First Responders

This data source provides data on indicators relevant to emergency preparedness such as demographics, Language spoken at home, English proficiency, country of origin, years living in U.S., housing status, and transportation.

This presentation outlines a public health preparedness model for reaching Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities within a culturally competent framework.

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.

The American Community Survey provides information on demographics, housing, language, socioeconomic, and transportation, for single, three, adn five-year averages.

The American Housing Survey collects information on housing, apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers.

This PowerPoint presentation from the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles focuses on disaster response and diverse populations in the Los Angeles area.

This data set provides information on healthcare resources such as hospitals and community health centers by geographic region. Purchase is required to access the data set.

This interactive tool provides information on the growth and socioeconomic characteristics of 21 Asian American and Pacific Islanders sub-groups, as well as for other major racial/ethnic groups.

This report focuses on the 2007 California Wildfires and the impact of natural disasters on Latino and immigrant communities.

This report provides a needs assessment of vulnerable and hard to reach populations in Texas and identifies the preferred methods of communication in the event of a bioterrorist attack or epidemic.

This data source provides information on health behaviors, access to care, and disease prevalence in the adult population.

This audio presentation discusses emergency plans, decontamination, and hazardous material drills for people who are deaf whose primary language is American Sign Language, individuals with physical disabilities whose primary language is English, and people whose primary language is Spanish and who have limited or no English.
 

This report presents the findings from a statewide assessment of emergency preparedness programs and initiatives for racially and ethnically diverse communities in California.

CDC SNAPS has pooled various data sources to develop national, state, and county profiles consisting of indicators relevant to emergency preparedness.

This poster provides information on appropriate hand washing and is available in English and Spanish.
 

The CCD's Build A Table Tool allows users to view data on school enrollment at various levels, from national to school specific, and can be viewed by race/ethnicity, sex, and grade level.

This paper describes many of the common issues surrounding translation that frequently are not appreciated by aid workers, including clinicians, in Complex Emergencies.

This video contains excerpts from a number of interviews with community members and first responders that focus on language barriers and other communications challenges that affect safe and effective service in multicultural communities. 

This interim guide outlines how involving special needs populations in planning enables emergency managers to address the function-based needs of individuals, including those with limited English proficiency (LEP).

This presentation outlines individual and organizational-level challenges relating to culture, language, and trust that contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in disaster and public health emergency outcomes. It also discusses recommendations from the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity. The presentation was presented at the New York Citizen Corps Disaster Volunteer Conference in May of 2011.

This poster provides information on covering one's cough and washing one's hands, and is available in English and Spanish.
 

This poster provides information on covering one's cough, wearing a surgical mask to cover one's cough, and washing one's hands, and is available in English and Spanish.
 

This set of online courses provides guidance for emergency personal responding to the needs of diverse communities following a disaster. 

This streaming video presentation addresses the concept of cultural competence as related to the choice and implementation of mental health health outreach strategies in disaster response.

This article discusses the importance of providing health care that is culturally, ethically, and spiritually appropriate in crisis situations and provides an overview of resources to enhance competence in each domain.