scholarly journals Social representations of dietary practices and their determinants in a Moroccan community

2021 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Imane Barakat ◽  
Mohammed Elayachi ◽  
Rekia Belahsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Professional Occupation ◽  
Eating Practices

Food is a multidimensional science that has appeal among other social representations of food practices. This study aimed to characterize and identify the determinants of eating practices according to the social representations of a population in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (RSK) region of Morocco. Data concerning socio-demographic characteristics were collected using a questionnaire. The social representations of dietary practices were obtained by characterizing three dietary practices. The main results showed that the high proportion of the study population is over 34 years old, is female, is married, and resides in the urban area. The most characteristic of good dietary practices chosen by the majority of the population was palatability, the factor chosen as the least characteristic of good dietary practices was traditional preparations. Among the studied factors, age, gender, higher level of education, professional occupation, "married" marital status, and involvement in purchasing and food preparation within the household are the determinants of certain representations.

scholarly journals DIET AND HEALTH IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADOLESCENTS: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julyana Gall da Silva ◽  
Márcia de Assunção Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Preparation Time ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Eating Practices

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the social representations of healthy eating and to analyze the relationships established with health. Method: an exploratory and descriptive study, with qualitative approach that applied the Social Representations Theory. A semistructured interview was conducted with 31 adolescent students, aged 10 to 13 years, from a municipal school in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from September to November 2013. The Alceste software was used to analyze the two classes of greater statistical significance. Results: adolescents choose foods with higher fat content, with faster preparation time and more sugar. They care about health, but they prioritize pleasure and taste. They establish a relationship between diet, body weight and health, understanding that fat people are more prone to diseases. Conclusion: healthy eating is conceptualized by what adolescents consider good or bad for their health, but this evaluation is not directly related to their eating practices. The contradictions between knowledge and practice are evidenced in order to guide propositional interventions with this population group.

scholarly journals Social food practices of children in the low-income Russian families

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Egoryshev ◽  
R. M. Sadykov ◽  
Yu. V. Migunova
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Republic

The article is based on the results of the study of social practices of nutrition of children in low-income Russian families. The authors consider approaches to the study of food practices as a historically and culturally determined phenomenon, which is in many respects connected with social-economic characteristics and problems of the contemporary society. The quality of nutrition is defined as the main indicator of the social-economic development of the country determining public health and social potential. Today the Russian society is characterized by the deterioration of the children and adolescents’ health, including due to the decrease in the nutritional value of the family food consumption. The current situation proves the social significance of the problem of nutrition for children and other groups of population, which is manifested in the close relationship between the dietary practices and the content of the national projects implemented in Russia. The article presents the data of official statistics and the results of the survey conducted in the Republic of Bashkortostan, which characterize the existing and emerging food practices in Russian families as depending on their incomes and number of children. According to the results of the survey, for 35% of families the food expenses make up to 30-40% of their income, for 26% - 40-50%, while the share of 20-25% is considered the global threshold of poverty. With an increase in the level of income, the share of food expenses decreases, and vice versa; and the nutrition in small families is much better and diverse than in large families, i.e. the social nutrition practices of the Russian families depend on their incomes and living standards.

scholarly journals The social representations of patients of Quechua origin with Type 2 Diabetes about their disease and treatment in two hospitals in Cusco

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-828
Author(s):  
Ramón Figueroa Mujica ◽  
Guisela Yábar Torres
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Popular Medicine ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Analysis Computer

Objectives: To achieve an approximation the social representations of patients about their disease. and about its treatment. Methodology: This is a qualitative study on social representations based on the interpretive paradigm and through an in-depth interview, for which a guide of topics or categories was used, based on the objectives of the study. The study population was made up of patients treated in the Endocrinology Units of the Antonio Lorena and Regional Hospitals of Cusco, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and of Quechua origin evidenced by their mother tongue. The sample is non-probabilistic for convenience, the representativeness of the discourse was sought for this, reaching 30 interviews based on the saturation criterion. The information analysis included 1. The transcription (from oral Quechua to written Quechua) and the translation of the interviews and 2. The computerized processing of the interviews, for which purpose the RQDA (Research qualitative data analysis) computer program was used. Results: The ideas that patients have about the cause of their disease and the changes that it produces reflect the influence of Modern Medicine and Andean and Popular Medicine. On the other hand, for the treatment of their disease, they consider it useful to combine the medications that have been indicated in the health service with the resources of Andean and Popular Medicine (medicinal herbs and other natural products). Conclusion: The patients in our study have an intercultural approach to approach and treat.

scholarly journals Bodies in motion: spaces, emotions and representations that (de)construct realities

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Alonso Caravaca-Morera ◽  
Maria Itayra Padilha
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
San Jose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population

Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the social representations of the body among Brazilian and Costa Rican transsexual people through their life stories. METHOD Qualitative and descriptive multicenter research. The study population consisted of 70 participants. Two organizations cooperated to collect the information, one in Florianópolis, SC-Brazil and one in San José, the capital of Costa Rica. Content Analysis was used to analyze the data. RESULTS Based on the results, a single social representation of corporeality was unveiled: “Modeled bodies: about the elasticity of corporeality”. This representation described two clear elementary context units (discourse matrices). The first associates the body with an inconclusive, transitory, volatile, pliable, moldable and fluid object, while the second relates the body with a separate institution, but regulated and controlled by others. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the transsexual body is a volatile, transient, transformable institution, crossed by the marks of a historicizing and historicizable time, which comes within the scope not only of what can be named by means of linguistic signs, but also of what belongs to the unnamable in terms of sociocultural perceptions and feelings.

scholarly journals The principles of the Brazilian Unified Health System, studied based on similitude analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Munhen de Pontes ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Representational Change ◽  
Organizational Principles ◽  
Free Word

OBJECTIVES: to analyze and compare the incorporation of the ethical-doctrinal and organizational principles into the social representations of the Unified Health System (SUS) among health professionals. METHOD: a study grounded in Social Representations Theory, undertaken with 125 subjects, in eight health institutions in Rio de Janeiro. The free word association technique was applied to the induction term "SUS", the words evoked being analyzed using the techniques of the Vergès matrix and similitude analysis. RESULTS: it was identified that the professionals' social representations vary depending on their level of education, and that those with higher education represent a subgroup responsible for the process of representational change identified. This result was confirmed through similitude analysis. CONCLUSION: a process of representational change is ongoing, in which it was ascertained that the professionals incorporated the principles of the SUS into their symbolic constructions. The similitude analysis was shown to be a fruitful technique for research in nursing.

Determining the Size of the Middle Class in Russia Based on a Set of Criteria "Level of Education – Professional Status»

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
O. Guzakova ◽  
T. Tulina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Total Population ◽  
The State ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
The Social

The Middle class of society performs many useful and significant functions in the development of any state. To conduct a balanced socio-economic policy, the state needs to know the social structure of society, including the share of the middle class in the total population, as well as the dynamics of its development. To this end, the paper substantiates the author's criteria for distinguishing the middle class among employees by level of education and professional status. The size of the middle class in Russia is determined for each of the above criteria separately and in their entirety. A comparative analysis of the results obtained is presented, based on which, at the end of the work, directions for increasing the middle class in the country are proposed.

scholarly journals CONCEPÇÃO DE EDUCAÇÃO INTEGRAL: fundamentos e (res)significações na política educacional para o Ensino Médio

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Maria Sandreana Salvador da Silva Lizzi ◽  
Aparecida Favoreto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integral Education ◽  
Professional Occupation ◽  
Education And Society

O artigo discute a educação integral, tomando como foco o Ensino Médio, visto que, nos últimos anos, este nível de ensino tem sido palco de reformas, em que esta perspectiva, ora é apresentada como possibilidade de integração entre escola e ocupação profissional, ora como integração entre educação e sociedade. Dentre os projetos de reformas, coloca-se em destaque o Programa Ensino Médio Inovador (ProEMI), o qual desde 2009 está em debate no Brasil. Para tanto, apoiando-se nos documentos legais e em teóricos que analisam de forma ampla os problemas sociais, problematiza-se sobre as possibilidades e os limites de uma formação integral no contexto dinâmico e contraditório da sociedade capitalista. Por fim, com base em Marx e Gramsci, evidencia que a educação integral vai muito além de um redesenho curricular, mas exige uma mudança cultural, no sentido de unificar método e metodologia de ensino, de modo a ampliar a capacidade de o aluno compreender suas mediações, determinações e possibilidades históricas.Abstract: The article to discuss integral education, focusing on High School. In recent years, this level of education has been changed by reforms, in which, it was presented as a possibility of integration between school and professional occupation and/or as an integration between education and society. Among the reform projects, the Innovative Higher Education Proram (ProEMI) was introduced, which, it has been discussed in Brazil since 2009. Based on legal documents and studies that analyze the social problems, the article shows the possibilities and limits of an integral education in the dynamic and contradictory context of capitalist society. Finally, based on Marx and Gramsci, it shows that integral education goes far beyond a curricular redesign, but it requires a cultural change, in the sense of unifying teaching method and methodology, to expand the student's ability to understand their mediations, determinations and historical possibilities.Keywords: High school. Integral Education. ProEMI. Method and Methodology of teaching.ResumenEl artículo pretende discutir la educación integral, tomando como foco la Enseñanza Media, ya que, en los últimos años, este nivel de enseñanza ha sido escenario de reformas, en que esta perspectiva ora es presentada como posibilidad de integración entre escuela y ocupación profesional, ora como integración entre educación y sociedad. Entre los proyectos de reformas, se pone de relieve el Programa Enseñanza Media Innovadora (ProEMI), el cual desde 2009 está en debate en Brasil. Por lo tanto, apoyándose en los documentos legales y en teóricos que analizan de forma amplia los problemas sociales, discute sobre las posibilidades y los límites de una formación integral en el contexto dinámico y contradictorio de la sociedad capitalista. Por último, con base en Marx y Gramsci, evidencia que la educación integral va mucho más allá de una reorganización curricular, pero exige un cambio cultural, en el sentido de unificar método y metodología de enseñanza, para ampliar la capacidad del alumno de comprender sus mediaciones, determinaciones y posibilidades históricas.Palabras clave: Enseñanza Media. Educación Integral. ProEMI. Método y Metodología de enseñanza.

Commitment to pro- versus counter-attitudinal behavior and the dynamics of social representations

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Tafani ◽  
Lionel Souchet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Dimensional Model ◽  
Students Attitudes

This research uses the counter-attitudinal essay paradigm ( Janis & King, 1954 ) to test the effects of social actions on social representations. Thus, students wrote either a pro- or a counter-attitudinal essay on Higher Education. Three forms of counter-attitudinal essays were manipulated countering respectively a) students’ attitudes towards higher education; b) peripheral beliefs or c) central beliefs associated with this representation object. After writing the essay, students expressed their attitudes towards higher education and evaluated different beliefs associated with it. The structural status of these beliefs was also assessed by a “calling into question” test ( Flament, 1994a ). Results show that behavior challenging either an attitude or peripheral beliefs induces a rationalization process, giving rise to minor modifications of the representational field. These modifications are only on the social evaluative dimension of the social representation. On the other hand, when the behavior challenges central beliefs, the same rationalization process induces a cognitive restructuring of the representational field, i.e., a structural change in the representation. These results and their implications for the experimental study of representational dynamics are discussed with regard to the two-dimensional model of social representations ( Moliner, 1994 ) and rationalization theory ( Beauvois & Joule, 1996 ).

Liberté d'opinion et limite normative dans une représentation sociale: le développement de l'intelligence 1Ce texte reprend l'essentiel d'un exposé présenté en juin 1998 à la Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education de Genève, à l'occasion de la collation du Doctorat Honoris Causa de l'Université de Genève à l'auteur.

1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Flament
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

This paper is concerned by a possible articulation between the diversity of individual opinions and the existence of consensus in social representations. It postulates the existence of consensual normative boundaries framing the individual opinions. A study by questionnaire about the social representations of the development of intelligence gives support to this notion.

Social Representations and Commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonetto ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Grégory Lo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Line ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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