Government

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 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 bill requires that the Director of California’s Office of Emergency Services considers the multiple languages and needs of populations who have limited English proficiency (LEP) and to incorporate their needs into emergency planning, response, and recovery training.   

This resource describes lessons learned from working with immigrant and limited English proficient (LEP) communities in disasters and includes firsthand accounts from the field.

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

The purpose of this project and report was to document emergency communication policies and practices related to Spanish-speaking populations in Central Texas.   

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 article examines the collaboration, methodology, results, and lessons learned stemming from the experience of a unique university, state, and tribal collaborative model for public health emergency preparedness assessment activities.

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released national guidance on protecting at-risk populations, such as those which are culturally isolated or have limited English proficiency (LEP), during an influenza pandemic. 

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

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 website provides data and GIS maps on demographics and public transportation in 20 metropolitan regions.

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 planning guide outlines steps to creating an LEP emergency communications plan with details, examples, and tips.

This form assists in tracking progress towards completing a LEP emergency communications plan.

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 article addresses the neglect of African American communities socially, politically, geographically, and economically, particularly with respect to natural disasters and environmental injustice.

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