Thanks to the U.S. News & World Report website, I just read about a new study that found terrorism threats have more of an impact on ethnic minorities, the disabled and the mentally ill than on the general population.
According to the article, those groups are:
more likely to make behavior changes based on terrorism fears, such as [...]
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Study Says Minorities, Disabled More Impacted By Terror Warnings
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Risk Communications · Special Needs Preparedness
‘Special Needs’ Preparedness Conference Offers Helpful Perspective, Models For Everyone’s Emergency Readiness
August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last week, I attended the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s (FEMA) first “Conference on Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations” held in New York City. It was also my first ’special needs’ disaster conference. And from the start when the moderator Elizabeth Davis of EAD Associates made a point to carefully and clearly inform the audience about [...]