Crisis in the Homeland: State Government Communication with Hispanics During Disasters (2006)

This study examines how states and counties communicate disaster information to Hispanics. Through 13 interviews with state emergency management communicators and a national survey of 435 county emergency management directors, the study benchmarks how many channels states and counties employ to communicate Spanish-language disaster information. The study addresses who state emergency management communicators and county emergency management directors believe should be responsible for developing and providing Spanish-language disaster information. Also, the study explores county emergency management directors' perceptions of how capable various nongovernmental and governmental groups are of producing Spanish-language disaster information.