Changing attitudes to health and healthcare

Information on the Manchester Museum holding of British butterflies is presented and access to it is made available. Almost all of the collection has been provided over a period of 200 years by donations from private collectors. We discuss the dates, the pattern of collecting and evidence the material holds of changing attitudes and perceived uses of private collections.

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A gap between Law and Practice: A Community’s Perception of Unmarried Women’s Abortion Options in Nepal

Health Prospect ◽

10.3126/hprospect.v12i2.9869 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 24-30

Author(s):

Simone Christensen Hald ◽

Ditte Aagaard Sondergaard

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Safe Abortion ◽

Community Attitudes ◽

Abortion Law ◽

Premarital Sexual Activity ◽

Premarital Sexual ◽

The Right ◽

Changing Attitudes ◽

Depth Interviews

Background In 2002, the Nepalese abortion law went from being highly restrictive to fully liberal. This study aimed to explore a local community’s perception of the situation for unmarried Nepalese women wanting to practice their legal right to abortion.Methods The study comprised a cross-sectional survey and in-depth interviews with men and women above the age of 16 years living in the Makwanpur District, Nepal. The final data included 55 questionnaires and 16 interviews. The questionnaire data was univariate analysed, while a condensation of meaning analysis was carried out on the interviews.Results The overall awareness of abortion being legal was high, although the extent of knowledge of the specific legal grounds varied. Unmarried women were believed to have access to abortion services, although they risked stigmatisation due to their marital status. The community attitude towards these women having abortions was very negative, hence it differed from the legal acceptance of all women having the right to abortion. This was explained by societal norms on premarital sexual activity. Generally, the participants felt that changing attitudes would be difficult but possible over time.Conclusion A considerable gap exists between the legal acceptance of abortion and community attitudes when it comes to unmarried women as this group encounters barriers when wanting to practice their right. Therefore, these barriers need to be addressed to allow unmarried Nepalese women access to safe abortion services without the risk of being stigmatised.One possible alternative is educational initiatives such as disseminating information vigorously through mass media to create awareness.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v12i2.9869 Health Prospect Vol.12(2) 2013: 24-30

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Death and the Enlightenment: Changing Attitudes to Death among Christians and Unbelievers in Eighteenth-Century France. John McManners

The Journal of Modern History ◽

10.1086/242538 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 540-542

Author(s):

Mona Ozouf

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

The Enlightenment ◽

Changing Attitudes ◽

Attitudes To Death

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Victims of Circumstance: An Interpretation of Changing Attitudes Toward Republican Policy Makers and Reconstruction

Journal of American History ◽

10.2307/1900549 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 48

Author(s):

Larry Kincaid

Keyword(s):

Policy Makers ◽

Changing Attitudes

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Redefining Forro as a marker of identity: Language contact as a driving force for language maintenance among Santomeans in Portugal

Multilingua ◽

10.1515/multi-2020-0082 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Marie-Eve Bouchard

Keyword(s):

Language Contact ◽

Language Maintenance ◽

Attitudes And Beliefs ◽

Speech Community ◽

Group Code ◽

Community Members ◽

Sao Tome And Principe ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Changing Attitudes

AbstractIn São Tomé and Príncipe, the language shift toward Portuguese is resulting in the endangerment of the native creoles of the island. These languages have been considered of low value in Santomean society since the mid-twentieth century. But when Santomeans are members of a diaspora, their perceptions of these languages, especially Forro, change in terms of value and identity-marking. It is possible to observe such changes among the Santomeans who learn Forro when they are abroad, who use it as an in-group code, and start to value it more. In this article, I address the role of language contact in the maintenance and expansion of Forro. I investigate the mechanisms of language maintenance by focusing on the shifts in community members’ attitudes and beliefs regarding their languages, as a result of contact. The changing attitudes and beliefs have led to a redefinition of the role of Forro in the speech community. This qualitative study is based on semistructured interviews conducted on São Tomé Island and in Portugal. Findings suggest that the change in value attributed to Forro by Santomeans as a result of contact contribute to the valorization of the language.

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