Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Introduction to disaster preparedness
2	Disaster preparedness messages and curriculum
3	Case study of disaster, consequences of hazards and hazard analysis case study
4	Govermental responses to disasters: organizational inertia, governmental responsibilities and public expectations
5	Citizen perception of disasters I: Citizen perception of risk, citizen disaster denial
6	Citizen perception of disasters II: Disaster mythology
7	Citizen perception of disasters III: Disaster ethics and responsibility
8	General approach to disaster preparedness education
9	Preparedness education–implications from research
10	Developing a community profile
11	High risk populations, disaster and children–impact and coping responses,
12	Disaster preparedness training in schools, individual disaster education for children in schools
13	Agencial preparedness for the elderly and people with disabilities, preparedness in high risk residential structures
14	Example of Turkish Redcrescent