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

• 2013

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• Kenneth Wells; Benjamin Springgate; Elizabeth Lizaola; Felicia Jones; Alonzo Plough
PMID: 23954058DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.002

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This article describes how Los Angeles and New Orleans use community engagement to prepare for and recover from disasters. It highlights the importance of building relationships, trust, and collaboration among diverse groups to improve mental health services in under-resourced communities. The approach focuses on using Community-Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) to create equal partnerships between community members and researchers. By sharing knowledge and resources, these cities aim to build resilience against future disasters while addressing mental health challenges like depression. The projects emphasize the need for trust, capacity building, and involvement of local leaders in disaster response efforts.

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Hazards: CBRNE; Natural Disasters; Severe Weather; Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Recovery; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Cities; Community Participation; Community-Institutional Relations; Depression; Disaster Planning; Health Services Needs and Demand; Los Angeles; Mental Health Services; Minority Groups; Policy Making; Resilience, Psychological; Vulnerable Populations; Community-Based Participatory Research; New Orleans; Health Disparate Minority and Vulnerable Populations

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles; Healthy African American Families; RAND Corporation; Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

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