Investigating the Factors Affecting Community Participation to Respond to the Crisis of Covide-19

Background and Objectives

The most important factor in the failure or success of collective policies in a country is the participation or non-participation of the people.

Material and Methods

This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of research method. The statistical population of this study was adults in Kerman in 1399 that 384 people were selected by simple random sampling. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data and the questionnaire was distributed online. SPSS26 and Amos24 statistical software were used to analyze the data.

Results

The Findings showed that the variables of community attachment and community resilience had a significant effect on the variables of attitude toward community participation and crisis response. Also, the variables of attitude toward community participation have a significant effect on the variable of community participation with the variable of attitude towards response to crisis exerting a significant effect on the variable of community participation (t> 1.96), but the effect of the variable of benefits of community participation on the variables of attitude to community participation and attitude to response to crisis was not statistically significant (t <| 1.96 |).

Conclusion

The results of this study showed that the increase in community attachment and resilience had an effect on the community participation rise. Moreover, the findings revealed that community resilience, attachment and participation are effective factors in crisis response and also participation of people in society and their solidarity and empathy play an important role in controlling and responding to crisis.