Phase 2 - Preparedness

This video documents a program initiated by InnerLink to promote community based emergency preparedness amongst children in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

This resource provides information on the efforts of the El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District using promotores and community health workers to provide information on pandemic influenza to the Hispanic/Latino population of El Paso.
 

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 handbook teaches families what to do before, during and after an earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area.

This article describes underlying factors which put racial/ethnic minorities at increased risk for disproportionately adverse health outcomes during an influenza pandemic and promising strategies for implementating interventions.

This audio file provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This handout provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This mobile video provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This multimedia presentation provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This web-video provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This document offers a brief overview of some of the work that the Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness (AzCPHP) is doing with vulnerable populations.

This study describes innovative ways that state governments and local communities can use technologies to reach vulnerable groups, including newly arrived immigrants and individuals with limited English proficiency.

This article presents the findings of a survey questionnaire on the preparedness needs of diverse populations that was administered to physicians in rural Texas.

This article presents the findings of a survey questionnaire on the preparedness needs of diverse populations that was administered to physicians in rural Texas.

This article presents the findings of a survey questionnaire on the preparedness needs of diverse populations that was administered to physicians in rural Texas.

This 32 page handbook provides general earthquake preparedness information for residents of South in both English and Spanish while the San Francisco Bay version is available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean as well.

This online tool draws from a number of different data sources to provide information on 11 health related categories, each of which has numerous sub-categories.

This presentation provides an overview of the challenges and strategies to addressing racial/ethnic diversity in a public health context from both a national perspective and the California experience. 

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

Ready.gov is a federal website which provides resources on emergency preparedness in multiple languages.

This data source provides totals of the number of refugee arrivals by country of origin.

This data set provides information on religious affiliation by geographic region. Maps are available which show the concentration and diffusion of various religious groups over time. Purchase is required to access the data.

This resource provides an overview of the Second Convening of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity.

This audio file provides information on sirens and telephone alerts, and is available in multiple languages.

This handout provides information on sirens and telephone alerts, and is available in multiple languages.