Making a Difference: TPSR, a New Wave of Youth Development Changing Lives One Stroke at a Time

Beale, Angela

doi:10.1080/07303084.2016.1157392

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“…When looking at policies and programs, most of the time, we are looking at health behaviors, socioeconomic factors, and physical environments. Addressing disparities in drowning prevention and water safety calls for not only social but restorative justice, removal of obstacles, and development of policies that create experiences and opportunities, including social-emotional and sociocultural growth through water safety [ 12 ]. Evaluations of healthy communities demonstrate that what most impacts our health comes from outside of healthcare [ 39 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the United States, racial disparities in drowning rates persist even after controlling for socioeconomic status [ 4 ]. Lack of familiarity, lack of access, fear of drowning, and the cost of attending swimming lessons and activities are barriers to learning swimming and water safety among under-resourced and CLED communities [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. Furthermore, studies have shown that disparities are often systemic in nature, based on public health approaches and public policies [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recreational aquatic sites have been the setting for the turmoil of social justice, water safety, and public health in the past. With CLED communities continually lacking access and having limited to no water safety education and/or drowning prevention programming, it is essential when engaging CLED communities, with policies and safety messages, that attempts be made to ensure policies and educational experiences work for all [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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Promoting Equity, Social Justice, and Saving Lives with Life Jacket and Clothing Policies

Beale‐Tawfeeq

Quan

Bennett

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Worldwide, diverse racial/ethnic groups have disproportionately higher drowning rates. Learning to swim and wearing life jackets decrease drowning risk. We evaluated aquatic facilities’ policies regarding use of life jackets, clothing, and diapers through a lens of social justice, equity, and inclusion to ensure they met the needs of the diverse high-risk groups they serve and changing aquatic activities and programs. Public recreational pools, beach and waterpark facilities in the US and international organizations were surveyed regarding their policies on life jacket use, clothing, and diapers between 2015 and 2016. A total of 562 facilities responded, mostly pools. Almost all facilities allowed wearing life jackets in the shallow end but less so in the deep end, and wearing of T-shirts, shorts, and clothes for modesty reasons. Policies varied most on wearing non-swim clothes. Almost universal requirement of diapers applied to infants only. Respondents’ reported themes included cost, access, safety, hygiene and equipment maintenance. Reviewed policies generally reflected facilities’ responsiveness to diverse populations’ specific needs. However, policy variations around wearing clothing and swim diapers could be costly, confusing, and impede participation in aquatic activities by vulnerable populations, specifically young children and racial and ethnic minorities. Standardization of these policies could assist aquatic facilities and their users. A best-practices-based policy is outlined.

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Bennett

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“…HBCUs would be an ideal forum to move from awareness to action when addressing the impact of drowning among diverse populations including K-16 environments (Crewe, 2017;Beale, 2016). Historically, HBCUs have been categorized as institutions of higher learning founded to educate the descendants of slaves (Brown, Donahoo, & Bertrand, 2001).…”

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“…Beale (2012) had documented that collaborative relationships were effective measures for combating drowning in minority communities. Because drowning disparities among the most vulnerable populations was recognized as a leading cause of unintentional injury death especially among African American children (Pharr, Irwin, Layne, & Irwin, 2018;Beale, 2016), a collaborative agreement was reached.…”

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Reestablishing a Culture of Water Competency at an HBCU

Rawlins¹

2018

IJARE

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African American children ages 5-19 years drown in swimming pools at rates of 5.5 times higher than those of whites (Gilchrist & Parker, 2014). Literature suggested culture is the culprit for this disparity. A fear of water dates to slavery (Pitts, 2007). After slavery was abolished, the memory of drowning remained part of the African American culture. In the twentieth century, the popularity of swimming grew with the increase in public pools. The era of the Jim Crow laws kept African Americans out of public pools (Pitts, 2007). Although the political landscape has shifted since the Jim Crow era, inequities have continued to linger. Despite the reported disparity between drowning among African Americans and others, a gap exists in the literature regarding aquatic programming at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Delaware State University (DSU) is addressing the fear of water among students on campus and among members of the surrounding community to DSU by implementing the American Red Cross Parent Orientation to Swim Curriculum. DSU's current motto is "Making our mark on the world;" the previous motto was, "Only an educated man is free." We prefer to recall that Plato said, "A man is not learned until he can read, write, and swim" (Silver, 2018).

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Physical Education and Anti-Blackness

Culp

2020

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

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Making a Difference: TPSR, a New Wave of Youth Development Changing Lives One Stroke at a Time

Cited by 13 publications

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Promoting Equity, Social Justice, and Saving Lives with Life Jacket and Clothing Policies

Promoting Equity, Social Justice, and Saving Lives with Life Jacket and Clothing Policies

Reestablishing a Culture of Water Competency at an HBCU

Physical Education and Anti-Blackness

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