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Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH, Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, 3102065159, mays@ucla.edu

Katrina unlike 911 is a disaster that impacted some of the most vulnerable populations in the city of New Orleans. It was a disaster in which the most damage was done to the neighborhoods occupied by African Americans, Latinos and Vietnamese refugees. Despite this dynamic and feelings of neglect, abandonment and racism on the part of White American the initial first mental health responder's volunteer force was predominantly White. This presentation will focus on how to use data to determine how to recruit an ethnically diverse mental health response team. Networks and methods to increase both the number of minority respondents as well as safeguards to ensure that the training of responders will be culturally specific will be discussed.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

• Describe how to use data to organize ethnically divese mental health response teams;
• Explain how to use networks and methods to increase the number of minority respondes;
• Identify strategies for training culutrally specific responders.

Keywords: Mental Health, Disasters

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No