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Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response
Publisher(s):This online curriculum is designed to equip disaster and crisis volunteers and personnel with the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to diverse communities during all phases of disaster.
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Make a Disaster Plan for Your Pets
Publisher(s):This page provides helpful information on how to keep pets safe in natural disasters or everyday emergencies.
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Natural Disasters: Power and Control Wheel
Publisher(s):Adapted from the Power and Control Wheel by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (Duluth, MN), this graphic depicts common tactics used by abusers to exert power and control over their partners in the aftermath of a disaster.
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Gender Equality In Disasters: Six Principles for Engendered Relief and Reconstruction
Publisher(s):This document highlights gender equality and risk reduction principles for guiding disaster response.
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Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Violence in Disaster & Emergency Situations: A Guide for Local and Community-based Organizations
Publisher(s):This resource includes information on influencing factors that affect children exposed to disasters and emergencies. Minimizing risks through disaster preparedness and response are discussed. It also includes checklists for action.
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After the Storm - Tips for Adults: Healthy Relationships
Publisher(s):Recovering after a natural disaster can be difficult and relationships can be strained. This one-pager provides several tips to help ease stress and maintain healthy relationships with those around you. Also available in Spanish.
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Disaster Safety for Expecting and New Parents
Publisher(s):CDC's Disaster Safety for Expecting and New Parents page offers general tips to prepare before a disaster and guidance on what to do in case of a disaster to help keep new and expecting parents and their children safe and healthy.
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Disaster Preparedness Plan
Publisher(s):This outline by the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV) provides guidance to local centers on disaster planning to ensure that domestic violence services continue statewide, uninterrupted, despite the occurrence of a disaster.
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Helping Families Deal With the Stress of Relocation After a Disaster
Publisher(s):This handout provides information to help families deal with relocation stress after a disaster.
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Gender and Disaster Sourcebook
Publisher(s):The Gender and Disaster Sourcebook is a one-stop, user-friendly electronic guide to information on gender and disaster.
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After the Storm - Tips for Adults
Publisher(s):This one-pager provides several tips for adults coping with stress after a disaster. Available in English and Spanish.
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Emergency Preparation and People with Disabilities
Publisher(s):This page provides information on emergency preparedness as it relates to individuals with disabilities. Key areas discussed in the document are 1) preparation, 2) notification and evacuation, 3) sheltering and interim services, and 4) recovery.