A theoretical framework for viewing health services utilization is presented, emphasizing the importance of the (1) characteristics of the health services delivery system, (2) changes in medical technology and social norms relating to the definition and treatment of illness, and (3) individual determi...
Societal is the more normal word for sense b, even though it sounds a little academic:"Societal attitudes favor the individual to the group in America." = In American society, people have the attitude that individual people are more important than groups."Unwritten societal rules usually prevent...
Implementing Human Rights and the Societal Impediments to Sustainable Change in Latin AmericaThis article deals with the importance and difficulty of implementing and enforcing human rights values, standards, and norms to protect people from abuse by state institutions. The responsibility of the state ...
Gender roles are determined by both societal culture and the result of biological makeup. Media as an impact on the decision of what your role will be in society. Your decision on what you want to be is formed through the span of grown and observing what happens in society. Your biologica...
It would be very nice if technology actually evolved out of social norms in a way that it reflected the way people use that technology. But that is not happening in the technology for society and for public problem solving. The second thing I want to bring to your attention is the nature...
and behave in their everyday lives. It's like an invisible guidebook that tells us what is considered normal or appropriate in a particular community. These norms can cover things like how we greet each other, how we dress, or the roles we play based on our gender. They help create a ...
Taking the Right Seriously: America's Moral Responsibility for Effects of Past Racial Discrimination This essay argues that American society is morally responsible for the social and economic disadvantages disproportionately experienced by black Americans to the extent such conditions result from past societ...
The Institute works in close collaboration with relevant partners to reduce the harms from cyberattacks on people’s lives worldwide. By analysing cyberattacks, the Institute exposes their societal impact, how international laws and norms are being violated, and advances responsible behaviour to ...
Partner Julia McClatchy and coauthors suggest that defaulting to old norms—such as the notion that more days in the office is the best measure of success—might be an impediment. On an episode of the McKinsey Talks Talent podcast, senior partners Bill Schaninger and Lareina Yee and partner...
Women are complicated. African women are complicated. It was important for me to portray us in all our complexity, in the fullness of ourselves. There have always been specific societal norms and pressures on women. Even in our fourth wave of feminism, even after Tarana Burke’s #MeToo move...