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This handout provides information on anthrax in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Russian
This handout provides information on biological emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on bombing or explosion emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Mass Casualties, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on chemical emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Mass Casualties, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on ciprofloxacin, a medication that is administered to people that may have been exposed to anthrax, in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on administering ciprofloxacin to babies, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This brochure, provided by Seattle and King County, contains information about the H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine. It explains that the vaccine is developed in the same way as the seasonal flu and that the preservative (thimerosal) used in the vaccine is safe.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, Amharic
This handout provides information on how to crush ciprofloxacin pills for one's children, as well as information on ciprofloxacin dosages for children depending on their weight. This resource is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on decontamination and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Chemical, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on Doxycycline, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on administering Doxycycline to babies, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on the evacuation plan for Columbus, Ohio and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on administering Doxycycline pills to children, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
The goal of this website is to provide translated health education materials in both English and numerous other languages to help improve health education in diverse communities and for limited English proficient (LEP) groups.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Chemical, Radiation, Mass Casualties
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Marshallese, Brazilian, Russian, Ukrainian
This handout contains information on how to provide home care in the case of pandemic flu, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This comic illustrates the importance of keeping children and teens at home when sick with the flu. It explains that staying home will reduce the risk of illness for others. It also serves as a reminder to plan ahead in case of illness.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, Amharic
This handout provides information about the inactivated influenza vaccine for 2009-10. It describes how the vaccine is made, who should receive the vaccine, and what to do in case of adverse events.
Subtopics: Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Hmong, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Farsi, Armenian, Thai, Haitian Creole, Bengali, Turkish, Urdu
This article describes the experiences of Indian American families who were forced to evacuate the San Diego area in the face of approaching wildfires.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This self-assessment form is used to gather important information on individuals after a mass casualty event, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters, Mass Casualties
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on nuclear or radiation emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Radiation, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on possible pandemic flu outbreaks, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on how to plan for an emergency, and is avaiable in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Mass Casualties, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on power outages, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This handout provides information on how to prevent illness during an emergency and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
The Stanford Health Library provides translated health and wellness information in a wide range of languages. The translated materials are categorized by health related topic, including emergency preparedness.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Bosnian, French, Hindi, Russian, Farsi, Armenian, Thai, Croatian, Serbian, Kurdish, Haitian Creole, Albanian, Amharic, Bengali, Dutch, Ethiopian, German, Italian, Persian, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, Turkish, Urdu, Polish
This handout provides a list of medications not to be taken with emergency antibiotics and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian