@article{ref1,
title="A cause to action: Learning to develop a culturally responsive/relevant approach to 21st century water safety messaging through collaborative partnerships",
journal="International journal of aquatic research and education",
year="2018",
author="Beale-Tawfeeq, A.K. and Anderson, A. and Ramos, W.D.",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="e8-e8",
abstract="Globally, and in the United States, drowning is considered a &quot;neglected public health threat&quot; (WHO, 2014b). Reports have shown that there are groups of people in certain communities who are at greater risk. African Americans, as a group, have a drowning death rate 9% higher than that of the overall population, with the greatest disparity being among African American youth (Gilchrist & Parker, 2014). While many national programs and organizations present water safety awareness and drowning prevention efforts within communities, very few offer multi-sectorial collaborative efforts (WHO, 2017a) among culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) aquatic stakeholders designed to empower, promote, and support water safety awareness in communities. Inspired by evidence-based research, derived from a national water safety and drowning prevention campaign, the purpose of this article is to answer a call to action by the World Health Organization (2017a) to approach water safety education through a social justice lens to inform programming and collaborative partnerships. © 2018, Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-9997",
doi="10.25035/ijare.11.01.08",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.11.01.08"
}