title: Getting actionable about community resilience: the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience project.
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.
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA 22202-5050, USA. chandra@rand.org
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Alonzo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plough
authors.forename: Alix
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stayton
authors.forename: Kenneth B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003625:Data Collection; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D016730:Program Development; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological