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American Red Cross—Alternate Language Materials
As the Nation’s preeminent preparedness and safety training organization, the American Red Cross has used the latest research, science, best practices, and expert opinions to develop a variety of emergency-specific checklists in several languages.
http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d229a5f06620c6052b1ecfbf43181aa0/
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—Emergency Page
This CDC page contains disaster-related information, as well as fact sheets on various health topics in several languages.
http://emergency.cdc.gov/

Community Emergency Response Team—Los Angeles
This website offers disaster-related information in a variety of languages.
http://www.cert-la.com/cert-sitemap-foreign-languages.htm  

Health Information Translations
This website includes information in a variety of languages about how to prepare and respond to disasters.
http://healthinfotranslations.com/disaster-preparedness.php  

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health—Emergency Page
This web page provides a range of preparedness information in several languages.
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eprp/media/getabrochure.htm  

National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities
This website includes a variety of resources that address populations associated with a specific culture, nationality, ethnicity, language, tribe, or religion.
http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/Community/33/  

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) offers numerous trauma-, disaster-, and terrorism-related resources, including the Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide, Second Edition. Resources are available in several languages for multiple audiences, including parents, educators, professionals, and the media.
http://www.nctsn.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=typ_nd  

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Last updated 2/27/2013