Natural Disasters
This translated brochure provides a checklist of measures which can be taken to mitigate the effects of an earthquake, action to take during an earthquake, and what should be done following an earthquake.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
This Op-Ed piece discusses policies on illegal immigrants during emergency evacuations in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Emergency Decision Making, Building Trust, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This guide, which is available in multiple languages, provides practical guidance for retail grocery and food service establishments to plan and respond to emergencies that create the potential for an imminent health hazard.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic
This PowerPoint presentation from the National Latino Research Center CSU San Marcos, discusses the emergency issues surrounding emergency response efforts to meet the needs of immigrant populations during the 2007 Southern California wildfires.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This categorical checklist serves as an inventory for emergency preparedness items and is available in several different languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Khmer/Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish, Hmong, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese
This translated resource provides tips on how to treat small wounds to prevent infection and defines injuries for which immediate medical attention should be sought.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Vietnamese
This report focuses on the underlying issues of environmental racism that are prevalent throughout the Gulf region and the urgent need for new environmental justice remedies.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines ethnic difference post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in South Florida residents following Hurricane Andrew.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This book provides a range of perspectives and strategies for providing mental health services to diverse populations following a disaster.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This audio file 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 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, Arabic, Bosnian
This mobile 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 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 handout provides information on the evacuation plan for Columbus, Ohio and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
This book chapter focuses on the concepts and skills of health-related counseling needed to provide effective, culturally competent, family health counseling in disasters and reimbursement with families of diverse cultures.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Knowledge, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This 28-page booklet, which is available in multiple languages, provides information about how Floridians should prepare for natural and man-made emergencies.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Chemical
Language(s): English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Croatian, Serbian, Haitian Creole
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 press release describes the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s efforts to inform Washington State’s culturally diverse communities as to the recovery aid available to those affected by the January 2009 winter storms.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
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 report, based on extensive field monitoring, examines how the needs of immigrant, low-income, detained and homeless populations were addressed in response efforts to the San Diego wildfires.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
This translated brochure provides guidelines for flood preparation, response, and recovery.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Spanish
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