Newspaper Article
This article addresses the need to dispel myths about H1N1 influenza. It emphasizes the importance of engaging the media and community leaders in educating the community, especially in ethnic communities, because of distrust of government and government officials.
Subtopics: Channels of Communication, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article from the Contra Costa Times in California reports that Los Angeles County Residents are not fully prepared for a disaster. Barriers to preparedness include distrust of service providers and limited English proficiency (LEP) in immigrants.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This article discusses the challenges faced by nurses who were treating victims following Hurricane Katrina and the perceived lack of cultural competence training for nurses.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article describes the shortcomings of disaster mitigation efforts in Southern California to fully meet the needs of the region’s racially and ethnically diverse population.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This Op-Ed piece discusses policies on illegal immigrants during emergency evacuations in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Building Trust, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article describes the role of the ethnic media in communicating with non-English speaking Southern California residents during the 2007 wildfires.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Channels of Communication, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article describes FEMA’s Black Leadership Summit which took place in Washington, DC in May of 2010.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article describes strategies developed and employed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to engage diverse populations in preparedness, response, and recovery planning.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This article from Emergency Management News describes promising practices from across the country to integrate the needs of diverse and vulnerable population into preparedness planning.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
This article provides empirical evidence of how Hurricane Katrina affected Bangladeshis immigrants living in New Orleans, particularly Bangladeshi exchange students at Tulane University.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article documents the reluctance of undocumented Hispanic/Latino workers to evacuate New Orleans due to fear of deportation.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English
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 article describes cultural barriers which impeded the recovery of Vietnamese individuals following Hurricane Katrina and one organization’s effort to help the Vietnamese community rebuild.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This article discusses the role of churches and local businesses in serving the Korean community following the 2007 Southern California wildfires.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article provides a number of first hand accounts and testimonials of how Hispanic and Latino immigrants responded to evacuation orders in the Gulf Coast region.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English
This editorial describes some of the perceived short falling of recent evacuation efforts in New Orleans and contains a number of quotes from evacuees.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Building Trust
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Outbreaks, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This radio feature describes the findings of a report which assessed efforts to integrate racial and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness plans in California.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This document offers a brief overview of some of the work that the Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness (AzCPHP) is doing with vulnerable populations.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This newspaper article discusses the accusations that the American Red Cross was culturally insensitive to many minority victims following Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This New York Times article describes the preliminary mental health impacts of the Deep Horizon oil spill on Vietnamese fishermen in the Gulf Coast region.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery
Language(s): English
This newspaper article discusses targeted swine flu education efforts focusing on Mexican immigrants.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This Los Angeles Times article discusses Los Angeles immigrants, and their willingness and thoughts on traveling to Mexico during the swine flu outbreak.
Subtopics: Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This article describes barriers to meeting the preparedness, response, and recovery needs of undocumented farmworkers in Southern California.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Channels of Communication, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English, Spanish
This article describes partnerships that have emerged between the Hispanic/Latino community and a variety of organizations following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article depicts the devastation Hurricane Katrina inflicted on the Vietnamese communities in the Gulf Coast region and the outpouring of support received from culturally diverse communities in Texas.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article describes the plight of Vietnamese Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina and the need for translated materials.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Message Content, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This CNN story describes the plight Vietnamese fishermen who have been affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill and the need to consider local cultural intricacies when developing relief strategies.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English