Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: A Tale of Two Cities - Los Angeles and New Orleans

Wells, Kenneth B.; Springgate, Benjamin F.; Lizaola, Elizabeth; Jones, Felica; Plough, Alonzo

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Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: A Tale of Two Cities - Los Angeles and New Orleans

Published Date:

Jul 03 2013

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.002 New Site Icon

Source:

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2013; 36(3):451-466.

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Personal Authors:

Wells, Kenneth B. ; Springgate, Benjamin F. ; Lizaola, Elizabeth ; Jones, Felica ; Plough, Alonzo ;

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Pubmed ID:

23954058

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC3780560

Description:

Awareness of the impact of disasters globally on mental health is increasing. Known difficulties in preparing communities for disasters and a lack of focus on relationship building and organizational capacity in preparedness and response have led to a greater policy focus on community resiliency as a key public health approach to disaster response. In this article, the authors describe how an approach to community engagement for improving mental health services, disaster recovery, and preparedness from a community resiliency perspective emerged from their work in applying a partnered, participatory research framework, iteratively, in Los Angeles County and the City of New Orleans.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

2U90TP917012-11/TP/OPHPR CDC HHS/United States
P30 MH082760/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
P30MH082760/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
R01MH078853/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States

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