Quantitative Study
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 study examines demographic shifts in the New Orleans area following an influx of Brazilian immigrants who migrated to aid in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery
Language(s): English
This study established a baseline for emergency preparedness in federally qualified health clinics (FQHCs) that serve 16 communities and 12 tribal populations in Nevada.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, 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 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 article examines differences regarding how environmental hazard information was obtained between two ethnically diverse communities.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication
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
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
The results of the quantitative study show problems with the dissemination of disaster information and that Latino homeowners prefer to utilize friends and family as sources of disaster preparation information.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This report examines Texans levels of awareness, perceptions, knowledge, and beliefs about issues relating to bioterrorism, infectious diseases and other public health threats and emergencies across racial and ethnic groups.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This study assessed the language capabilities, confidence and training needs of Texas rural physicians in responding to public health emergencies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
This book uses four individual case studies to examine disaster recovery within the context of race, religion and ethnicity.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article illustrates the importance of conducting rapid needs assessments in displaced populations to identify unique regional and cultural needs of specific sub-populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This needs assessment was conducted amongst Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Oklahoma and presents a socio-demographic profile of the population and their healthcare needs.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This Slideshow presents the findings of a study which examined efforts to integrate racially and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness programs in the state of California.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This paper develops a single-stage theoretical model that examines the impact of citizen ethnicity on evacuation warning compliance. Three ethnic groups are examined: blacks, whites, and Mexican-Americans.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article proposes a theory regarding the classification of Americans that may have affected racism as it relates to the blaming of, and slow response to help, the predominantly black Hurricane Katrina victims.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This study describes variations in perceptions that the public health system will respond fairly to one's needs in a bioterrorist event, regardless of race/ethnicity, income, or other characteristics.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Building Trust
Language(s): English