TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - A cause to action: Learning to develop a culturally responsive/relevant approach to 21st century water safety messaging through collaborative partnerships
JO  - International journal of aquatic research and education
A1  - Beale-Tawfeeq, A.K.
A1  - Anderson, A.
A1  - Ramos, W.D.
SP  - e8
EP  - e8
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - Globally, and in the United States, drowning is considered a "neglected public health threat" (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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-9997
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.11.01.08
ID  - ref1
ER  -