Getting actionable about community resilience: The Los Angeles county community disaster resilience project

A. Chandra, M. Williams, A. Plough, A. Stayton, K.B. Wells, M. Horta and J. Tang

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 7, 1181-1189

Abstract: Community resilience (CR)-ability to withstand and recover froma 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. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: article; consumer; coping behavior; demography; disaster planning; health education; human; information processing; methodology; organization and management; program development; public-private partnership; statistics; United States, Consumer Participation; Data Collection; Disaster Planning; Health Education; Humans; Los Angeles; Program Development; Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Residence Characteristics; Resilience, Psychological (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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