http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/1755 http://idea.library.drexel.edu/retrieve/8361 http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/1755 Search the Channel search http://idea.library.drexel.edu/simple-search http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/2558 Title: Preparing racially and ethnically diverse communities for public health emergencies <br/> <br/>Authors: Andrulis, Dennis P.; Siddiqui, Nadia J.; Gantner, Jenna L. <br/> <br/>Abstract: The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans confirmed that effective implementation of public health preparedness programs and policies will require compliance from all racial and ethnic populations. This study reviews current resources and limitations and suggests future directions for integrating diverse communities into related strategies. It documents research and interventions, including promising models and practices that address preparedness for minorities. However, findings reveal a general lack of focus on diversity and suggest that future preparedness efforts need to fully integrate factors related to race, culture, and language into risk communication, public health training, measurement, coordination, and policy at all levels. http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/1949 Title: "The ball was always in his court": An exploratory analysis of relationship scripts, sexual scripts, and condom use among African American women <br/> <br/>Authors: Bowleg, Lisa; Lucas, Kenya; Tschann, Jeanne <br/> <br/>Abstract: This qualitative study explored the association between African American women’s interpersonal relationship and sexual scripts and condom use with primary partners. Participants were 14 lower to middle-income women between the ages of 22 and 39 involved in emotionally and sexually intimate heterosexual relationships. Relationship types included those that were: stable, emotionally committed; casual, primarily sexual; and unstable, emotionally imbalanced and/or conflict-ridden. Respondents completed a semi-structured interview and a questionnaire about their relationships, sexual, and condom use behaviors. Data analyses identified three interpersonal relationship scripts (i.e., men control relationships, women sustain relationships, infidelity is normative) and two interpersonal sexual scripts (i.e., men control sexual activity; women want to use condoms, but men control condom use) that may indirectly or directly decrease African American women’s condom use with primary partners, and in turn increase their HIV risk. We discuss these interpersonal scripts within the context of sociocultural factors relevant to African American women, heterosexual relationships and communities. <br/> <br/>Description: e-file 2006174295a is the article, 2006175295b is the accompanying dataset table.