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This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to work with grassroots organizations  to deliver critical information to low-income populations before, during, and after a disaster.

In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.

This brochure provides information on avian influenza (H5N1) for inhabitants of Western Alaska and is available in Yup’Ik.

This presentation promotes a marketing based approach to foster emergency preparedness and discusses why the context of preparedness action is crucial to reaching vulnerable populations.

The purpose of this project and report was to document emergency communication policies and practices related to Spanish-speaking populations in Central Texas.   

This working paper presents the findings from a comprehensive assessment of emergency preparedness communication and public health messaging strategies for at-risk populations, including those with limited English proficiency (LEP).

This book chapter provides an overview of literature on crisis communication and diverse populations.    

This report provides a needs assessment of vulnerable and hard to reach populations in Texas and identifies the preferred methods of communication in the event of a bioterrorist attack or epidemic.

The goal of this report was to determine whether individuals in categories of English as a Second Language, Urban Asian, and Urban Caucasian have differing beliefs and perceptions about types of terrorism agents and events.

The objective of this study was to identify differences in preferred sources of emergency information and identify attitudes about the agencies the affect risk communication among special populations.

Using the case of Hurricane Katrina to illustrate the collapse of the standard model of emergency management without a clear focus on the role of cognition, the authors reframe the concept of intergovernmental crisis management as a complex, adaptive system.

This comprehensive manual serves as a guide for developing an emergency response plan from the ground up.

This article proposes a model of community engagement, disaster risk education, and crisis and emergency risk communication to prepare minority communities and government agencies to work effectively in a pandemic, build the capacity of each to respond, and strengthen the trust that is critical at such moments.

This report examines the problem of communicating emergency information to communities which are multi-ethnic.

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.

This resource provides a summary of a pilot project implemented to improve community health through culturally competent risk communication strategies with diverse communities in Northwest Oregon. 

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 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.

This report presents the findings of an initiative to develop an emergency preparedness outreach strategy for African Immigrant communities in West Philadelphia.

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 website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip explains the importance of getting vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip explains the importance of hand washing to prevent the spread of flu. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip describes priority vaccination groups. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This audio clip explains the importance of staying at home when sick. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This document explains the importance of getting vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 influenzas. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This document explains the importance of hand washing to prevent the spread of flu. 

This website provides video resources about H1N1 influenza.  This document describes priority vaccination groups.