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Toward a Psychology of Social Change: A Typology of Social Change [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Millions of people worldwide are affected by dramatic social change (DSC). While sociological theory aims to understand its precipitants, the psychological consequences remain poorly understood.
R. de la Sablonnière
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Social Change [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century, especially in sexual mores.
Greenwood, Jeremy, Guner, Nezih
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The Etiology of Social Change [PDF]

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, 2009
AbstractA fundamental aspect of human beings is that they learn. The process of learning and what is learned are impacted by a number of factors, both cognitive and social; that is, humans are boundedly rational. Cognitive and social limitations interact, making it difficult to reason about how to provide information to impact what humans know, believe,
Kathleen M. Carley   +2 more
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Social Change: Conflict and Competition

open access: yes, 2022
Conflict and competition arise when involved parties’ preferences and goals collide. This chapter highlights theoretical and empirical perspectives on the emergence and manifestations of conflicts. We outline how conflicts can occur from three perspectives: considering conflicts between individual actors, considering conflicts between individuals in ...
van Beest, I., Rahal, R.
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A research tool for measuring non-participation of older people in research on digital health

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background Healthcare services are being increasingly digitalised in European countries. However, in studies evaluating digital health technology, some people are less likely to participate than others, e.g.
Arianna Poli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Globalization of national surgical, obstetric and anesthesia plans: the critical link between health policy and action in global surgery

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2020
Efforts from the developed world to improve surgical, anesthesia and obstetric care in low- and middle-income countries have evolved from a primarily volunteer mission trip model to a sustainable health system strengthening approach as private and public
Paul Truché   +12 more
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Does community-based health insurance protect women from financial catastrophe after cesarean section? A prospective study from a rural hospital in Rwanda

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background The implementation of community-based health insurance in (CBHI) in Rwanda has reduced out of pocket (OOP) spending for the > 79% of citizens who enroll in it but the effect for surgical patients is not well described.
Rachel Koch   +10 more
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Social representations, legitimacy and market change

open access: yes, 2018
The study illuminates the influence of cultural factors on change using social representations and institutional theory. The interaction between social representations and cultural- cognitive legitimacy in market change is exposed through a triangulation
Mwangi, V. Cocker, H. and Piacentini, M. G.,
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The current status of surgical care in the Asia–Pacific region and opportunities for improvement: proceedings

open access: yesBMC Proceedings, 2023
The World Health Assembly resolution 68.15 recognised emergency and essential surgery as a critical component of universal health coverage. The first session of the three-part virtual meeting series on Strategic Planning to Improve Surgical, Obstetric ...
Rennie X. Qin   +6 more
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Changing social relationships [PDF]

open access: yesQuality and Safety in Health Care, 2006
In his review of our paper on pro-anorexia internet communities,1 Dr Smith introduced one inaccuracy into an otherwise concise summary. He mistakenly attributed a quotation from a participant in the internet forum to our researcher. Angela (a pseudonym) …
N J, Fox, K, Ward, A, O'Rourke
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