title: Community engagement in disaster preparedness and recovery: a tale of two cities--Los Angeles and New Orleans.
abstract: 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.
authors: Center for Health Services and Society, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. kwells@mednet.ucla.edu
authors: Kenneth B
authors: KB
authors: Wells
authors: Benjamin F
authors: BF
authors: Springgate
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Lizaola
authors: Felica
authors: F
authors: Jones
authors: Alonzo
authors: A
authors: Plough
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D002648:Child; D002947:Cities; D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055820:New Orleans / Q000453:epidemiology; D011050:Policy Making; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D035502:Trust; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Behavioral health; Community engagement; Community health; Disaster response; Disasters
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