Journal Article
Drawing from qualitative research, this article examines how trust in authorities influenced New Orleans residents’ reactions to warnings and the public health advice.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Building Trust, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article highlights the importance of staffing clinicians who are familiar with social and cultural needs of diverse populations in post- disaster mobile medical care.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines differences in coping strategies by gender, race, and income of individuals who were displaced after Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
For this article, a content analysis of web-based emergency preparedness risk communication materials was conducted to determine their appropriateness in reaching low income African Americans and Latinos in Maryland.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This article reviews cultural competence in emergency settings and is specifically geared towards 911 operators.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This paper describes many of the common issues surrounding translation that frequently are not appreciated by aid workers, including clinicians, in Complex Emergencies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This article focuses on strategies to effectively communicate with vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with limited English proficiency, in the event of a water contamination crisis.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels Of Communication, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
The objective of this study was to identify differences in preferred sources of emergency information and identify attitudes about the agencies the affect risk communication among special populations.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism
Language(s): English
This qualitative work emphasizes the importance of accounting for differences in the communication structures of culturally diverse populations in the public decision making process.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article addresses the neglect of African American communities socially, politically, geographically, and economically, particularly with respect to natural disasters and environmental injustice.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This study compares differences in crisis preparation, information-seeking patterns, and media use on the basis of race in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This report examines the problem of communicating emergency information to communities which are multi-ethnic.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examined crisis preparation, information seeking patterns, and media use in 964 Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This article aims to define cultural competence based upon review of the relevant literature of academic, foundation, and government publications.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports
Language(s): English
This study analyzed the individual preparedness of people in Los Angeles County following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax attacks.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines factors influencing evacuation decisions of impoverished, mainly minority communities in New Orleans who were severely affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article assesses the healthcare needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees through quantitative research methods.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This commentary highlights what needs to be done to eliminate potential injustices towards disadvantaged populations during an influenza pandemic.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This paper describes the level of public emergency knowledge and perceptions of risk among Latin American immigrants, and their preferred and actual sources of emergency preparedness information.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This article examines differences regarding how environmental hazard information was obtained between two ethnically diverse communities.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines ethnic difference post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in South Florida residents following Hurricane Andrew.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article provides an overview of research which focuses on the role of culture in complex emergencies and explores how culture contributes to psychological responses to disaster.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This study focused on the interplay of perceived hazard and outrage in relation to evacuation from the New Orleans area, with specific attention to demographic differences.
Subtopics: Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This commentary piece describes how one’s ability to survive and recover from a disaster is proportional to their social and physical well being prior to the event.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
The aim of this study was to examine factors contributing to differential health outcomes among the New Orleans Vietnamese community in response to Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact
Language(s): English
This interdisciplinary report illuminates the environmental justice implications of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This research based article examines health concerns identified by Latinos who resided in the path of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English