Message Content
In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This brochure provides information on avian influenza (H5N1) for inhabitants of Western Alaska and is available in Yup’Ik.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Message Content, Outbreaks
Language(s): English, Yupik
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.
Subtopics: Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
For this article, a content analysis of web-based emergency preparedness risk communication materials was conducted to determine their appropriateness in reaching low income African Americans and Latinos in Maryland.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Radiation
Language(s): English
Communicating Risk in Multicultural Communities examines methods used to inform multicultural communities of risks that either do or may affect their lives and has been made available in PDF.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism
Language(s): English
This comprehensive manual serves as a guide for developing an emergency response plan from the ground up.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This report examines the problem of communicating emergency information to communities which are multi-ethnic.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Message Content, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
ECHO is a collaborative that includes public health and safety agencies across Minnesota and provides health and safety information in multiple languages to people with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels Of Communication, Message Content
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Somali, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong
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.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This site acts as a clearinghouse, providing and linking to information, tools, and technical assistance regarding limited English proficiency and language services for federal agencies, recipients of federal funds, users of federal programs and federally assisted programs, and other stakeholders.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Message Content
Language(s): English
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.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Four Schools of Public Health conducted focus groups across the country with different ethnic groups to inform development of public messages and strategies in the event of an emergency.
Subtopics: Message Content, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This online course provides both general and specific risk communication strategies to successfully reach special populations in an emergency.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This paper empirically examines the notion of “speaking with one voice” in times of crisis and illustrates that fact that different audiences may need different kinds of messages.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism
Language(s): English
This is a 43-page template for identifying and meeting the needs of special populations, including racially and ethnically diverse populations, within communities. It discusses preferred communication methods and potential barriers.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This paper considers the implications of ethnic and socioeconomic variability for the risk communication process, summarizing theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence on the link between sociocultural features and risk responses.
Subtopics: Channels Of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This article describes the plight of Vietnamese Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina and the need for translated materials.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Message Content, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English