Community Education
The Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross provides community preparedness services and information which is specific to the needs of Latino and Asian communities.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese
The Chinatown Disaster Project provides a "Disaster Preparedness and Response FastFacts Handbook" and training for residents in San Francisco's Chinatown to prepare them for independent survival in the first 72 hours following a disaster.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This resource guide provides information to residents of San Francisco's Chinatown on disaster preparedness and response.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Chinese
CARD's mission is to provide disaster preparedness and response support to community based organizations in Alameda County.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This comprehensive manual serves as a guide for developing an emergency response plan from the ground up.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This emergency preparedness training curriculum, available in English and Spanish, is designed for lay health promoters from the Latino community.
Subtopics: Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza. This document explains the importance of getting vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo
This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza. This document explains the importance of hand washing to prevent the spread of flu.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Russian, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo
This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza. This document describes priority vaccination groups.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo
These documents include basic H1N1 prevention information and other tips on keeping yourself and your family safe this flu season. This document highlights the importance of staying home when sick to prevent the spread of flu.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo
This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza. This video explains the importance of hand washing in preventing the spread of flu.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo
This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza. This video explains the importance of staying at home when sick.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo
Latinos Preparados is an organization of people who are concerned with the community and its needs in time of disaster and provides education and Spanish language preparedness materials to local communities.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
The Kentucky Outreach and Information Network (KOIN) is a preparedness initiative which works with trusted community agencies to assure that appropriate communication channels are in place to notify heard to reach populations in the event of an emergency.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels of Communication, Phase 3 - Warning, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This presentation provides an overview of a Citizen Corps chapter’s efforts to engage the local Arab-American community in emergency preparedness activities in Dearborn, Michigan.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This video documents a program initiated by InnerLink to promote community based emergency preparedness amongst children in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This fact sheet provides advice for teachers to better understand how cultural differences contribute to a child’s psychological responses to disaster.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 7 - Recovery
Language(s): English
This course, offered by select chapters of the American Red Cross, provides skills and tools to effectively work with culturally diverse across all phases of an emergency.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care
Language(s): English