32 Assessing the links between first aid training and community resilience 3.6.2 Spread of knowledge and are willing to provide first aid to each other community resilience in an emergency (shared 77% compared with 67%, respectively; recommended 77% It is not possible to determine whether the compared with 68%, respectively).41 people who respondents had told, shared, or recommended first aid training to belonged to > People who had shared or recommended the same community they were answering the were significantly more likely to agree that community resilience questions about. Despite they knew someone in the community they this, spread of knowledge still showed some could go to for help (shared 79% compared interesting relationships with community with 70%, respectively; recommended 79% 42 resilience. compared with 69%, respectively). > Those who had told someone about their This suggests that knowledge may be spread training were significantly more likely than internally within and external to the communities those who had not to agree that the people in a respondent belongs to. However, communities their community are willing to help each other to which knowledge is spread do exhibit higher (87% compared with 74%, respectively). community resilience. Similarly, those who had shared first aid skills or knowledge were significantly more likely than those who had not to agree that they felt 3.6.3 Relationship between community a part of their community (91% compared and individual resilience with 89%, respectively).40 > People who more strongly agreed that they > People who had shared skills or knowledge, or could usually find their way out of difficult recommended training, were significantly more likely to agree that people in their community 41 Mean is displayed within the range of 1-5. Shared 4.0: did not share 3.8, t(441)=-2.80, p<0.05. Recommended 4.0: did not recommend 3.8, t(445)=-2.77, p<0.01. 40 Mean is displayed within the range of 1-5. Told 4.2: did not tell 3.8, 42 Mean is displayed within the range of 1-5. Shared 3.9: did not share t(491)=-2.14, p<0.05. Shared 4.3: did not share 4.2, t(493)=-2.06, 3.7, t(471)=-2.56, p<0.05. Recommended 3.9: did not recommend 3.7, p<0.05. t(474)=-2.78, p<0.01.
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