Private Sector
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 Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is a national association representing community health centers serving Asian American and Pacific Islander populations and provides a wealth of resources related to Emergency Preparedness.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop recommendations on how to protect at-risk populations, such as those which are culturally isolated or have limited English proficiency (LEP), during an influenza pandemic.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Channels of Communication, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Fritz Institute's BayPrep project seeks to improve disaster preparedness in the San Francisco Bay Area and ensure that vulnerable communities have been taken into account in disaster planning.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Boat People SOS (BPSOS) is a private sector organization devoted to empowering Vietnamese communities through topic specific programs including disaster relief and recovery.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Knowledge, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
Findings from this qualitative study of Latino and Asian immigrants living Southern California indicate that immigrant and limited English proficient (LEP) populations are not fully incorporated in disaster preparedness educational efforts and emergency response plans.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Channels of Communication
Language(s): English
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 presentation outline provides information on identifying and meeting the emergency preparedness needs of persons with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This manual provides a framework and operational guidelines for a human rights-based approach to disaster relief efforts which recognize the culturally specific needs of diverse populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
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
New York Immigration Coalition provides disaster relief information for immigrants living in New York State in 7 languages.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Haitian Creole, Polish
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
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 brief article highlights the efforts of Emergency and Community Health Outreach Minnesota (ECHO) to effectively reach populations with limited English proficiency (LEP) in a public health emergency.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels of Communication, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
Refugee Health Information Network is a national collaborative partnership managed by refugee health professionals, whose objective is to provide quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Materials related to refugee health are available in multiple languages and most are available free of charge.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese Simplified, Hindi, Marshallese, Brazilian, Russian, Ukrainian, Farsi, Armenian, Thai, Croatian, Serbian, Kurdish, Haitian Creole, Albanian, Amharic, Bengali, German, Italian, Turkish, Urdu, Polish, Kirundi, Burmese, Oromo, Swahili, Samoan, Wolof, Afrikaans, Macedonian , Romanian , Georgian
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