Examining the Aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans: A Qualitative Study of Faculty and Staff Perceptions

Researchers have reported how Hurricane Katrina has affected teachers who work with Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12), yet little is Forcina Capelli known about how the natural disaster has affected other important K-12 faculty and staff (e.g., coaches, librarians, school counselors, and cafeteria workers).Missing from the literature is the impact th

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From press conferences to media dialogues, Cameroon learned to be more effective in relaying tobacco control messages

Background and challenges to implementation Cameroon ratified the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2006.Eleven years later, the country has still not adopted a national tobacco control bill, something the FCTC recommends be done three years into ratification.Knowing how powerful the media is in relaying in

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