Local/Community

This document summarizes the legal code 5197h which promotes emergency preparedness research and training for minority communities and provides guidelines as to how funding should be allocated.

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 directory provides information on community based agencies that serve specific diverse communities in Minnesota.

This handout describes 10 behaviors and actions that can be taken to stay healthy in a work environment.  Some of these include hand-washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and keeping frequently touched common spaces clean.

This documentary depicts the impact of Hurricane Katrina on a Vietnamese-American community in New Orleans and the recovery process.

This brochure provides information on avian influenza (H5N1) for inhabitants of Western Alaska and is available in Yup’Ik.

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 guide provides general emergency preparedness information as well as that which is specific to the needs of Sacramento County, California residents. The guide is available in multiple languages.  

This translated brochure provides information on how to prepare for a heat wave and avoid heatstroke.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
 

Boat People SOS (BPSOS) is a private sector organization devoted to empowering Vietnamese communities through topic specific programs including disaster relief and recovery.  

This article discusses the utilization of new ideas and approaches to help students and teachers study and understand how Hurricane Katrina continues to impact African American youth in New Orleans.

This resource is a fact sheet about carbon monoxide poisoning. It explains what carbon monoxide is and where it can be found. The majority of the information is about carbon monoxide poisoning and how to reduce risk of CO poisoning.

This resource is a 3-fold brochure published by the CDC.  It outlines 3 steps to take to fight the flu, including getting vaccinated, taking part in preventive behaviors, and taking antivirals if recommended by a physician.

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

This article addresses the need to dispel myths about H1N1 influenza. It emphasizes the importance of engaging the media and community leaders in educating the community, especially in ethnic communities, because of distrust of government and government officials.

The CDC Emergency Preparedness and response website provides information on a number of different types of emergencies and can be viewed in 13 different languages.