sábado, 23 de julio de 2016

Disaster Behavioral Health for All Americans: Materials in Languages Other Than English

Disaster Behavioral Health for All Americans: Materials in Languages Other Than English

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Disaster Behavioral Health for All Americans:

Materials in Languages Other Than English

The United States has always been culturally rich and diverse, and our diversity is expected to grow. According to the Census Bureau, more than 38 percent of the U.S. population is something other than non-Hispanic/Latino white—and by 2044,over half of all Americans [PDF – 1.1 MB] will answer to this description. Our racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity is reflected in the many languages spoken in the United States—as of 2011 [PDF – 1.4 MB] , more than 1 in 5 people in the United States spoke a language other than English at home, and more than 300 languages were spoken in the United States.
In light of this broad range of languages and cultures in the United States, it's crucial to be able to provide materials and support during and after disasters in languages other than English. The SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) has rounded up resources you can use for disaster behavioral health preparedness and response for non-English-speaking communities.



Tip Sheets in Spanish

SAMHSA DTAC offers products in Spanish. Most recently, we released these tip sheets:

Tip Sheets in Punjabi

In response to a 2012 shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, SAMHSA DTAC developed Punjabi-language versions of three tip sheets:
Languages Other Than English DBHIS Installment
Part of the SAMHSA DTAC Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series (DBHIS), this collection of resources includes fact sheets, brochures, websites, handbooks, and articles on a range of topics related to disaster in 12 languages other than English.

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