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Roles for computing in social change [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 2019
A recent normative turn in computer science has brought concerns about fairness, bias, and accountability to the core of the field. Yet recent scholarship has warned that much of this technical work treats problematic features of the status quo as fixed,
Rediet Abebe   +5 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Evolution of artificial intelligence research in Technological Forecasting and Social Change: Research topics, trends, and future directions

open access: yesTechnological forecasting & social change, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of rapidly expanding disruptive technologies that are radically transforming various aspects related to people, business, society, and the environment.
Yogesh K. Dwivedi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Theories of power and social change. Power contestations and their implications for research on social change and innovation

open access: yesJournal of Political Power, 2021
This paper proposes a meta-theoretical framework for studying power in processes of change and innovation. Power is one of the most contested concepts in social and political theory.
Flor Avelino
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fostering Dialogic Engagement: Toward an Architecture of Social Media for Social Change

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2021
Dialogic theory and engagement hold great potential as frameworks for thinking about how social media can facilitate public discussions about social issues.
Michael L. Kent, Maureen Taylor
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decentralization and Regionalization of Surgical Care: A Review of Evidence for the Optimal Distribution of Surgical Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019
Background While recommendations for the optimal distribution of surgical services in high-income countries (HICs) exist, it is unclear how these translate to resource-limited settings.
Katherine R. Iverson   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated analysis of online signals and insight generation about digital conversations on COVID-19 vaccines in Eastern and Southern Africa: a longitudinal analysis of social listening data

open access: yesBMC Proceedings, 2023
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, social listening programs across digital channels have become an integral part of health preparedness and response planning, allowing to capture and address questions, information needs, and misinformation shared ...
Silvia Sommariva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccination in health workers in Eastern and Southern Africa

open access: yesBMC Proceedings, 2023
Background In 2021, twenty out of twenty-one countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region introduced COVID-19 vaccines. With variable willingness to uptake vaccines across countries, the aim of the present study was to better understand ...
Helena Ballester Bon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accessing Antenatal Care (ANC) services during the COVID-19 first wave: insights into decision-making in rural India

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2022
Plain language summary This article highlights the status of ANC services during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Data was collected through 12
Shweta Bankar, Deepika Ghosh
doaj   +1 more source

A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change

open access: yesNature Human Behaviour, 2020
Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion.
T. Hässler   +42 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Financing surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia–Pacific region: proceedings

open access: yesBMC Proceedings, 2023
Surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care saves lives, prevents disability, promotes economic prosperity, and is a fundamental human right. Session two of the three-part virtual meeting series on Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric ...
Rennie X. Qin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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