

way of coping towards climate change has been a pressing issue around the world and the Paris

agreement may serve as support: "recognizes the need to strengthen knowledge, technologies,

practices and efforts of local communities and Indigenous Peoples related to addressing and

responding to climate change, and establishes a platform for the exchange of experiences and

sharing of best practices on mitigation and adaptation in a holistic and integrated manner.

Alcayna, Bollettino, Dy, and Vinck (2016) assessed the capabilities of the Philippines to

recover from a disaster, looked over on how to endorse the reduction of the disaster’s risk in a

community with Philippines ranking at 4th most vulnerable countries to natural hazards. The

government of the Philippines does not neglect this issue and is taking action by planning out on
how to create sturdy structures to lessen the destruction that a disaster may cause. From their

findings, measuring the capabilities of a community during a disaster is important because the

plans settled in a community are more effective due to knowing the risks that they all encounter.

Although having unpredictable events, Philippines have plans to lessen the effects of a disaster,

but the problem is that NDRRMC cannot supervise all the local councils for they do not have

enough workers. The work that has been done in the Philippines related to Disaster Risk

Reduction are having assessments towards hazards, having response and relief operations,

warning systems, planned evacuation systems, recovery of a community and rebuilding the

damaged structures.

Kottak (2003) stated that traditional societies, sometimes referred to as folk, tribal, or

primitive societies, are those groups defined by their pre-industrial self-sufficient ways of either

hunting/gathering or comprehensive form of agriculture. These societies are further recognized

by the intimate relationship they nurture with their instant natural environment and the slow rate

of cultural change they generally encounter. They are more open to conventional practices and

inherited knowledge from their ancestors.

As stated by Burton (1972), Aetas are environment-dependent society in a way of their

main source of their livelihood comes from the environment for example farming, handmade

crafts. He also said that Aetas communities have a hard time in keeping up in the society for the

reason of they are always been affected by natural phenomena. Destruction of their environment

will result to lack of resources in their surroundings so they will be forced to depend on other

resources in the way to survive so natural disaster is a real problem in the socio- cultural change

of Aetas.
 In a statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies,

Disaster Preparedness delivers different solutions to design effective, realistic and coordinated

planning which also results in saving more lives and livelihood during disaster situations that can

allow the community to recover in a short period of time.

According to Public Health Emergency, growing communities of ethnic groups and their

transformation from isolation from the past towards to the integration of their culture sparked a

need to improve how ethnic people reach out and cooperate in times of disasters. The rewiring of

their mindset and approach in collaborating with urban safety personnel will lead to a decrease of

casualties during destructive calamities. One barrier that must be eliminated in order to achieve

this goal is the different cultural beliefs and knowledge towards disasters. The ethnic people

must learn to incorporate their respective cultural practices to the new approaches of today’s

society to be able to form this new awareness in preparing for a possible calamity.
Related Studies

Gaillard (2006) conducted a study about the Aeta ethnic group that inhabits the area

surrounding Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. The study aims to track down the events before and

after the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption and assess and identify the change that the eruption had

brought to the Aetas and their culture as well as explore the testimonies that will show how well

did the aetas responded during the eruption and how their awareness of the possible risk affected

their survival. The data gathered are from open surveys and requested respondents from sixteen

villages along the rivers of Mt. Pinatubo. The study concludes that a big cultural change had

forced some Aetas to incorporate themselves in the lowland communities. It is also found out

that awareness of the eruption has little significance to the overall result of the catastrophe.

Bethel, Britt, and Burke (2013) also had a study that examined the possible connection of

belonging to an ethnic group, as well as Hispanic subgroups in the United States, to how they

respond in certain types of situation and if they know how to perform the right actions motivated

with the right information in times of disaster. The method that was used in the study is a scale

with three dependent variables: items used in disaster preparation, planning about incoming

disasters, awareness in first aid concerning disaster injuries that was surveyed in eight states. The

result is that the ethnic groups have little preparation in terms of items used for safety in times of

calamities while Hispanic people in the United States are have flaws in having an effective plan

in anticipation of a possible calamity or catastrophic event.

Theoretical Framework

The Protection Motivation Theory deals with how people protect themselves from

threats or stressful situations. It is divided into two parts: assesment and adaptation or response in

regards to a certain event. The first factor is all about how people assess the situation, depending

on its severity and vulnerability. It also focuses on assessing one's own strengths and weaknesses

to be able to come up with an appropriate response. While the 2nd factor determines the ability

of an individual to cope and make decisions while handling stressful events whether it may be by

simply believing in one's self or seeing the situation as non-threatening at all. This theory

attempts to determine how people are encouraged to change their behavior towards something by

their own assesment and observation and then, by action. (Communication Technology

Organization, n.d.)

The Person Related to Event Theory determines how people are able to respond to an

event by assessing the resources available first and then discovering one's own stand & sense of

responsibility to take action towards that said event. It is both essential to maximize the

environment's capability to protect a person as well as to push one's own capability towards its

limit. It is a theory that focuses on mitigation of disaster risk by the means of observation of

environment & self. Preparedness plays a major role since after being able to assess one's self

and an anticipated threat, a person will then be able to change its own behavior for an increase in

the ability to cope with disaster situations. (Ejeta, Ardalan & Paton, 2015)
Conceptual Framework

Figure 1 shows the level of awareness in disaster preparedness of our respondents

which are the adult Aetas in Porac, Pampanga.

Level of
Awareness in Adult Aetas
Disaster
Preparedness

Figure 1: A Study about the Level of Awareness in Disaster Preparedness of Adult Aetas in

Porac, Pampanga.
Definition of Terms

1. Anticipated Threat – a suggestion that something harmful or violent will happen

2. Casualties – a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation

3. Climate Change – a change in global or regional climate patterns

4. Comprehensive – complete; including all or nearby all elements or aspects of something

5. Communities – a group of people living in the same or having a particular characteristic in

common

6. Cope – ability of a person to deal effectively with something difficult

7. Disaster – a sudden event that causes great damage or loss of life

8. Holistic – comprehension of the parts of something that is interconnected and only understood

as a whole

9. Mitigation – the action of reducing the severity, seriousness or painfulness of something

10. Nomadic – living the life of a wanderer

11. Neglect – fail to care for properly

12. Phenomena – events that are known through the senses rather than thought or intuition

13. Primitive – relating, denoting, and preserving the character of an early stage in the

evolutionary or historical development or something.

14. Socio-cultural – combining social and cultural aspects of someone or something.

CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design

The researchers used quantitative research design for the study. The purpose of using it is

to assess the level of awareness in disaster preparedness of adult aetas in porac, pampanga. The

researchers are confident that this research design will be able to fulfill all the data needed.

Quantitative Research Design relies on the collection and analysis of numerical data to

describe, explain, predict, or control variables and phenomena of interest. When conducting

quantitative research studies, researchers seek to describe current situations, establish

relationships between variables and sometimes attempt to have casual relationships (Gay, Mills

& Airasian, 2009).

Population and Sampling

The researchers used quota sampling under the non-probability sampling. In quota

sampling, the researchers selected their respondents having the specific characteristics such as

ethnicity and age, ethnicity of being aeta and with age ranging from 19 to 59 years old as the

subject of this study are adult aetas residing in Porac, Pampanga. The total number of the

population of adults with age ranging from 19 to 59 in the aeta community is 332 adults and the
sample size that will be drawn out from the population of adult aetas by using slovin's formula is

181 individuals, it will serve as the respondents of the study.

Research Locale

The study was conducted at Camias, Porac, Pampanga. Since it is said that Camias was one of

the area that has the age group with the highest population. It is up to 5 to 9, with 280

individuals. The age groups with the lowest population are in range of 75 to 79, and 80 and so

on, with 9 individuals.

Research Instruments/Techniques

The researchers used survey questionnaires as the method of gathering data of this study.

The survey questionnaire is comprised of two (2) multiple choice type question, that determined

the most common disasters that the respondents experience in their place, and followed by eight

(8) likert scale type statements which assessed the respondents’ awareness in disaster

preparedness. Lastly, the researchers used graphs and charts in presenting the data gathered.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers gathered the needed data from the respondents through survey

questionnaires with the selected respondents followed by the distribution of questionnaires. A

one-day field visit was held in Porac, Pampanga that enabled the data gathering procedure. A

requisition letter was first approved before conducting the actual field visit. Distribution of the
survey questionnaire was then commenced and the respondents were given enough time to

answer the questionnaire. As a protocol of the barangay, distribution of the questionnaires were

only allowed in a closed door setting and the researchers followed suit and conducted the survey

in a designated room. The researchers assisted in explaining the questions briefly to the

respondents as they answer the questionnaire and all concerns raised by the respondents were

addressed. The researchers then proceeded in the distribution of goods to the respondents as a

way of giving thanks.

Data Analysis and Procedure

The researchers compiled and analyzed the data that were acquired from the

respondents. They classified the answers of the respondents based on the respondents’ thoughts

and points-of-view in their questionnaires. After they categorized the responds, the researchers

presented the data through tables and interpreted it afterwards.

Statistical Treatment

The data gathered were analyzed and interpreted. The following are the formulas used in

analyzing and interpreting the data:

A. Percentage

To be able to find out the percentage amount needed for this study, this formula was

used:
 part
P= × 100
whole

B. Weighted Average/ Mean

In order to calculate the weighted average or mean, this formula was performed:

Σfx
μ=
n

Wherein:

μ = mean

f = frequency of each class

x= mid- interval value of each class

n= total frequency

∑fx= sum of the product of mid- interval values and their corresponding frequency

C. Slovin’s Formula

To identify the population and sample size, the researchers used this formula:

N
N=
1+ Ne 2

Wherein:
 N= Population Size

E= Margin of Error

CHAPTER 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Table 1: Frequency and Percentage of Age Distribution of the Adult Aetas

Age Frequency Percentage

18-24 12 7%

25-31 20 11%

32-38 31 17%

39-45 55 30%

46-52 45 25%

53-60 18 10%

Total 181 100 %

 Table shows the frequency and percentage of Aetas in different ages. 18-24 has the

lowest amount of respondents only have 12 out of 181 or 7% of 181. Next ages 25-30 there are

20 out of 181 respondents or 11% of 181 respondents. Ages 32-38 there are 31 out of 181

respondents or 17% of 181 respondents. Ages 39-45 has the highest number of respondents 55

out of 181 or 30% of 181 respondents. Ages 53-60 have 18 out of 181 respondents or 10% of

181 respondents.

Table 2: Most Common Disaster in Porac, Pampanga

Type of Disaster Frequency Percentage

Earthquake 103 57%
Landslide 25 14%
Typhoon 53 29%
Flood 0 0%
Volcanic Eruptions 0 0%
Fire 0 0%
Total: 181 100%

Table 2 shows the frequency and the percentage of answers in regards to the most

common disasters occurring in Porac, Pampanga. Earthquake has a frequency of 103, having a

percentage of 57%. While Landslide has a frequency of 25, corresponding to 14%. 53 out 181

respondents answered Typhoon as the most common disaster, equally this to 29%. There is 0

frequency of respondents answering Flood. Volcanic Eruption and Fire has also 0 frequency.

This indicate that most adult Aetas have Earthquake as the most common disaster occurring in

Porac, Pampanga.
 Table 3: Awareness in Disaster Preparedness

Frequency Percentage
Yes 157 87%
No 24 13%
Total: 181 100%

Table 3 shows the assessment of the respondents on if they think they are aware of

disaster preparedness or not. “Yes” has a frequency of 157, having a percentage of 87%. While

“No” has frequency of 24 respondents, thus having a percentage of 13%.

Table 4: Awareness in Disaster Preparedness of Adult Aetas

 Extremely Moderately Somewhat Slightly Not Weighted
Total Interpretation
Statements Aware Aware Aware Aware Aware Mean
F % F % F % F % F % F %
3. There are
numerous supplies
needed to be Legend:
prepared1.00-1.50 = Not Aware; 1.51-2.50 = Slightly Aware; 2.51-3.50 = Somewhat Aware; 3.51-4.50 = Moderately Aware;
for a disaster. Moderately
(Maraming 62 34% 44 24% 28 16% 19 10% 28 16% 181 100% 3.51
kinakailangang Aware
kagamitan upang
maging handa sa
isang sakuna.)
4. First Aid is
necessary to learn to
survive a disaster.
(Ang paunang-lunas Moderately
71 39% 63 35% 40 22% 0 0% 7 4% 181 100% 4.06
ay kailangang Aware
matutunan para
makaligtas sa
sakuna.)
5. I can be informed
about disaster
information through
different sources like
TV, radio, internet,
social media, etc.
(Maari akong Moderately
83 46% 48 27% 15 8% 20 11% 15 8% 181 100% 3.91
mabigyan kaalaman Aware
patungkol sa isang
sakuna sa
pamamagitan ng
telebisyon, radyo,
internet,social media,
at iba pa.)
6. There is an
evacuation center
near our community. Somewhat
35 19% 60 33% 31 17% 28 16% 27 15% 181 100% 3.27
(Mayroong lugar para Aware
sa paglikas na malapit
sa aming komunidad.)
7. There is a local
emergency plan for
our community. Somewhat
26 14% 65 36% 23 13% 34 19% 31 18% 131 99.99 3.08
(Mayroong Aware
emergency plan ang
aming komuidad.)
8. There are hazards
because of the area
where we live in. Moderately
(May mga maaring 42 23% 90 50% 22 12% 13 7% 14 8% 131 99.99 3.73
kapahamakan sa amin Aware
dahil sa lugar ng
aming tinitirahan)
9. It is essential for
me to incorporate the
proper emotional and
spiritual attitude in
my preparedness Moderately
being. (Mahalaga sa 56 31% 63 35% 34 19% 19 10% 9 5% 131 100 3.76
akin na maiangkop Aware
4.51-5.00 = Extremely Aware

Table 4 shows the results gathered about the awareness of adult Aetas in regards to

disaster preparedness. The weighted mean of statement 3 is 3.51 which has an interpretation of

“Moderately Aware”. 62 of the respondents answered “Extremely Aware”, implying that

majority of the respondents believe that a lot of supplies is needed in a potential evacuation

process. Statement 4, having 4.06 as its weighted mean, corresponding to the interpretation of

“Moderately Aware”. Most responded with “Extremely Aware” with a total of 71 respondents.

Thus, majority of the respondents agree about the high importance of first-aid in facing disasters.

While statement 5 have a 3.91 weighted mean and has an interpretation of “Moderately Aware”.

83 out of 181 respondents answered “Extremely Aware”. Therefore, most of the respondents

have access to news and are able to plan out upcoming disasters with the aid of news. Next is

statement 6 that has 3.27 as its weighted mean which equals to the interpretation of “Somewhat

Aware”. “Moderately Aware” had the highest response with 60 respondents, implying that many

respondents are just above average when it comes to knowing the location of evacuation centers.

Statement 7, having 3.08 as its weighted mean, has an interpretation of “Somewhat Aware”.

Most of the respondents responded with “Moderately Aware”, showing that a lot of respondents

are somehow aware about the ongoing evacuation plans in their area. Statement 8, having 3.73 as

its weighted mean, has an interpretation of “Moderately Aware”. 90 out of 181 respondents,

roughly half of the respondents, had a response of “Moderately Aware”. Implying that majority

of the respondents are more likely aware of hazardous sites in their area. “Moderately Aware”

had the highest number of answers with 63 out of 181 respondents. While statement 9 have a

3.76 as its weighted mean has an interpretation of “Moderately Aware”. This implies that most of

the respondents are moderately aware that their emotions play a big factor in facing a calamity.
Lastly, statement 10 have a 4.01 weighted mean and has an interpretation of “Moderately

Aware”. Majority of the respondents had a response of “Exremely Aware”, indicating that they

believe that their individual preparedness can help officals to prepare for a disaster. Overall, the

general weighted average for awareness in disaster preparedness is 3.67 which correspond to

“Moderately Aware” as its interpretation.

CHAPTER 5

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION

This chapter presents the summary of the findings obtained from the analysis of the data

gathered, the conclusions to answer the problems of this research were then drawn from the

findings and the recommendation were then suggested for the beneficiaries of the study which

were also based from the findings and conclusion.

Summary of Findings

The objective of this study is to determine the level of awareness in disaster preparedness

of the adult Aetas in Porac, Pampanga.

Table 3 shows the most common disaster occurring in Porac, Pampanga according to the

respondents. Earthquake has the highest frequency of 103 out of 181 respondents, or 57%. This

implies that Earthquake is the most common disaster in Porac, Pampanga. Table 4 aims to

determine if the adult Aetas are aware of disaster preparedness or not. 157 out of 181

respondents (87%) answered “Yes”. While 24 out of 181 respondents (13%) answered “No”.

This shows that the majority of the respondents believe that they are aware of disaster

preparedness.

Table 5 interprets the the results of the likert scale questionnaire to further assess the

awareness in disaster preparedness of the adult Aetas. Statements 3 to 5, as well as statements 8

to 10 have an interpretation of “Moderately Aware”, with their weighted mean ranging from 3.51

to 4.06. On the other hand, statements 6 and 7 indicate “Somewhat Aware”, with their weighted

mean ranging from 3.08 to 3.27. Overall, the researchers, based from the computed general

weighted mean of 3.67, found out that the adult Aetas has are moderately aware in terms of

disaster preparedness.

Conclusion

The researchers concluded that the level of awareness in disaster preparedness of adult

aetas are moderately aware thus they are moderately prepared for disasters. This is in response to

the concept that when the community’s awareness and understanding is increased, it can then be

said that the community is more prepared. (National Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Council, 2018) The activities in which Disaster Preparedness is based from are the following:

contingency planning, stockpiling of equipment and supplies, the development of arrangements

for coordination, evacuation, public information and associated training and field exercises. All

adult aetas in Barangay Planas, Camias, Porac, Pampanga are somewhat aware in regards to

contingency planning according to statement number 7 in the questionnaire, moderately aware in

regards to stockpiling of equipment and supplies according to statement number 3, moderately

aware in regards to the development of arrangements for coordination according to statement

number 10, somewhat aware in regards to evacuation according to statement number 6,

moderately aware in regards to public information according to statement number 5 and 8, and

moderately aware in regards to associated training and field exercises according to statement

number 4 and 8. All in all, the researchers concluded that the level of awareness in disaster

preparedness of adult aetas is moderate awareness.

Recommendation

The researchers are open to people’s evaluation and opinion to further improve and develop this

study. As they learned the level of awareness of Aeta community at Floridablanca, Pampanga

about Disaster Preparedness, it led them to make recommendations that can help this community
in responding unexpected and common hazards in their environment. The researchers

recommend:

 For the Aeta community, to be always open in accepting seminars and trainings about

disaster preparedness that people can offer to them in order for them to enhance and gain

new information. They should also move their location to a safer place so when these

hazards come, they wouldn’t feel much damage in their properties.

 For the barangay of Floridablanca, Pampanga, to give more attention to our indigenous

group who really need our help and to give more seminars that will cater the things that

they should know when a hazard occurs and to provide supplies to this community. In

line with the seminars that they will do, it is also important for the barangay to build an

evacuation center where this community could go when unexpected situation happens.

Lastly, they should also have an emergency plan and medical equipment in case of

emergency.

 For the school clinic, to enhance more the seminars that they are presenting at Pampanga.

It is also better if they can donate some medical equipment and teach the proper way to

use it in order for this community to learn more and respond to these scenarios. Lastly, it

is important for the school clinic to have more out-reach program in these areas of

Pampanga to be sure that they are updated and aware about Disaster Preparedness.

 For the researchers, to challenge themselves to use this study as their stepping stone of

improvement. Next, is to apply the learning that this study taught them and lastly, to

spread awareness to other people, particularly to those who are in need of this vital

information.
 For the future researchers and researches, to improve the study and use it as a basis of

information. It is also advised for them to fully understand the importance and meaning

of this study in order to finish it successfully and meaningfully. Lastly, to enjoy and have

fun in accomplishing the research.