Government
This multilingual website provides a wealth of information to help San Francisco Bay Area residents prepare for emergencies.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese
The Arizona Health Disparities Center is dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of minority populations in Arizona and provides information on culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) as well as links to translated emergency preparedness materials.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
The Earthquake Country Alliance website is available in English and Spanish and provides a number of preparedness resources for Southern Californians.
Language(s): English, Spanish
ECHO is a collaborative that includes public health and safety agencies across Minnesota and provides health and safety information in multiple languages to people with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels of Communication, Message Content
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong
This press release describes the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s efforts to inform Washington State’s culturally diverse communities as to the recovery aid available to those affected by the January 2009 winter storms.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
Drexel University's Center for Health Equality, with support from the Office of Minority Health, USDHHS, created the first National Consensus Panel to provide guidance on integrating racially and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
The mission of this organization is to promote the health and safety of American Indian/Alaskan Natives by preparing for emergencies.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
The Immigrant Emergency Communications Program implements services designed to introduce emergency preparedness and response information in the native language of the community.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
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 resource describes a partnership created between the San Mateo County Health Department and community based organizations (CBOs) that have existing relationships with special populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Channels of Communication, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
Listo OC is a Spanish language website dedicated to promoting emergency preparedness in Orange County, California.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
This press release describes action being taken by NCLR and OHM to educate Latinos about H1N1 (swine flu). Information is provided the symptoms and the virus in adults and children as well as basic precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
Subtopics: Outbreaks
Language(s): English
PrepareNow.org provides tools, expertise and access to resources to assist disaster planning for individuals with special needs, including those who are physically disabled or have limited English proficiency (LEP).
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese
General Doug O'Dell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana quarterly luncheon where he discussed federal efforts and thanked the Hispanic community for their continued contributions to the region's recovery.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This resource provides information on the efforts of the El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District using promotores and community health workers to provide information on pandemic influenza to the Hispanic/Latino population of El Paso.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Channels of Communication, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
The San Leandro Triad alliance provides a unique partnership approach between government, private sector and community based organizations to reach the preparedness needs of vulnerable populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This resource provides an overview of the Second Convening of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This online database provides local-level demographic information on variables which are crucial to developing emergency preparedness plans that are inclusive of diverse populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Channels of Communication
Language(s): English
Seattle & King County has formed a Vulnerable Populations Action Team (VPAT) to coordinate countywide preparedness efforts with a wide variety of community partners.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English