Building Partnerships
This report identifies gaps in resources which are needed to serve the preparedness needs of vulnerable populations including ethnic and racial minorities and Spanish-speaking populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
General Doug O'Dell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana quarterly luncheon where he discussed federal efforts and thanked the Hispanic community for their continued contributions to the region's recovery.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This video documents a program initiated by InnerLink to promote community based emergency preparedness amongst children in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This CIDRAP resource guide provides an extensive list of promising practices for meeting the needs of vulnerable populations—including racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and LEP populations—in a pandemic.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Channels of Communication, Outbreaks, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This resource provides information on the efforts of the El Paso City-County Health and Environmental District using promotores and community health workers to provide information on pandemic influenza to the Hispanic/Latino population of El Paso.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Channels of Communication, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This document offers a brief overview of some of the work that the Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness (AzCPHP) is doing with vulnerable populations.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This workbook provides a process that can support state, local, and tribal planners in their efforts to integrate culturally competent practices and reach all populations during crisis or emergency situations.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This article presents the finding of a nationally representative survey to examine racial/ethnic disparities in H1N1 exposure, susceptibility to complications, and access to health care during the H1N1 influenza pandemic.
Subtopics: Outbreaks, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge
Language(s): English
This needs assessment was conducted amongst Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Oklahoma and presents a socio-demographic profile of the population and their healthcare needs.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This newspaper article discusses the accusations that the American Red Cross was culturally insensitive to many minority victims following Hurricane Katrina.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This resource provides an overview of efforts by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment to engage diverse communities in emergency preparedness activities.
Subtopics: Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
The San Leandro Triad alliance provides a unique partnership approach between government, private sector and community based organizations to reach the preparedness needs of vulnerable populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This Slideshow presents the findings of a study which examined efforts to integrate racially and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness programs in the state of California.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
The Somali Community Access Network is a partnership between various local, state, and federal agencies to provide health and safety information and services to the large Somali community in Ohio.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Building Trust
Language(s): English
This report discusses the Latino population which was adversely affected during Hurricane Katrina because public and private disaster relief institutions did not respond to a significant demographic change.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 3 - Warning, Building Partnerships, Building Trust, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines the efforts of community-based organizations to meet the post-disaster needs of vulnerable populations in two ethnically diverse communities following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships
Language(s): English
This article describes partnerships that have emerged between the Hispanic/Latino community and a variety of organizations following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines the extent to which government and nonprofit agencies engaged Afrincan American clergy and churches as key resources in responding to the urgent needs of people of color in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
Seattle & King County has formed a Vulnerable Populations Action Team (VPAT) to coordinate countywide preparedness efforts with a wide variety of community partners.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English