Healthcare Providers

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 article highlights the importance of staffing clinicians who are familiar with social and cultural needs of diverse populations in post- disaster mobile medical care.

This qualitative study examines differences in coping strategies by gender, race, and income of individuals who were displaced after Hurricane Katrina.

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 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 cohort study found that young non-whites without medical insurance were disproportionately likely to require ICU care for H1N1.

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

This study established a baseline for emergency preparedness in federally qualified health clinics (FQHCs) that serve 16 communities and 12 tribal populations in Nevada.

This PowerPoint presentation describes the roles and responsibilities of Community Clinics and Health Centers, entities that provide 10 million patient visits per year in California, in preparing for emergencies.

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.

The September/October 2008 installment of the DiversityPrepardness.org E-Newsletter highlights a number of promising resources, contains information pertaining to hurricane season and culturally diverse populations, and excerpts from and interview with Dr. Randy Rowell.

This webinar describes risk communication issues specific to racial/ethnic minorities and the role of Community Health Centers in serving diverse populations during public health emergencies.

These Emergency Information cards provide basic questions on a person's emergency status in Kirundi and Swahili.