Researchers

Drawing from qualitative research, this article examines how trust in authorities influenced New Orleans residents’ reactions to warnings and the public health advice.

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

In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.

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 presents the findings from a two day workshop on the health effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and strategies for research, response, and recovery activities. Issues relating to culture, language, and diverse populations are discussed throughout the report.

This article presents recommendations from the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project regarding health resource rationing in pandemics with an explicit focus on socially vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities.

This book chapter provides an overview of literature on crisis communication and diverse populations.    

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.

The goal of this report was to determine whether individuals in categories of English as a Second Language, Urban Asian, and Urban Caucasian have differing beliefs and perceptions about types of terrorism agents and events.

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

This research examines the role of social capital and networks to explain the evacuation, relocation, and recovery experiences of a Vietnamese American community in New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  

Outlines an emergency preparedness plan for the farmworker communities in San Diego County, and also contains the "San Diego Firestorm 2007 Report: Fire Impact on Farmworkers & Migrant Communities in North County" prepared by the National Latino Research Center at the California State University, San Marcos.

The objective of this study was to identify differences in preferred sources of emergency information and identify attitudes about the agencies the affect risk communication among special populations.

Using the case of Hurricane Katrina to illustrate the collapse of the standard model of emergency management without a clear focus on the role of cognition, the authors reframe the concept of intergovernmental crisis management as a complex, adaptive system.

This report examines the problem of communicating emergency information to communities which are multi-ethnic.

This qualitative study examined crisis preparation, information seeking patterns, and media use in 964 Hurricane Katrina evacuees.   

This environmental scan provides an assessment on current information on cultural competence.

This article describes the methods and findings of a study to develop a disaster preparedness program for low-income Latino immigrants.  

This study analyzed the individual preparedness of people in Los Angeles County following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax attacks.

This qualitative study examines factors influencing evacuation decisions of impoverished, mainly minority communities in New Orleans who were severely affected by Hurricane Katrina.

This article assesses the healthcare needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees through quantitative research methods.

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 Op-Ed piece discusses policies on illegal immigrants during emergency evacuations in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.