CIVIC-FA Track B: Bridging the Gap between Essential Emergency Resources and Services and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community in Monroe County NY: A Geospatial-Visual Approach

这个NSF公民创新挑战（CIVIC）资助的项目将确定和弥补纽约门罗县聋人和听力困难（DHH）社区基本应急资源和服务的具体差距，罗切斯特是全国DHH人口最多的地方。项目目标包括评估卫生部的应急服务差距，创建和评估应急通信工具，为公共安全专业人员开发教育材料，并为卫生部进入应急管理STEM工作队伍和志愿者工作建立途径。所有项目目标成果都是为了在全国范围内推广和持续。结果将推广到其他社区环境中有特殊需求的人群，例如门罗县以外的聋人难民和非英语母语者，以获得更广泛的项目国家影响和遗产，因为美国每八个人中就有一个人经历听力损失。注重使用地理空间技术将加强对残疾人的科学、技术、工程和数学教育，提高残疾人的抗灾能力将有利于国家整体安全。跨越多个学科的科学成果将为地理信息科学、灾害管理研究、残疾研究、人机交互和用户体验以及应急管理教学法等领域提供信息和知识。地理空间测绘工具、通信手册和应急管理专业人员教育模块等产品将成为美国更广泛的国家安全和国防生态系统的一部分。该项目代表了一个千载难逢的机会，通过纳入相关的DHH社区团体，聋人学术研究人员和地方，州，以及从地方应急管理到联邦应急管理署（FEMA）的国家公共服务组织与卫生健康和应急管理周期相关的问题很少受到应急管理研究人员的关注，学术文献中的讨论也很有限。该项目的主要研究问题包括以下内容：R1：DHH社区和灾害之间的空间关系是什么，可能会揭示DHH应急服务的具体差距？R2：在应急管理周期的所有阶段，卫生和健康部社区的信息传递和沟通需求是什么？R3：需要什么样的教学实践来教育和应急管理从业人员的劳动力发展，以满足卫生部社区的需求，并将卫生部社区成员纳入应急管理培训？对于R1，研究小组打算创建和评估全国第一个聋人社区危害地图地理空间工具包，称为“聋人地图”，使DHH社区能够识别，描述，绘制和与PS机构交流社区危害。对于R2，该小组打算为PS官员与卫生部沟通编写和评估沟通手册。此外，将对一个原型装置进行测试，该装置允许卫生和保健部人员以非声音形式（视觉/触觉）接收紧急通知。对于R3，该团队打算创建和评估一个教育模块，旨在让听力PS专业人员了解DHH文化和挑战紧急情况，制定一个教育框架，使DHH学生能够进入STEM劳动力队伍，并创建全国首个聋人社区应急响应小组（D-CERT）。该项目是对公民创新挑战计划-轨道B的回应。弥合基本资源和服务社区需求之间的差距--是与能源部、国土安全部和国家科学基金会的合作项目。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This NSF Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) funded project will identify and bridge specific gaps in essential emergency resources and services for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) community in Monroe County, New York, where Rochester is home to the largest per capita population of DHH people in the country. Project goals include assessing emergency service gaps for the DHH, creating, and evaluating emergency communication tools, developing educational materials for public safety professionals, and building pathways for the DHH to enter the emergency management STEM workforce and volunteer efforts. All project goal outcomes have been designed to be scaled nationally and sustained. Results will be generalizable to other community contexts with special needs populations such as such as deaf refugees and non-English speakers beyond Monroe County for broader project national impact and legacy, as one in eight people in the U.S. experience hearing loss. The focus on using geospatial technology will enhance STEM education for persons with disabilities, and overall national security will benefit from enhancing the disaster resilience of persons with disabilities. Scientific outcomes spanning multiple disciplines will inform and contribute knowledge to fields such as geographic information science, disaster management studies, disability studies, human-computer interaction and user experience, and emergency management pedagogy. Products such as geospatial mapping tools, communication booklets, and educational modules for emergency management professionals will become part of the broader ecosystem of national security and defense within the United States. The project represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform emergency management for the DHH through the incorporation of relevant DHH community groups, deaf academic researchers, and local, state, and national PSPublic Service organizations ranging from local emergency management to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).Issues related to the DHH and emergency management cycle have received little attention from emergency management researchers and limited discussion in academic literature. The main research questions for this project include the following: R1: What are the spatial relationships between the DHH community and hazards that may reveal specific gaps in emergency services for the DHH? R2: What are the messaging and communication needs of the DHH community during all phases of the emergency management cycle? R3: What pedagogical practice is needed for education and workforce development of emergency management practitioners on the needs of the DHH community and the inclusion of DHH community members in emergency management training? For R1, the research team intends to create and evaluate the nation's first deaf community hazard mapping geospatial toolkit called ‘Deaf Map’ to empower DHH communities to identify, characterize, map, and communicate community hazards with PS agencies. For R2, the team intends to create and evaluate a communication booklet for PS officials to communicate with DHH. In addition, a prototype device allowing DHH persons to receive emergency notifications in non-sound formats (visual/haptic) will be beta tested. For R3, the team intends to create and evaluate an education module designed for hearing PS professionals to understand DHH culture and challenges emergencies, develop an educational framework to enable DHH students to enter the STEM workforce, and create the nation's first ever Deaf Community Emergency Response Team (D-CERT).This project is in response to the Civic Innovation Challenge program—Track B. Bridging the gap between essential resources and services & community needs—and is a collaboration with Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Science Foundation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.