Abstract:

The Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) is a multiphase study to learn how best to enhance preparedness and resilience in disaster-prone communities in Southeast Louisiana. In Phase 1 of the study, we conducted qualitative interviews with community leaders, agency and organization heads, and other community stakeholders throughout Orleans Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and Coastal Louisiana. Interviews were meant to capture community needs, assets, partnerships, priorities, and previous experiences related to disaster exposure. Phase 3 of this study is available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI): T3.x889.000:0002 (DOI: 10.7266/ACTMZKCB). This dataset supports the following publications: Everett, A., Sugarman, O., Wennerstrom, A., Pollock, M., True, G., Haywood, C., Meyers, D., Raines, A., Wells, K., Johnson, A., Arevian, A. C., Sato, J., & Springgate, B. (2020). Community-informed strategies to address trauma and enhance resilience in climate-affected communities. Traumatology, 26(3), 285–297. doi:10.1037/trm0000225. Palinkas, L. A.., Springgate, B. F., Sugarman, O. K., Hancock, J., Wennerstrom, A., Haywood, C., Meyers, D., Johnson, A., Polk, M., Pesson, C. L., Seay, J. E., Stallard, C. N., & Wells, K. B. (2021). A Rapid Assessment of Disaster Preparedness Needs and Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 425. doi:10.3390/ijerph18020425. Pollock, M. J., Wennerstrom, A., True, G., Everett, A., Sugarman, O., Haywood, C., Johnson A., Meyers D., Sato J., Well K. B., Arevian A. C., Massimi M., Berry J., Riefberg L., Onyewuenyi N., & Springgate B. (2019). Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations in South Louisiana, 2018. American Journal of Public Health, 109(S4), S309–S315. doi:10.2105/ajph.2019.305152. Springgate, B. F., Arevian, A. C., Wennerstrom, A., Johnson, A. J., Eisenman, D. P., Sugarman, O. K., Haywood, C. G., Trapido, E. J., Sherbourne, C. D., Everett, A., McCreary, M., Meyers, D., Kataoka, S., Tang, L., Sato J., & Wells, K. B. (2018). Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN): Study Protocol with Participatory Planning for a Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), 1683. doi:10.3390/ijerph15081683.

Suggested Citation:

Palinkas, Lawrence A., Benjamin F. Springgate, Olivia K. Sugarman, Jill Hancock, Ashley Wennerstrom, Catherine Haywood, Diana Meyers, Arthur Johnson, Mara Polk, Carter Pesson, Jessica Seay, Caroline Stallard, and Kenneth Wells. 2022. Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN): Phase 1. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/HDNPECQ5

Publications:

Springgate, B. F., Arevian, A. C., Wennerstrom, A., Johnson, A. J., Eisenman, D. P., Sugarman, O. K., … Wells, K. B. (2018). Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN): Study Protocol with Participatory Planning for a Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), 1683. doi:10.3390/ijerph15081683

Everett, Sugarman, O., Wennerstrom, A., Pollock, M., True, G., Haywood, C., Meyers, D., Raines, A., Wells, K., Johnson, A., Arevian, A. C., Sato, J., & Springgate, B. (2020). Community-informed strategies to address trauma and enhance resilience in climate-affected communities. Traumatology, 26(3), 285–297. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000225

Palinkas, Springgate, B. F., Sugarman, O. K., Hancock, J., Wennerstrom, A., Haywood, C., Meyers, D., Johnson, A., Polk, M., Pesson, C. L., Seay, J. E., Stallard, C. N., & Wells, K. B. (2021). A Rapid Assessment of Disaster Preparedness Needs and Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 425. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020425

Pollock, M. J., Wennerstrom, A., True, G., Everett, A., Sugarman, O., Haywood, C., … Springgate, B. (2019). Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations in South Louisiana, 2018. American Journal of Public Health, 109(S4), S309–S315. doi:10.2105/ajph.2019.305152

Purpose:

To capture community needs, assets, partnerships, priorities, and previous experiences related to disaster exposure in Southeast Louisiana. Findings informed intervention development.

Data Parameters and Units:

This dataset is remotely hosted at Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [ICPSR; https://doi.org/10.3886/E130842V1-79141]. The dataset includes 47 redacted interview transcripts (pdf files). Please note that there is no 20th transcript, and the file "CLEARN Part 1 020 Redacted rep.pdf" does not exist as it was a duplicate of another interview. The Excel file "FINAL_Codebook_C-learn_06.29.18" is a C-LEARN interview codebook that includes the code name and the definition.

Methods:

Phase I study of Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) contains a semi-structured interview survey following the Rapid Assessment Procedure-Informed Community Ethnography (RAPICE) methodology. It involved using the National Health Security Strategy and Implementation Plan (NHSS/IP) for the directed content analysis of key informant interviews with representatives from 47 agencies in Southeast Louisiana from February to May 2018. While 67 people were invited to participate, only 53 responded to the invite, and 48 people were available to be interviewed. A "C-LEARN Key Informant Interview Guide" with questions on interviewee, agency, and client demographics; services offered; partnership or network involvement; agency and individual disaster-related experiences; and agency use of technology (Appendix A), and theme alignment with NHSS/IP (Appendix B) are available as a supplement to the online version of the associated publication, Pollock et al., 2019 in American Journal of Public Health [AJPH; https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/suppl/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305152].