Language Access Services

This article provides empirical evidence of how Hurricane Katrina affected Bangladeshis immigrants living in New Orleans, particularly Bangladeshi exchange students at Tulane University.

This report offers a framework for how local governments can incorporate LEP residents and immigrants into the emergency planning process, increase their preparedness, and develop capacity in key public agencies to communicate with and serve these residents.

This article describes cultural barriers which impeded the recovery of Vietnamese individuals following Hurricane Katrina and one organization’s effort to help the Vietnamese community rebuild.     

In this report, the results of three case studies are presented to highlight lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and the Alameda County Public Health Department in relation to public health emergency preparedness for vulnerable population, including non-English speakers.

Listo OC is a Spanish language website dedicated to promoting emergency preparedness in Orange County, California.

This presentation provides an overview of a Citizen Corps chapter’s efforts to engage the local Arab-American community in emergency preparedness activities in Dearborn, Michigan. 

The 14 culturally and linguistically appropriate service (CLAS) standards listed here vary in stringency and are intended to be utilized by health care professionals to make practices more culturally and linguistically accessible.

This article discusses health-related, social, and economic factors that contribute the increased risk of immigrants and refugees in an influenza pandemic and strategies.

This article summarizes the advice from an expert panel of public health scientists and service program managers on strategies to meet the needs immigrants and refuges in an influenza pandemic.

This radio feature describes the findings of a report which assessed efforts to integrate racial and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness plans in California.

This resource, provided by ECHO, is a video about preventing seasonal influenza.  It provides information about symptoms of flu, preventing spread, and vaccination.

This brief article highlights the efforts of Emergency and Community Health Outreach Minnesota (ECHO) to effectively reach populations with limited English proficiency (LEP) in a public health emergency. 

This toolkit, developed by El Paso City-County Health and Environment District, provides a variety of materials to train lay heath promoters to educate Hispanic/Latino communities about what they can do to prepare for an influenza pandemic.

This study assessed the language capabilities, confidence and training needs of Texas rural physicians in responding to public health emergencies.

This work of synthesis shows how various racial and ethnic groups perceive natural hazard risks and respond to warnings.

This brochure, available in 6 languages, provides information on heat-related illnesses and emergencies.

This newspaper article discusses the accusations that the American Red Cross was culturally insensitive to many minority victims following Hurricane Katrina.

Refugee Health Information Network is a national collaborative partnership managed by refugee health professionals, whose objective is to provide quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Materials related to refugee health are available in multiple languages and most are available free of charge.

This online course provides both general and specific risk communication strategies to successfully reach special populations in an emergency.

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.