Culturally Competent Relief Efforts Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Many of the Tohoku region of the school library were affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Takata high school at Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku region cases that suffered catastrophic damage during the tsunami. Many of the school materials that were in the school library gets wet with seawater. It was carried out relief activities of such documents. Restoration method that using water washing and the flat drying is up to professional standard. However, it adopted a method to be able to easily perform at low cost and can perform a restoration by few exercises.

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We Heart Japan: Fan Citizenship and the Role of Institutions in the Response to Japanese Earthquakes

Journal of Communication Inquiry ◽

10.1177/0196859920921750 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 396-415

Author(s):

Lucy J. Miller

Keyword(s):

Great East Japan Earthquake ◽

Ethical Framework ◽

Media Content ◽

Civic Action ◽

Global Flows ◽

The People ◽

Streaming Service ◽

Relief Efforts

The 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated the nation created a situation that, through the global flows of media content, necessitated a response from the international anime fan community. This response was shaped by the ethical framework of caring for the community. Performances of fan citizenship reflected this existing community value and the community’s identification with other fans and the people of Japan. Reflecting these identifications, fans took civic action in the form of the ethical modalities of donating money to relief efforts and critiquing community discourse that diverted attention from the disaster. Institutions, like the streaming service Crunchyroll, served to rhetorically define the ethical modalities at play in this context through their institutional role of amplifying performances of fan citizenship.

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Considering Disability Culture for Culturally Competent Interactions With Individuals Who Stutter

Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders ◽

10.1044/cicsd_43_s_11 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (Spring) ◽

pp. 11-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Michael P. Boyle ◽

Derek E. Daniels ◽

Charles D. Hughes ◽

Anthony P. Buhr

Keyword(s):

Culturally Competent ◽

Disability Culture

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Special Considerations for Evaluation and Treatment of Spanish-Speaking Patients with Cleft Palate

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig5.41 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 41-49

Author(s):

Ellen Moore

Keyword(s):

Cleft Palate ◽

The United States ◽

Culturally Competent ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Spanish Speaking ◽

Appropriate Treatment ◽

Oral Pressure ◽

Language Pathology ◽

History Of ◽

Spanish Speaking Population

As the Spanish-speaking population in the United States continues to grow, there is increasing need for culturally competent and linguistically appropriate treatment across the field of speech-language pathology. This paper reviews information relevant to the evaluation and treatment of Spanish-speaking and Spanish-English bilingual children with a history of cleft palate. The phonetics and phonology of Spanish are reviewed and contrasted with English, with a focus on oral pressure consonants. Cultural factors and bilingualism are discussed briefly. Finally, practical strategies for evaluation and treatment are presented. Information is presented for monolingual and bilingual speech-language pathologists, both in the community and on cleft palate teams.

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Re-Increased Male Suicide Rates in the Recovery Phase Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000656 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (6) ◽

pp. 422-428 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Masatsugu Orui

Keyword(s):

Social Connectedness ◽

Recovery Phase ◽

Great East Japan Earthquake ◽

Temporary Housing ◽

Period Analysis ◽

Suicide Rates ◽

Male Suicide ◽

The Social ◽

The Difference

Abstract. Background: Monitoring of suicide rates in the recovery phase following a devastating disaster has been limited. Aim: We report on a 7-year follow-up of the suicide rates in the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred in March 2011. Method: This descriptive study covered the period from March 2009 to February 2018. Period analysis was used to divide the 108-month study period into nine segments, in which suicide rates were compared with national averages using Poisson distribution. Results: Male suicide rates in the affected area from March 2013 to February 2014 increased to a level higher than the national average. After subsequently dropping, the male rates from March 2016 to February 2018 re-increased and showed a greater difference compared with the national averages. The difference became significant in the period from March 2017 to February 2018 ( p = .047). Limitations: Specific reasons for increasing the rates in the recovery phase were not determined. Conclusion: The termination of the provision of free temporary housing might be influential in this context. Provision of temporary housing was terminated from 2016, which increased economic hardship among needy evacuees. Furthermore, disruption of the social connectedness in the temporary housing may have had an influence. Our findings suggest the necessity of suicide rate monitoring even in the recovery phase.

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Multicultural Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology in the United States: Still Art, Not Yet Science, and Controversial

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.14.1.62 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 62-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Richard H. Dana

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Racial Identity ◽

The United States ◽

Therapeutic Assessment ◽

Culturally Competent ◽

Research Attention ◽

The Status ◽

Training Research ◽

Multicultural Assessment ◽

Personality Description

This paper describes the status of multicultural assessment training, research, and practice in the United States. Racism, politicization of issues, and demands for equity in assessment of psychopathology and personality description have created a climate of controversy. Some sources of bias provide an introduction to major assessment issues including service delivery, moderator variables, modifications of standard tests, development of culture-specific tests, personality theory and cultural/racial identity description, cultural formulations for psychiatric diagnosis, and use of findings, particularly in therapeutic assessment. An assessment-intervention model summarizes this paper and suggests dimensions that compel practitioners to ask questions meriting research attention and providing avenues for developments of culturally competent practice.

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