Here are some resources that hazards and disaster researchers can use to build cultural competence.
These include additional readings, tools, trainings, and other web resources. You can also download and save these resources as a PDF.
Additional Readings
Cultural Competence:
- Cross-Cultural Competence: Theory, Research, and Application
- Cultural Competence: A Constructivist Definition
- Cultural Competence and Social Desirability Among Practitioners: A Systematic Review of the Literature
- Cultural Competence Models and Cultural Competence Assessment Instruments in Nursing: A Literature Review
- Culture Matters: The Peace Corps Cross-Cultural Workbook
Cultural Competence in Hazards and Disaster Research:
- Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disasters
- Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction
- Group Work During International Disaster Outreach Projects: A Model to Advance Cultural Competence
- Incorporating Cultural Competency Skills in Emergency Management Education
- Vulnerability, “Innocent” Disasters and the Imperative of Cultural Understanding
Cultural Competence in Hazards and Disaster Practice:
Tools and Trainings
- Community Tool Box – Enhancing Cultural Competence
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Tips for Competently Engaging Culturally Diverse Communities
- FEMA’s Religious and Cultural Literacy and Competency in Disasters Resources
- FEMA’s IS 505: Religious and Cultural Literacy and Competency in Disaster Training
- Office of Minority Health’s Cultural Competency Curriculum For Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response
Other Resources
- Harvard Catalyst’s Cultural Competence for Researchers
- National Quality Forum Cultural Competency Framework and Practices
- Georgetown University’s National Center for Cultural Competence
- Project Implicit’s Implicit Association Test
- Association of American Medical Colleges Diversity and Inclusion Resources
- Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health
