Emergency Decision Making
This multimedia presentation 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This resource guide is available in English and Chinese, and provides information on where to go, how to prepare, what to do, and where to call during an emergency.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Chinese
This audio file 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, Arabic, 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile video 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This audio file 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, Arabic, 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile video 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This report provides federal guidance for state and local public health officials; recommendations are made so that these officials can establish and implement standards of care during disaster situations. Recommendations include the need for consistency, community and provider engagement, adherence to ethical norms, and the need for legal protections.
Subtopics: Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
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 audio file 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, Arabic, Bosnian
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, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile video 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This multimedia presentation 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This web-video 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, Arabic, 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
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 article outlines a grassroots approach to enhancing the capacity of the risk communication systems to reach vulnerable populations.
Subtopics: Channels of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making
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
This resource provides key facts on swine flu, and is available in English and Spanish.
Subtopics: Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English, Spanish
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 audio file 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, Arabic, Bosnian
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, Arabic, Bosnian