Integrating Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities Into Planning for Disasters: The California Experience

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Andrulis, Dennis P ^a,c   Siddiqui, Nadia J ^a   Purtle, Jonathan P ^b  

^a Texas Home Health   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

California; community health planning; community participatory planning; cultural competency; disaster planning; disaster preparedness; diverse populations; ethnic groups; minority health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COORDINATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEAR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MINORITY HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; TRUST; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DISASTER PLANNING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEAR; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864949463     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.72     Document Type: Article

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