Culturally Competent Care
The document is a synopsis of a workshop where participants explored their own assumptions and attitudes about working with populations that are considered ‘hard-to-reach.’
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This presentation outlines a public health preparedness model for reaching Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities within a culturally competent framework.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This slideshow presentation provides an overview of persisting disparities in racially and ethnically diverse communities across all phases of an emergency and describes the efforts of the Center for Health Equality and the HHS Office of Minority Health in eliminating these disparities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This brochure provides information on avian influenza (H5N1) for inhabitants of Western Alaska and is available in Yup’Ik.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Yupik
This PowerPoint presentation from the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles focuses on disaster response and diverse populations in the Los Angeles area.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Channels Of Communication, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
This website offers a collection of publications, fact sheets, policy briefs, and resources regarding disaster preparedness, particularly for Asian communities and limited English proficiency (LEP) populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Vietnamese
The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is a national association representing community health centers serving Asian American and Pacific Islander populations and provides a wealth of resources related to Emergency Preparedness.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
Boat People SOS (BPSOS) is a private sector organization devoted to empowering Vietnamese communities through topic specific programs including disaster relief and recovery.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Knowledge, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This article reviews cultural competence in emergency settings and is specifically geared towards 911 operators.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This interactive computer based course is designed to provide participants with basic knowledge to build effective partnerships with tribal governments to protect native people and property against all types of hazards.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This paper describes many of the common issues surrounding translation that frequently are not appreciated by aid workers, including clinicians, in Complex Emergencies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This slide show was developed for the 2005 Michigan Public Health Media Submit and discusses effective methods for communicating with culturally isolated and non-English speaking populations in crisis situations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Channels Of Communication, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This video contains excerpts from a number of interviews with community members and first responders that focus on language barriers and other communications challenges that affect safe and effective service in multicultural communities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This issue of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness Newsletter defines cultural and linguistic competence, discusses their importance in public health preparedness plans and provides advice for organizations which wish to better integrate diverse populations into public health preparedness strategies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This presentation discusses the importance and need for cultural competence, as well as ways to incorporate cultural competence into risk communication efforts during emergency situations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Message Content, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This report examines federal and state response/recovery efforts following hurricane Katrina from a legal perspective and provides recommendations for meeting the disaster related needs of diverse populations in the future.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This streaming video presentation addresses the concept of cultural competence as related to the choice and implementation of mental health and public health outreach strategies in a disaster response.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This article discusses the challenges faced by nurses who were treating victims following Hurricane Katrina and the perceived lack of cultural competence training for nurses.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article aims to define cultural competence based upon review of the relevant literature of academic, foundation, and government publications.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports
Language(s): English
This resource guide focuses on methods for integrating culturally competent practices into mental health services for disaster survivors.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery
Language(s): English
Video recorded lectures and course materials are available online for this course which was taught at the University of California, Berkley School of public health in by Ana-Marie Jones in spring of 2006.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services
Language(s): English
This report outlines a project which aimed to provide preparedness and response training to tribal leaders in Arizona.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
The Center for Health Equality at the Drexel University School of Public Health oversees a number of projects which aim to advance public health emergency preparedness and eliminate disparities for racially and ethnically diverse communities across all phases of an emergency.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This PowerPoint presentation from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health focuses on the demographic constituency of Los Angeles County, as well as disaster preparedness efforts based around these communities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English