Focus by Topic
Our team publishes on topics ranging from community resilience and disaster preparedness to climate
change and the build environment. This focus includes additional topics such as mental health,
community health, behavioral health, the health of children and youths, and health policy.
Articles & Reports

An Agenda to Advance Integrative Resilience Research and Practice: Key Themes fom a Resilience RoundtableReporthttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1683.html – RAND Corporation

Applying Community Engagement to Disaster Planning: Developing the Vision and Design for the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience InitiativeJournalhttp://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301407 – American Journal of Public Health

Building Community Disaster Resilience: Perspectives From a Large Urban County Department of Public HealthJournalhttp://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301268 – American Journal of Public Health

Getting Actionable About Community Resilience: The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience ProjectJournalhttp://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301270 – American Journal of Public Health

The Road to Resilience: Insights on Training Community Coalitions in the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience ProjectJournalhttps://ucla.box.com/s/fgnnazq3tuksop3o8l7ctysea6f3x5ff – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Youth Resilience Corps: An Innovative Model to Engage Youth in Building Disaster ResilienceJournalhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/youth-resilience-corps-an-innovative-model-to-engage-youth-in-building-disaster-resilience/A9B92067B2234B484232C81B167CB016 – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Implementing Psychological First-Aid Training for Medical Reserve Corps VolunteersJournalhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/implementing-psychological-first-aid-training-for-medical-reserve-corps-volunteers/20112D67B6E3A068915B2542E6DD8435 – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

2007 Public Health Response to Emergent Health Threats Survey (PHRETS II)Publisherhttps://cphd.ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/PHRETS%202007%20Final%20Report_1.pdf – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: A Tale of Two Cities – Los Angeles and New OrleansJournalhttp://www.psych.theclinics.com/article/S0193-953X(13)00061-0/pdf – Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Developing National Standards for Public Health Emergency Preparedness with a Limited Evidence BaseJournalhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/developing-national-standards-for-public-health-emergency-preparedness-with-a-limited-evidence-base/C8A0C9090709C18673168B463F4CC844 – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Contributions of Health Care Coalitions to Preparedness and Resilience: Perspectives From Hospital Preparedness Program and Health Care Preparedness CoalitionsJournalhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/contributions-of-health-care-coalitions-to-preparedness-and-resilience-perspectives-from-hospital-preparedness-program-and-health-care-preparedness-coalitions/6F660161770A39A2F9FDCC86834EBF63 – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Applications of a “Whole Community” Framework for Enhancing Community or Campus ResilienceJournalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212567114009071 – Procedia Economics & Finance
Methods

The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project — A Community-level, Public Health Initiative to Build Community Disaster ResilienceJournalhttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/8/8475 – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Developing a Tabletop Exercise to Test Community Resilience: Lessons from the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience ProjectJournalhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26279093 – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Nongovernmental Resources to Support Disaster Preparedness, Response, and RecoveryJournalhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/nongovernmental-resources-to-support-disaster-preparedness-response-and-recovery/020BE87B18500F5B702C314EA3A7B14F – Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

The Public Health Disaster Trust Scale: Validation of a Brief MeasureJournalhttp://www.cphd.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/Eisenman.HPHS%20%283%29.pdf – Journal of Public Health Management and Practice