Policymakers

This report documents how migrant farm workers were impacted during the 2007 wildfires in North San Diego County and provides recommendations to improve future response and recovery efforts.

This resource provides an overview of the Second Convening of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity.

This New York Times article describes the preliminary mental health impacts of the Deep Horizon oil spill on Vietnamese fishermen in the Gulf Coast region.

This article discusses how the planning process for an influenza pandemic should include community engagement and extension of strategies beyond traditional providers to involve community-based organizations addressing hard-to-reach populations.

This report uses 1990 and 2000 Census data to construct tables on the concentration of poverty by race and ethnicity. Data is available by metropolitan statistical area, primary metropolitan statistical area, and non-metropolitan region.

This study sought to assess perceived risk of terrorism and avoidance behavior among vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, in Los Angeles County

This journal article discusses racial/ethnic differences in hospitalizations and emergency department visits for specific illnesses during the 2006 California heat wave.  

This article explores racial disparities in food access during the Hurricane Katrina recovery period.

This report discusses the Latino population which was adversely affected during Hurricane Katrina because public and private disaster relief institutions did not respond to a significant demographic change.

This article describes barriers to meeting the preparedness, response, and recovery needs of undocumented farmworkers in Southern California.

This website provides a series of reports and tables on immigrants in the United States. Topics include their impact on the U.S. workforce and economy, as well as the needs of low-income immigrants.

This ½ hour online training module provides general information on Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the integration of culturally competent practices into public health preparedness and emergency response.

This toolkit provides links to successful practices used by health agencies in addressing the needs of at-risk populations strategic national stockpile planning.

This article describes partnerships that have emerged between the Hispanic/Latino community and a variety of organizations following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

This resource consists of the presentation slides.  The goals of the presentation are: to show which communities are at higher risk of being the targets of acts of terrorism, to demonstrate that community trust is not homogenous, and to explain the importance of including diverse communities in diversity preparedness.

This qualitative study examines the extent to which government and nonprofit agencies engaged Afrincan American clergy and churches as key resources in responding to the urgent needs of people of color in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. 

This audio presentation discusses the creation of a comprehensive response plan to identify resources and locate vulnerable populations.
 

This study describes variations in perceptions that the public health system will respond fairly to one's needs in a bioterrorist event, regardless of race/ethnicity, income, or other characteristics.

The Fourth National Conference on Quality Healthcare for Culturally Diverse Populations held a workshop focusing on cultural and linguistic competence in emergency preparedness.  This resource provides abstracts for the two presentations made at the Workshop.