Disaster Recovery Among Multiethnic Immigrants: A Case Study of Southeast Asians in Bayou La Batre (AL) After Hurricane Katrina
Disaster Recovery Among Multiethnic Immigrants: A Case Study of Southeast Asians in Bayou La Batre (AL) After Hurricane Katrina
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DOI：
10.1080/01944363.2014.986497
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发表时间：
2014-10-02
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Salvesen, David
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作者：
Mai Thi Nguyen;Salvesen, David
问题、研究策略和发现：移民在灾难中遭受的损失不成比例，因为他们准备、应对或从灾难中恢复的能力有限。不幸的是，规划人员和应急管理人员往往缺乏对移民群体独特的社会文化需求和资产的充分培训或教育。卡特里娜飓风暴露了海湾拉巴特（AL）东南亚移民面临的长期恢复挑战。我们采用定性研究方法，包括深度访谈、移民焦点小组和实地考察，以更好地了解灾难恢复的障碍，并告知地方、州、联邦和非政府机构如何更好地准备灾难计划，以改善多种族、多文化移民人口的灾难恢复。我们发现了四种显著的社会文化障碍：1)语言、读写能力和沟通；2)求助的文化差异；3)无法驾驭灾难恢复官僚主义；4)缺乏领导能力。尽管存在这些障碍，但移民群体也可以教会我们面对灾难时的适应力。少数民族移民社区内部的信任、合作和协作水平有助于缓冲在应对和恢复期间的破坏性影响。实践要点：我们的研究表明，从事准备、响应和恢复工作的员工的文化能力对于有效的灾难恢复过程至关重要。此外，让移民群体参与长期恢复需要在灾难发生前建立信任和关系。这样，就可以制定更适合文化和更有效的灾难恢复计划。
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Immigrants suffer disproportionately from disasters because they have limited capacity to prepare for, respond to, or recover from a disaster. Unfortunately, planners and emergency managers are often inadequately trained or educated about the unique sociocultural needs and assets among immigrant groups. Hurricane Katrina exposed challenges to long-term recovery among Southeast Asian immigrants in Bayou La Batre (AL). We employ qualitative research methods, including in-depth interviews, focus groups with immigrants, and site visits, to better understand the barriers to disaster recovery and to inform local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies on how to better prepare disaster plans that would improve disaster recovery for multiethnic, multicultural, immigrant populations. We find four significant categories of sociocultural barriers to disaster recovery for Southeast Asian immigrants in Bayou La Batre: 1) language, literacy, and communication; 2) cultural differences in help-seeking; 3) inability to navigate the disaster recovery bureaucracy; and 4) and lack of leadership. Despite these barriers to recovery, immigrant groups can also teach us about resiliency in the face of disaster. The levels of trust, cooperation, and collaboration within the ethnic immigrant community help to buffer the damaging effects during the response and recovery period.Takeaway for practice: Our study reveals that cultural competency among staff members engaged in preparedness, response, and recovery is essential for an effective disaster recovery process. Furthermore, engaging immigrant groups in long-term recovery requires trust and relationship building prior to a disaster. In doing so, more culturally appropriate and effective disaster recovery plans can be developed.