Latino Disaster Vulnerability: The Dissemination of Hurricane Mitigation Information among Florida's Homeowners

Autor/in	Peguero, Anthony A.
Titel	Latino Disaster Vulnerability: The Dissemination of Hurricane Mitigation Information among Florida's Homeowners
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28 (2006) 1, S.5-22 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986305284012
Schlagwörter	Hispanic Americans; Emergency Programs; Multiple Regression Analysis; Housing; Ownership; Natural Disasters; Information Dissemination; Racial Differences; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Hilfsprogramm; Unterkunft; Eigentum; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Informationsverbreitung; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	When a natural or man-made disaster strikes, there is usually little time for citizens to prepare and protect themselves. In September 2003, the U.S. Department of Homeland Defense implemented a National Response Plan dealing with many forms of disaster. However, when a disaster hits, not all citizens are equally prepared or protected. A sample of 165 Latino and 1,069 Non-Latino Florida single-family homeowners is drawn from the 1999 Florida Statewide Mitigation Survey (SMS) to investigate the problems associated with the dissemination of hurricane mitigation information among Florida's Latino homeowners. Results from logistic regression analyses reveal that Latino homeowners prefer to utilize friends and family as sources of disaster preparation information. The significance of research findings and policy implications are discussed. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10