Vladimir M. Cvetković

TL;DR: There are major differences in the public’s perception of risks posed by communicable disease threats such as presented by COVID-19, and emergency management agencies should use these differences to develop targeted strategies to enhance community and national preparedness by promoting behavioral change and improving risk management decision-making.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the prevalence of cyberbullying among Serbian adolescents and found that most of the students used the Internet on a daily basis and that almost all of them possess their own mobile telephones.

TL;DR: Investigating the risk perceptions and preparedness of women and men regarding these types of events in Serbia found men seemed to be more confident in their abilities to cope with flooding, perceiving greater individual and household preparedness, while women displayed a deeper understanding of these events.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of quantitative research regarding the level and the causes of fear of disasters among young adults in Turkey, Serbia, and Macedonia, using a questionnaire that was given and then collected hand by hand that explored in depth the disaster-related fears among 537 respondents during 2016.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a method of surveying students to identify and describe the factors that influence student knowledge and perceptions about earthquakes, and found that the sources of information on natural disasters and their threatening consequences influence the perceptions of secondary school students.