Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslides in Rural Puerto Rico
This Public Health report quantifies for the first time the number of Puerto Ricans—more than one million—who live in areas with high to extreme landslide risk. Read more about the risks and how residents live with them.
Based on Public Health Disaster Research Award data, this project developed a disaster first aid training program that could be taught by local instructors. Read more to learn about how the findings were applied to a new curriculum for non-specialist community members.
re+connect is a mobile and web application to improve mass care and sheltering. Using what they learned from a previous Public Health Disaster Research award, researchers worked with community members to see how they can use re+connect to stay safe.
This Public Health report quantifies for the first time the number of Puerto Ricans—more than one million—who live in areas with high to extreme landslide risk. Read more about the risks and how residents live with them.
Based on Public Health Disaster Research Award data, this project developed a disaster first aid training program that could be taught by local instructors. Read more to learn about how the findings were applied to a new curriculum for non-specialist community members.
re+connect is a mobile and web application to improve mass care and sheltering. Using what they learned from a previous Public Health Disaster Research award, researchers worked with community members to see how they can use re+connect to stay safe.