Bookedited by Anthony J. Marsella ... [et al.].
Contents:
Essential concepts and foundations / Anthony J. Marsella ... [et al.]
Promoting disaster recovery in ethnic-minority individuals and communities / Fran H. Norris and Margarita Alegría
Meeting the physical, psychological, and social needs of African Americans following a disaster / Steven B. Carswell and Melisssa A. Carswell
Essential information for disaster management and trauma specialists working with American Indians / Jeannette L. Johnson ... [et al.]
Arab Americans : understanding their challenges, needs, and struggles / Naji Abi-Hashem
Asian Indians : cultural considerations for disaster workers / B.J. Prashantham
Caribbean blacks : (Haitians, Jamaicans, Virgin Islanders, Eastern Caribbean) responses to disasters in cultural context / G. Rita Dudley-Grant and Wayne Etheridge
Chinese Americans : guidelines for disaster mental health workers / Frederick T.L. Leong and Szu-Hui Lee
The Kanaka Maoli : native Hawaiians and their testimony of trauma and resilience / Laurie D. McCubbin, Michele E. Ishikawa, and Hamilton I. McCubbin
Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Caribbean, and other Latin Americans / Patricia Arredondo, Veronica Bordes, and Freddy A. Paniagua
Working with Vietnamese Americans in disasters / Aaron S. Kaplan and Uyen Kim Huynh
Culture, trauma, and the treatment of post-traumatic syndromes : a global perspective / John P. Wilson
A brief list of disaster-related vocabulary terms
Summary and overview of disasters in developing countries / Fran H. Norris
Disaster rescure and response workers / Bruce H. Young, Julian D. Ford, and Patricia Watson.