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 3 of the study, we conducted a second round of qualitative interviews with community leaders and stakeholders to rapidly assess evolving community needs, priorities, and assets as COVID became a growing global public health threat. Phase 1 of this study is available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI): T3.x889.000:0001 (DOI: 10.7266/HDNPECQ5). 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 3. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/ACTMZKCB

Publications:

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

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

Purpose:

Phase 3 of the C-LEARN study was added given feedback and shifting community needs during the COVID pandemic. Thus, the purpose of phase 3 was to rapidly assess evolving community needs, priorities, and assets as COVID became a growing global public health threat, especially as the 2020 hurricane season approached.

Data Parameters and Units:

This dataset is remotely hosted at Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [ICPSR; https://doi.org/10.3886/E130842V1-79140]. The dataset includes 26 redacted interview transcripts (pdf files) and the C-LEARN interview codebook "C-LEARN Part 3 COVID Rapid Assessment - Code List.xlsx" with code name and the comments/questions. Inclusion criteria: Adults aged 18 years and older, members of communities in southeast Louisiana including, but not limited to the greater New Orleans area, coastal Louisiana, and the greater Baton Rouge area.

Methods:

Phase 3 study of Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) contains a semi-structured interviews survey conducted with 26 representatives of 24 different community-based programs in southern Louisiana. Out of 68 people invited to participate in the phase 3 study, only 26 people were available to be interviewed. Interview questions included topics like the nature of services provided, the impact of the pandemic on services delivery, partnerships with other agencies and organizations, and training participated in concerning disaster preparedness and recovery, mental health services, and other services. Participants also provided information on demographic characteristics and the characteristics of the clients served by their agencies, their agency’s mission and how it had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. All interviews were conducted over the phone or online using the Zoom platform that lasted between 45 min to 1 hour and was recorded and transcribed for analysis. During the transcription, any individually identifying information was removed. Further, data collected from the survey were analyzed following the Rapid Assessment Procedure-Informed Community Ethnography (RAPICE) methodology using techniques of immersion and crystallization and focused thematic analysis.