Phase 2 - Preparedness
This installment of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness newsletter focuses on potential barriers, such as, limited English proficiency (LEP), to engaging immigrant communities in public health preparedness and proposes various strategies to promote preparedness in these communities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This presentation presents challenges to enhancing disaster resilience in diverse communities, the work of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity, and application of guiding principles and action steps to enhance community resilience. The presentation also presents the National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities as a resource for emergency preparedness.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This interactive toolkit provides strategies and resources (e.g., a GIS mapping tool) to help public health departments prepare for and respond to special needs populations, including racial/ethnic minorities and those with LEP, in a public health emergency.
Subtopics: Channels of Communication, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This audio file provides information on evacuation and community shelters, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This handout provides information on evacuation and community shelters, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile video provides information on evacuation and community shelters, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation provides information on evacuation and community shelters, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video provides information on evacuation and community shelters, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This handout provides information on the evacuation plan for Columbus, Ohio and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This brochure provides information on preparing a disaster supply kit with at least 9 items and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, French, Russian, Farsi
This study used BRFSS to assess the likelihood of individuals’ to be prepared for disasters. Most respondents (78%) reported feeling prepared for a disaster, but only 45% were considered to be prepared when objective measures were used. The inability to afford medical care in the previous year was a predictor for decreased likelihood of being prepared for a disaster in racial and ethnic minorities.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This 28-page booklet, which is available in multiple languages, provides information about how Floridians should prepare for natural and man-made emergencies.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Chemical
Language(s): English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Croatian, Serbian, Haitian Creole
This resource guide is available in English and Chinese, and provides information on where to go, how to prepare, what to do, and where to call during an emergency.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Chinese
This Press release discusses a multi-sector partnership to address the needs of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders relating to H1N1 and provides tips for prevention. The resource is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Chinese, Marshallese, Chamorro, Chuukese, Samoan, Tongan
This audio file offers information on fire safety, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This handout offers information on fire safety, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile video offers information on fire safety, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation offers information on fire safety, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video offers information on fire safety, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
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 audio file provides information on floods and flash flooding, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This handout provides information on floods and flash flooding, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile video provides information on floods and flash flooding, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation provides information on floods and flash flooding, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video provides information on floods and flash flooding, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
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
This foreign language library provides emergency preparedness materials in 13 different languages including Arabic, Spanish, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Hmong, Japanese, Tagalog, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Russian
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese, Arabic, French, Russian, Farsi
This national profile provides tables on employment and unemployment statistics at various geographic levels, as well as by race/ethnicity, sex, and occupation.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This flyer provides information on how to prevent the spread of colds and the flu, and is geared towards children. This resource is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Vietnamese, Hmong, Chinese, Khmer, and Laotian.
Subtopics: Outbreaks, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Portuguese, Chinese, French
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