Florida

Disaster Preparedness Guide: Prepare, Practice And Protect

Available at: www.deep.med.miami.edu/x21.xml

This comprehensive guide to preparing one’s self and their family for a disaster written fully in Spanish.

Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness

Language(s): English, Spanish

Disaster Supply Kit

Available at: www.rhin.org/document_properties.aspx?id=2063&format=Document&type=Document&language=

This fact sheet provides general information on supplies which should be kept on hand to prepare for a disaster. The resource is available in multiple languages.

Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness

Language(s): English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Kurdish, Haitian Creole

Ethnicity, Culture, and Cisaster Response: Identifying and explaining ethnic differences in PTSD six months after Hurricane Andrew

Available at: cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13549314

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

Family Preparedness Guide

Available at: www.rhin.org/document_properties.aspx?id=1968&format=Document&type=Document&language=

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

Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender and the Sociology of Disasters

This book examines socioeconomic inequalities in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew.

Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction

Language(s): English

Latino Disaster Vulnerability: The Dissemination Of Hurricane Mitigation Information Among Florida’s Homeowners

Available at: hjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/5

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

Miami Center For Public Health Preparedness Hispanic Disaster Training

Available at: www.deep.med.miami.edu/x18.xml

This center is committed to public health training with a specific focus on Hispanic/Latino populations within the United States and throughout Latin America.

Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness

Language(s): English, Spanish