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Abstract：
The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, in particular risk communication, remained unexploited until the occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The legislation and policy mandate a proactive approach for disaster management, requiring a focus on disaster risk reduction. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the significance of risk communication as a critical prevention and mitigatory strategy in disaster risk management, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Key to risk communication success is ensuring adequate comprehension, accurate perception of the disseminated information, and compliance with regulations. Questions of trustworthiness, acceptability, effectiveness, and usefulness of messages and strategies communicated sought answers from the Bloemfontein population. Furthermore, the Agenda-setting Theory provided the grounding for the study. The study sample was picked in a stratified random sampling manner, using the confidence level and margin of error equation. A questionnaire survey was used to collect the data required to achieve the research objectives. Risk communication as a disaster risk reduction strategy implemented concurrently with imposed regulations was found to have played a vital role in mitigating the virus spread. However, the respondents were not aware of the local disaster management centre, which is supposed to be engaged in COVID-19 disaster management activities.
摘要：
自2002年《第57号灾害管理法》(DMA)和2005年《国家灾害管理框架》(NDMF)实施以来，南非的救灾活动超过了降低风险的程度。降低风险,特别是风险沟通，在2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行之前一直没有被利用。立法和政策要求采取积极主动的灾害管理办法，需要关注减少灾害风险。因此,这项研究旨在评估风险沟通作为灾害风险管理中关键预防和缓解策略的重要性，重点关注COVID-19大流行。风险沟通成功的关键是确保足够的理解，对传播信息的准确感知，并遵守法规。诚信问题，可接受性,有效性,传达的信息和策略的有用性寻求布隆方丹人群的答案。此外，议程设置理论为研究提供了基础。以分层随机抽样的方式抽取研究样本，使用置信水平和误差幅度方程。采用问卷调查的方式收集实现研究目标所需的数据。人们发现，风险沟通作为与实施法规同时实施的减少灾害风险战略，在减轻病毒传播方面发挥了至关重要的作用。然而,受访者不知道当地的灾害管理中心，应该从事COVID-19灾害管理活动。
