Organizational Supports
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.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
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 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, during an influenza pandemic.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Outbreaks, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This report serves as a comprehensive summary of three engagement meetings between federal, state, local, and territorial health agencies, as well as other key stakeholders to develop model guidance on at-risk populations during an influenza pandemic.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Fritz Institute's BayPrep project seeks to improve disaster preparedness in the San Francisco Bay Area and ensure that vulnerable communities have been taken into account in disaster planning.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, 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 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 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
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
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
This PowerPoint presentation from the National Latino Research Center CSU San Marcos, discusses the emergency issues surrounding emergency response efforts to meet the needs of immigrant populations during the 2007 Southern California wildfires.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This monograph presents the findings from a series of surveys conducted by the National Health and Hospital Institute to determine the role of public hospitals during and emergency and identify concerns.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English
This Australian resource guide provides the tools necessary to help emergency planners and community leaders meet the preparedness needs of culturally diverse populations.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This document outlines cultural barriers that might impede emergency preparedness and recommendations for integrating these hard to reach populations into emergency preparedness strategies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Channels Of Communication, Emergency Decision Making, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
This book provides a qualitative assessment of the social and political factors which contributed to the 793 deaths attributed to the 1995 Chicago heat wave.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This report provides recommendations to meet the disaster preparedness needs of immigrant populations.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports
Language(s): English
This presentation discusses the Janus-faced role of culture in disaster scenarios and provides strategies for developing culturally competent disaster plans.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article examines initiatives which aim to enhance the provision of health care by installing Electronic Health Records and Telepsychiatry systems throughout the Gulf Coast.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This website, maintained by the National Congress of American Indians, provides links to a number of emergency preparedness resources for tribal leaders.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This organization is focused upon creating capacity among its health care providers across California's Indian Country, to respond appropriately to bioterrorism threats and health emergencies.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Radiation
Language(s): English
New York Immigration Coalition provides disaster relief information for immigrants living in New York State in 7 languages.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Haitian Creole, Polish
This online, interactive session provides an introduction to the Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council (NWTEMC) and emphasizes the need and importance of emergency management in tribal nations
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This brochure, which is available in multiple languages, highlights differences between annual and pandemic flu and provides information on what community and faith based organizations can do to prepare and respond to the needs of the communities they serve.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Armenian
This report provides a summary of a symposium which addressed the role of culture in emergency preparedness and more specifically identifies the core principles of cultural competence which need to be incorporated into disaster preparedness plans.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This study assessed the language capabilities, confidence and training needs of Texas rural physicians in responding to public health emergencies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
This workbook provides a process that can support state, local, and tribal planners in their efforts to integrate culturally competent practices and reach all populations during crisis or emergency situations.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This work of synthesis shows how various racial and ethnic groups perceive natural hazard risks and respond to warnings.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This newspaper article discusses the accusations that the American Red Cross was culturally insensitive to many minority victims following Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This Slideshow presents the findings of a study which examined efforts to integrate racially and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness programs in the state of California.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English