Emergency Preparedness Resources for Persons from Diverse Cultural Origins

HHS Resources 

• Emergency Website A to Z – An index of emergency preparedness and response to public health emergencies, with information available in 11 languages (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

• Online learning course: Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness & Crisis Response (the Office of Minority Health).

• Public Health Workbook: to Define, Locate, & Reach Vulnerable At-Risk Populations in an Emergency (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

• Training PowerPoint: Effective Planning, Response & Recovery for Special Needs Populations, Consistent with Federal Civil Rights Laws (the Office for Civil Rights).

Other Federal Resources

• Interim Emergency Management Planning Guide for Special Needs Populations (the Federal Emergency Management Agency).

• Special Needs Populations Impact Assessment Source Document White Paper – Hurricane Ike Impact Report, October 2008 (the Department of Homeland Security).

Other Organizational Resources 

Please note: External links to other sites are intended to be informational only and do not have the endorsement of HHS and OCR.

• Prepare.org –  A site to assist vulnerable populations: seniors, children, persons with disabilities, and pet owners prepare for natural and human-caused disasters, with information available in multiple languages, large print, and text-only (the American Red Cross).

• National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities (the Drexel University School of Public Health, with support from the HHS Office of Minority Health).

• Toolkit: Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning for & Responding to Emergencies (PDF, February 2011) (the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness & Cultural Diversity, with support from the HHS Office of Minority Health).