| Description: | The Center for Health Equality at Drexel University's School of Public Health received support from the Office of Minority Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, to develop a National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity. The mission of the Panel is to provide guidance to national, state and local agencies and organizations on the development of effective strategies to advance public health emergency preparedness and eliminate disparities for racially and ethnically diverse communities across all phases of an emergency. The Panel’s objectives are to: (1) develop a National Consensus Statement on integrating racially and ethnically diverse communities into preparedness; (2) establish guiding principles of what would comprise a culturally competent approach to preparedness; (3) develop sector-specific guidance on culturally competent preparedness strategies and activities; and (4) provide guidance on promising and best practices. The Panel is comprised of 33 leading national, state and local government, academic, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations representing emergency management, homeland security, health care, public health, health care quality, risk communication, cultural competence and racially and ethnically diverse communities across the nation.
AGENDA PANEL MEMBERS PRESENTATION |