Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART): The CART Integrated System

Purpose

Public health professionals seeking tools to assess community demographics and resilience can use this resource. It helps evaluate strengths and weaknesses, focusing on community involvement for disaster prevention, mitigation, and recovery.

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Developed by: The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Resource information

Resource: Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART): The CART Integrated System©

Target audiences

  • Community members
  • Community leaders
  • Public health professionals
  • Emergency managers
  • Mental health professionals
  • Local government

Main objectives

Secondary objective

  • Community Preparation
  • Long-Term Interventions
  • Community Engagement
  • Informal Outreach Mechanisms

Resource Type

Toolkit

Publication Year

2012

Case study

The following study used the assessment tools provided by the CART to evaluate a disadvantaged community's resilience. It also examined which demographic characteristics relate to the community’s potential for resilience.

Disaster Health: Assessing community resilience: A CART survey application in an impoverished urban community

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