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 aims at training Chinatown residents in San Francisco to prepare for independent survival in the first 72 hours following a disaster.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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
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 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