Policy Statement or Report
This report focuses on the 2007 California Wildfires and the impact of natural disasters on Latino and immigrant communities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Channels of Communication, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Mass Casualties
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This 2005 CRS report for Congress provides an overview of legislation which states the conditions that need to be met for immigrants to be eligible for disaster services.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This paper focuses on the central role played by housing in New Orleans in determining the city’s social and economic recovery, reconstruction progress and long term survival while highlighting racial disparities and the social determinants of displacement.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
On June 11, 2008 the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity issued the nation's first blueprint for integrating racially and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
This press release describes the public health risks that accompany the stigmatization of a specific group following an outbreak.
Subtopics: Outbreaks
Language(s): English
This issue brief describes the concept of stigma within the context of the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak and provides tips for political leaders and public health professionals to reduce the stigma associated with Spanish-speaking individuals following the swine flu outbreak.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Outbreaks
Language(s): English