Black or African American

This directory provides information on community based agencies that serve specific diverse communities in Minnesota.

In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.

This report provides a needs assessment of vulnerable and hard to reach populations in Texas and identifies the preferred methods of communication in the event of a bioterrorist attack or epidemic.

This article discusses the utilization of new ideas and approaches to help students and teachers study and understand how Hurricane Katrina continues to impact African American youth in New Orleans.

This video contains excerpts from a number of interviews with community members and first responders that focus on language barriers and other communications challenges that affect safe and effective service in multicultural communities. 

This article addresses the neglect of African American communities socially, politically, geographically, and economically, particularly with respect to natural disasters and environmental injustice.

This study compares differences in crisis preparation, information-seeking patterns, and media use on the basis of race in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

This resource describes the process through which grants were awarded to community-based organizations to develop culturally appropriate risk communication strategies.

This resource provides a summary of a pilot project implemented to improve community health through culturally competent risk communication strategies with diverse communities in Northwest Oregon. 

This matrix presents in depth results of a pilot study conducted by the Northwest Oregon Health Preparedness Organization

This press release describes the results of a survey administered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas by the Harvard School of Public Health on emergency evacuations.
 

This study analyzed the individual preparedness of people in Los Angeles County following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax attacks.

This commentary highlights what needs to be done to eliminate potential injustices towards disadvantaged populations during an influenza pandemic.

This report presents the findings of an initiative to develop an emergency preparedness outreach strategy for African Immigrant communities in West Philadelphia.

This report focuses on the underlying issues of environmental racism that are prevalent throughout the Gulf region and the urgent need for new environmental justice remedies.

This article examines differences regarding how environmental hazard information was obtained between two ethnically diverse communities.

This qualitative study examines ethnic difference post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in South Florida  residents following Hurricane Andrew.

This book provides a range of perspectives and strategies for providing mental health services to diverse populations following a disaster.

This research article is the result of surveys and interviews which were conducted in Houston shelters following Hurricane Katrina to develop a socioeconomic and demographic profile of evacuees and their experiences.

 

This article describes FEMA’s Black Leadership Summit which took place in Washington, DC in May of 2010.

This series of videos provides expertise from those conducting public information/risk communication with African American faith-based communities.   

This book provides a qualitative assessment of the social and political factors which contributed to the 793 deaths attributed to the 1995 Chicago heat wave.

This brochure reviews normal and pathological signs of post-traumatic stress in children and is specifically aimed at African American families.

This interdisciplinary report illuminates the environmental justice implications of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

This video contains excerpts from a number of interviews with community members and first responders that explore cultural considerations and lessons learned in emergency response.

This paper offers an analysis of the social conditions giving rise to the tragic Hurricane Katrina outcomes, the reasons behind the inadequate disaster response, and possible strategies for addressing these social conditions and ensuring effective emergency response planning.

This National Public Radio audio feature describes some of the social factors contributing to an elevated incidence rate of H1N1 (swine flu) among low-income minorities in the Boston area.