Resilience on Seattle's Waterfront
This interactive story map features portraits and stories of some of the people involved in or affected by our Seattle Assessment of Public Health Emergency Response (SASPER) project.
Improving Your Narrativity
This 16-minute training defines narrativity, explains why to use it, and provides a tool for introducing or improving it in your own work. The training ends with an opportunity to put the tool to use.
Finding Your Message
This 30-minute video covers six features of memorable messages and introduces an exercise to help you organize your communication around a single main idea to let people know why it's important and what they should do about it.
Using Accessible Language
This 25-minute training video introduces one fundamental strategy and a readily available tool to increase the impact of your communications with people both within and outside your field.
The Mental Health Effects of Natural Hazards
Written for public health practitioners and suitable for a general audience, this fact sheet summarizes the scientific literature on the mental health effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and wildfiires.
The Health Effects of Earthquakes
Written for public health practitioners and suitable for a general audience, this fact sheet summarizes the scientific literature on the health effects of earthquakes and includes an extensive bibliography.
The Health Effects of Tsunamis
Written for public health practitioners and suitable for a general audience, this fact sheet summarizes the scientific literature on the health effects of tsunamis and includes an extensive bibliography.
Using a HEPA Air Purifier
This one-page fact sheet describes everything you need to know in order to use and maintain a portable HEPA air purifier to clean the air in your indoor space.
Using Safer Degreasers
This flier was created to inform people about ways to minimize health risks associated with exposure to degreasers. Degreasers are commonly used in auto shops and other settings to remove grease and grime from engine compartments, wheels, and the…
Fast Facts About the Duwamish River
This double-sided fact sheet was created in collaboration with Bellevue high school health teachers who planned to introduce a unit on the Duwamish River focusing on issues related to environmental health and justice. It provides a basic overview of…
The Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke
Written for public health practitioners and suitable for a general audience, this fact sheet summarizes the scientific literature on the health effects of wildfire smoke and includes an extensive bibliography.
Guidelines to Incorporate Trauma-Informed Care Strategies in Qualitative Research
Guidelines on appropriately conducting trauma-informed research and recognizing people’s lived experiences.
CONVERGE Training Modules
The CONVERGE Training Modules incorporate an all-hazards approach grounded in cutting edge research from the social sciences, public health, engineering, and other disciplines.
Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series
These short, graphical check sheets are meant to be used as researchers design their studies, prepare to enter the field, conduct field research, and exit the field. From the CONVERGE Natural Hazards Center and the University of Colorado Boulder
Disaster-zone research needs a code of conduct
Study the effects of earthquakes, floods and other natural hazards with sensitivity to ethical dilemmas and power imbalances.
Working with Disaster-Affected Communities to Envision Healthier Futures
Methods for practitioners to apply a trauma-informed approach to their post-disaster recovery planning.
SASPER Final report
The Seattle Assessment of Public Health Emergency Response used a door-to-door survey approach to guage the priorities of community members in Seattle's Duwamish Valley on issues relating to climate resilience. This 28-page report provides a…
Model Community Partnership Agreement
This Model Community Partnership Agreement provides a template for academic researchers to use with community partners for Community Engaged Research projects. This model agreement is pre-approved for use by researchers within the UW School of…
ATHENA Environmental Health Lesson: Sunscreen and UV Radiation
Curriculum. This hands-on lesson asks students to test the effect of ultraviolet (UV) light on UV-sensitive beads using plain lotion and sunscreens with varying SPF levels. Students will gain a better understanding of Exposure, an Environmental…
ATHENA Environmental Health Resource: 7 Core Concepts of Environmental Health posters
Classroom resource: This slideset includes a slide for each of the 7 Core Concepts of Environmental Health: Toxicity, Exposure, Dose/Response, Individual Susceptibility, Risks and Benefits, Environmental Justice, and Community Resources and Action.…
ATHENA Environmental Health Lesson: Artifacts Activity & Granola Bar Choices Activity
Curriculum. A 30-minute classroom activity to introduce nutrition, organic versus conventional foods, packaging, labeling, and consumer choices. Can also use non-food artifacts for students to consider.