Emergency Decision Making
Drawing from qualitative research, this article examines how trust in authorities influenced New Orleans residents’ reactions to warnings and the public health advice.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Building Trust, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
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 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
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
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 article from the Contra Costa Times in California reports that Los Angeles County Residents are not fully prepared for a disaster.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness
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 study analyzed the individual preparedness of people in Los Angeles County following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax attacks.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines factors influencing evacuation decisions of impoverished, mainly minority communities in New Orleans who were severely affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This handout provides information on what to do in the case of a downed power line, 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 slideshow presentation provides findings from a comprehensive review of literature and websites which assessed current initiatives and information available on emergency preparedness for racially and ethnically diverse communities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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, 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, 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, Bosnian
This document outlines cultural barriers that might impede emergency preparedness and recommendations for integrating these hard to reach populations into emergency preparedness strategies.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Channels Of Communication, Emergency Decision Making, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
This handout provides information on heat waves, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian
This handout contains information on how to provide home care in the case of pandemic flu, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
As hurricane Gustav heads toward the Gulf Coast, the region’s residents respond to evacuation orders. This article provides interview excerpts from Hispanic/Latino immigrant workers who are undocumented and hesitant to evacuate due to fear of deportation.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This article documents the reluctance of undocumented Hispanic/Latino workers to evacuate New Orleans due to fear of deportation
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English
This article describes the experiences of Indian American families who were forced to evacuate the San Diego area in the face of approaching wildfires.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This research based article examines health concerns identified by Latinos who resided in the path of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact
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 article provides a number of first hand accounts and testimonials of how Hispanic and Latino immigrants responded to evacuation orders in the Gulf Coast region.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making
Language(s): English
This handout provides information on lightning and thunderstorms, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Bosnian
The aim in the article is to give a critical analysis of research that has been done on crisis communication as well as intercultural public relations and develop a different theoretical framework.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning
Language(s): English
This book contains 8 articles which examine the role of cultural in disasters form an anthropological perspective.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This editorial describes some of the perceived short falling of recent evacuation efforts in New Orleans and contains a number of quotes from evacuees.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This handout provides information on power outages, and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This study sought to assess perceived risk of terrorism and avoidance behavior among vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, in Los Angeles County
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Terrorism
Language(s): English
This paper develops a single-stage theoretical model that examines the impact of citizen ethnicity on evacuation warning compliance. Three ethnic groups are examined: blacks, whites, and Mexican-Americans.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English