Phase 6 - Response
This research article is the result of surveys and interviews which were conducted in Houston shelters following Hurricane Katrina to develop a socioeconomic and demographic profile of evacuees and their experiences.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
Language(s): English
This book chapter focuses on the concepts and skills of health-related counseling needed to provide effective, culturally competent, family health counseling in disasters and reimbursement with families of diverse cultures.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Knowledge, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This report, based on extensive field monitoring, examines how the needs of immigrant, low-income, detained and homeless populations were addressed in response efforts to the San Diego wildfires.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
This translated brochure provides guidelines for flood preparation, response, and recovery.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
This brochure provides information on types of food to stockpile, how to cook when the power is out, and methods by which to distil water in the event of an emergency and has been translated into a number of different languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese
The mission of this organization is to promote the health and safety of American Indian/Alaskan Natives by preparing for emergencies.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Developed from the recommendations of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity, this toolkit provides strategies to integrate issues related to race, ethnicity, culture, language, and trust into emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This translated brochure provides guidelines to help an individual prepare for, and respond to, a heat wave.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
This brochure reviews normal and pathological signs of post-traumatic stress in children and is specifically aimed at African American families.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery
Language(s): English
This resource provides information for adults in helping children cope with disasters. This resource is available in English and Spanish.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
Latinos Preparados is an organization of people who are concerned with the community and its needs in time of disaster and provides education and Spanish language preparedness materials to local communities.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
This brochure provides information on home care for pandemic flu, and is available in English and Spanish.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Mass Casualties
Language(s): English, Spanish
This comprehensive guide provides a wealth of earthquake related information and is aimed at California home owners. The guide has been translated and is available in Spanish.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
This PowerPoint presentation by from the New Orleans Health Department focuses on Hurricane Katrina and its impact on New Orleans and its vulnerable populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This audio file provides information on how to make an emergency plan in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This translated resource provides information regarding how to protect one’s self from electrical hazards which are the result of a natural disaster.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Vietnamese
This audio recording gives a number of indicators which can help one recognize if a chemical agent has been used in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian, Kurdish
This web- page video provides a number of indicators which can help one recognize if a chemical agent has been used in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian, Kurdish
This multimedia presentation gives a number of indicators which can help one recognize if a chemical agent has been used in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian, Kurdish
This web- page video provides a number of indicators which can help one recognize if a chemical agent has been used in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian, Kurdish
This illustrated brochure lists a number of indicators which can help one recognize if a chemical agent has been used in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian, Kurdish
This audio recording describes the purpose of 911 and directions regarding how to use the service in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation illustrates the purpose of 911 and directions regarding how to use the service in several languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian
This informative translated brochure describes the purpose of 911 and directions regarding how to use the service.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian
This manual provides a framework and operational guidelines for a human rights-based approach to disaster relief efforts which recognize the culturally specific needs of diverse populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This 2005 CRS report for Congress provides an overview of legislation which states the conditions that need to be met for immigrants to be eligible for disaster services.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This article documents the reluctance of undocumented Hispanic/Latino workers to evacuate New Orleans due to fear of deportation.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English
The Immigrant Emergency Communications Program implements services designed to introduce emergency preparedness and response information in the native language of the community.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This research articles provides a historical perspective on challenges faced by public health officials in reaching diverse communities during the Great Influenza pandemic of 1918 and the integral role community/faith-based organizations and ethnic media outlets.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Channels of Communication, Outbreaks
Language(s): English