1. Getting Actionable About Community Resilience: The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project
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Anita Chandra, Alix Stayton, Jennifer Tang, Alonzo L. Plough, Kenneth B. Wells, Malcolm V. Williams, and Mariana Horta
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Community education ,Community organization ,Disaster Planning ,Public-Private Sector Partnerships ,Community Resilience and Public Health Practice ,Residence Characteristics ,Environmental health ,Political science ,medicine ,Humans ,Program Development ,Health Education ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Community resilience ,business.industry ,Data Collection ,Public health ,Community Participation ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Resilience, Psychological ,Public relations ,Los Angeles ,Health equity ,Community health ,Health education ,business ,Health department - Abstract
Community resilience (CR)—ability to withstand and recover from a disaster—is a national policy expectation that challenges health departments to merge disaster preparedness and community health promotion and to build stronger partnerships with organizations outside government, yet guidance is limited. A baseline survey documented community resilience–building barriers and facilitators for health department and community-based organization (CBO) staff. Questions focused on CBO engagement, government–CBO partnerships, and community education. Most health department staff and CBO members devoted minimal time to community disaster preparedness though many serve populations that would benefit. Respondents observed limited CR activities to activate in a disaster. The findings highlighted opportunities for engaging communities in disaster preparedness and informed the development of a community action plan and toolkit.
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- 2013
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