Natural Disasters

This radio feature describes the findings of a report which assessed efforts to integrate racial and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness plans in California.

This translated resource provides information regarding how to protect one’s self from insect and animals related diseases in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

This translated brochure provides information regarding how to identify mold and prevent future growth.

This handbook teaches families what to do before, during and after an earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area.

This audio file provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This handout provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This mobile video provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This multimedia presentation provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This web-video provides information on public health emergencies, and is available in multiple languages.

This 32 page handbook provides general earthquake preparedness information for residents of South in both English and Spanish while the San Francisco Bay version is available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean as well.

This site provides questions and answers about eligibility of undocumented immigrants for disaster assitance.  It provides information about resources that are available to this population.

This study was conducted to determine how effective a new publication regarding increased risk from earthquake hazards in southern California was in educating the public, particularly minority populations.

This journal article discusses how race and class impact personal and institutional responses to disaster following Hurricane Katrina.

This study compares the attribution of racism and non-racism factors to the government response to Hurricane Katrina between African American and European American students, based on the social identity theory.

This translated brochure provides information regarding precautions to take upon reentering your home after a flood and tips on how begin the drying process.

This report documents how migrant farm workers were impacted during the 2007 wildfires in North San Diego County and provides recommendations to improve future response and recovery efforts.

This course provides information on emergency management in terms of special needs populations.

This is an introductory level course on disaster response, specifically in special needs populations.

This journal article discusses racial/ethnic differences in hospitalizations and emergency department visits for specific illnesses during the 2006 California heat wave.  

This workbook is designed to help children prepare natural disaster and is available in a number of different languages.

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.

The Great South California Shake Out is the largest earthquake drill to date.  The exercise integrates individuals, neighborhood groups, schools, businesses, and community as well as faith-based organizations to practice earthquake response scenarios.  Information about the event is available in multiple languages.   

This article proposes a theory regarding the classification of Americans that may have affected racism as it relates to the blaming of, and slow response to help, the predominantly black Hurricane Katrina victims.

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

This translated fact sheet is design for people with physical disabilities and provides a checklist of activities for creating an emergency health information card to improve emergency preparedness in the event of an earthquake.

This audio file provides information on what to do in the case of a tornado.  The resource is available in multiple languages.

This handout provides information on what to do in the case of a tornado, and is available in multiple languages.