Channels of Communication

This article presents the findings from a series of focus groups that were conducted in Houston, Texas to inform the development of effective emergency communication and service delivery strategies in linguistically isolated communicates.     

This issue of the DiversityPreparedness.org E-Newsletter highlights Pandemic Influenza as the Topic of the Month and provides excerpts from an interview with Anna DeBlois Buchanan and Caroline Barnhill regarding ASTHO’s At-risk Populations project.

This supplement of the of the DiversityPreparedness.Org E-Newsletter highlights “Floods and Diverse Populations” as the Topic of the Month and provides interview excerpts from a conversation with Lillian McDonald of ECHO Minnesota.

This translated fact sheet is designed to provide a checklist of activities for people with developmental or cognitive disabilities to improve emergency preparedness in the event of an earthquake.

This translated fact sheet is designed to provide a checklist of activities for people who are deaf or hard of hearing to improve emergency preparedness in the event of an earthquake.

This webinar describes risk communication issues specific to racial/ethnic minorities and the role of Community Health Centers in serving diverse populations during public health emergencies.

These Emergency Information cards provide basic questions on a person's emergency status in Kirundi and Swahili.

This paper describes the level of public emergency knowledge and perceptions of risk among Latin American immigrants, and their preferred and actual sources of emergency preparedness information.

This report provides information on the partnership developed between the San Mateo County Health Department and local community based organizations (CBOs) that serve special populations.
 

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.

This audio feature consists of an interview between New America Media and representatives from ethnic media news organizations regarding their efforts to reach ethnically diverse populations in the hours and days following a disaster.  

This article describes the role of the ethnic media in communicating with non-English speaking Southern California residents during the 2007 wildfires.   

The Ethnic Roundtable Media Kit contains resources in various languages on pandemic flu, seasonal flu, and emergency preparedness.

This article examines differences regarding how environmental hazard information was obtained between two ethnically diverse communities.

This series of videos provides expertise from those conducting public information/risk communication with African American faith-based communities.   

This document outlines cultural barriers that might impede emergency preparedness and recommendations for integrating these hard to reach populations into emergency preparedness strategies.

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.

This article presents the findings from a randomized, longitudinal cohort study which tested methods to improve disaster preparedness in Latino communities in Los Angeles County.

This article outlines a grassroots approach to enhancing the capacity of the risk communication systems to reach vulnerable populations.

The results of the quantitative study show problems with the dissemination of disaster information and that Latino homeowners prefer to utilize friends and family as sources of disaster preparation information.

This translated sheet lists some of the primary goals of Latinos Preparados and activates which are conducted to promote disaster awareness in the Latino community.

This resource describes a partnership created between the San Mateo County Health Department and community based organizations (CBOs) that have existing relationships with special populations.
 

This article is a “best practices” write-up about the COIN emergency communication plan in Kentucky.

This report examines Texans levels of awareness, perceptions, knowledge, and beliefs about issues relating to bioterrorism, infectious diseases and other public health threats and emergencies across racial and ethnic groups.

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 CIDRAP resource guide provides an extensive list of promising practices for meeting the needs of vulnerable populations—including racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and LEP populations—in a pandemic.

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 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.