@article{ref1,
title="Community engagement in disaster preparedness and recovery: A tale of two cities - Los Angeles and New Orleans",
journal="Psychiatric clinics of North America",
year="2013",
author="Wells, Kenneth B. and Springgate, Benjamin F. and Lizaola, Elizabeth and Jones, Felica and Plough, Alonzo",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="451-466",
abstract="Awareness of the impact of disasters globally on mental health is increasing. Known difficulties in preparing communities for disasters and a lack of focus on relationship building and organizational capacity in preparedness and response have led to a greater policy focus on community resiliency as a key public health approach to disaster response. In this article, the authors describe how an approach to community engagement for improving mental health services, disaster recovery, and preparedness from a community resiliency perspective emerged from their work in applying a partnered, participatory research framework, iteratively, in Los Angeles County and the City of New Orleans.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0193-953X",
doi="10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.002"
}