scholarly journals Influence of Culture and Community Perceptions on Birth and Perinatal Care of Immigrant Women: Doulas’ Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye-Kyung Kang
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Informed Choice ◽  
Cultural Relativism ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Cultural Brokers ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Culturally Based

A qualitative study examined the perceptions of doulas practicing in Washington State regarding the influence of cultural and community beliefs on immigrant women’s birth and perinatal care, as well as their own cultural beliefs and values that may affect their ability to work interculturally. The findings suggest that doulas can greatly aid immigrant mothers in gaining access to effective care by acting as advocates, cultural brokers, and emotional and social support. Also, doulas share a consistent set of professional values, including empowerment, informed choice, cultural relativism, and scientific/evidence-based practice, but do not always recognize these values as culturally based. More emphasis on cultural self-awareness in doula training, expanding community doula programs, and more integration of doula services in health-care settings are recommended.

Integrative Nursing in the Community

2014 ◽  
pp. 344-355
Author(s):  
Judith Fouladbakhsh ◽  
Susan G. Szczesny
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
The Body ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Levels Of Care ◽  
Community Health Nurses ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Culturally Based ◽  
Health Nursing

This chapter discusses integrative community health nursing, providing a model to guide practitioners as they address the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of individuals, families, communities and society overall. Community health nurses are in a prime position to comprehensively assess needs of community members, and integrate beneficial and culturally based healing interventions. At all levels of care, integrative community health nurses establish strong caring relationships, recognize the importance of cultural beliefs and values, and incorporate therapies to nurture the body-mind-spirit, resulting in whole person/system healing. Exemplars of integrative nursing are presented to illustrate creative possibilities for community health and wellness.

Research issues in breastfeeding

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 286-290
Author(s):  
JP Dadhich
Keyword(s):  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Hiv Positive Mothers ◽  
Maternity Benefits ◽  
Hospital Practices ◽  
Initiation Of Breastfeeding

Enough scientific evidence is available in favour of breastfeeding as the optimal way of providing nutrition to the newborn infants and the preferred way of feeding in the sick neonates. Global and national guidelines for infant feeding recommend initiation of breastfeeding with in one hour of birth and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. However, it remains a challenge to implement these recommendations. There are several factors such as traditional practices, cultural beliefs, availability of skilled support to the lactating mother, commercial influence, maternity benefits, hospital practices, infant feeding in HIV positive mothers etc. which impacts successful breastfeeding. Though a variety of published literature is available on these subjects, there is a need to have more studies. This article is an attempt to highlight some of these issues.

Transfer of Information Technology to the Arab World

2011 ◽  
pp. 141-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Detmar W. Straub ◽  
Karen D. Loch ◽  
Carole E. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Influence Model ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Research Questions

The complex societal beliefs and values of the Arab world provide a rich setting to examine the hypothesized influence of culture on information technology transfer (ITT). Two research questions arise in this context: (1) Do cultural beliefs and values affect the transference of information technology in the Arab world? and (2) Does contact with technologically advanced societies impact ITT and systems outcomes? The present study addresses these research questions by conceptualizing and testing a cultural influence model of ITT. In this model, cultural beliefs and values are one major construct while a counterbalancing variable is the external influence of technologically advanced societies. These constructs along with the variable “national IT development” form the conceptual basis for the model. This study is the second part of a program of research investigating ITT. The setting of the study was Arab society, which allowed us to test our “cultural influence” model in, perhaps, one of the more complex cultural and social systems in the world. The program of research took place in several phases. In the early phases, Arab-American businessmen and women as well as Arabs studying in American universities were studied. In the latter phases, the cross-disciplinary research team gathered primary data in the Arab cultures of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and the Sudan. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used to explore the phenomenon of ITT. This paper reports quantitative findings from the latter phase. Findings suggest that the model has explanatory power. Arab cultural beliefs were a very strong predictor of resistance to systems and thus ITT; technological culturation was also a factor. These results have implications for future theory-testing and for technology policy-setting by responsible Arab leaders. Additionally, there are implications for transnational firms and managers charged with introducing IT in foreign ports, subsidiaries, offices, and plants.

Die Tiermalerin Rosa Bonheur

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Christin Meiwes
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Art Works ◽  
19Th Century France

The paper focuses on selected animal paintings of French artist Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899). She was the most famous female painter in 19th-century France, creating a huge amount of art works that reflect specific cultural beliefs and values of her time. Bonheur’s pictoral construction of reality shows that her paintings are located at the interface between different artistic strategies. A deep understanding of Bonheur’s work is presented here by drawing connections between animal painting history, social sciences, gender studies and art-historical concepts. In addition, the topic's educational value is explained and connected to contemporary teaching methods.

Differences in Cultural Beliefs and Values among African American and European American Men with Prostate Cancer

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanita Hughes Halbert ◽  
Frances K. Barg ◽  
Benita Weathers ◽  
Ernestine Delmoor ◽  
James Coyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
African American ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
European American ◽  
Beliefs And Values

Making the Climate a Part of the Human World

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 1297-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon D. Donner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Weather And Climate ◽  
Human World ◽  
City States

Doubts about the scientific evidence for anthropogenic climate change persist among the general public, particularly in North America, despite overwhelming consensus in the scientific community about the human influence on the climate system. The public uncertainty may be rooted in the belief, held by many cultures across the planet, that the climate is not directly influenced by people. The belief in divine control of weather and climate can, in some cases, be traced back to the development of agriculture and the early city-states. Drawing upon evidence from anthropology, theology, and communication studies, this article suggests that in many regions this deeply ingrained belief may limit public acceptance of the evidence for anthropogenic climate change. Successful climate change education and outreach programs should be designed to help overcome perceived conflict between climate science and long-held cultural beliefs, drawing upon lessons from communication and education regarding other potentially divisive subjects, such as evolution.

scholarly journals The modal nature of ICT: challenging the historical interpretation of the social understanding and appropriation of ICT.

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Leaning
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Social Understanding ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternate Model ◽  
Media Form ◽  
The Relationship

This paper proposes a sociological model for understanding the social appropriation of information and communications technology (ICT). It is argued that the relationship between a media form and the society in which it is deployed is of key import in understanding how media is used. An account is given of the way in which the power of ICT to affect society has been understood. It is argued that positions within this debate are deeply tied to Western cultural beliefs and values. An alternate model of technology is proposed. In this model ICT is regarded as ‘modal’ in operation, that is, it may operate differently in different situations.

scholarly journals FACILITATING AWARENESS AND INFORMED CHOICE IN GAMBLING

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Parke ◽  
Andrew Harris ◽  
Jonathan Parke ◽  
Jane Rigbye ◽  
Alex Blaszczynski
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Informed Choice ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Gambling Behaviour ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Harm Minimisation ◽  
Situational Characteristics ◽  
Timely Fashion

Research demonstrates that a large proportion of individuals have reduced levels of self-awareness of behaviour when gambling, through a process of dissociation (Powell, Hardoon, Derevensky, & Gupta, 1996) and narrowed attention (Diskin & Hodgins, 1999). This can be detrimental to the decision-making process, especially as players become increasingly stimulated, which can negatively impact upon gambling behaviour. Therefore, in an attempt to limit irrational gambling behaviour, and gambling beyond levels at which one had initially intended, emphasis is placed on harm minimisation approaches that attempt to increase self-awareness of behaviour and increase awareness of the probable outcomes of participation in gambling, by providing easily understood and relevant information in a timely fashion. Fundamentally, this refers to the provision of information pertaining to 1) Personal Behavioural Information - information provided to the player regarding amount of time and money spent gambling, and 2) Game Transparency Information – information that outlines to the player how the game operates e.g. probabilities of winning. Structural and situational characteristics of gambling may not however, be conducive to supporting self-regulation and self-control, making the process of facilitating awareness more challenging than one would initially assume. The following paper reviews evidence for the efficacy of strategies aimed at facilitating awareness during gambling, referring to behavioural information and game transparency, as well as problem gambling information and referral.

scholarly journals Comparative Ethnographic Narrative Analysis Method: Comparing Culture in Narratives

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 233339362110207
Author(s):  
Denise Saint Arnault ◽  
Laura Sinko
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Meta Level ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Cross Cultural Research ◽  
Methodological Paper

Narrative data analysis aims to understand the stories’ content, structure, or function. However narrative data can also be used to examine how context influences self-concepts, relationship dynamics, and meaning-making. This methodological paper explores the potential of narrative analysis to discover and compare the processes by which culture shapes selfhood and meaning making. We describe the development of the Comparative Ethnographic Narrative Analysis Method as an analytic procedure to systematically compare narrators’ experiences, meaning making, decisions, and actions across cultures. This analytic strategy seeks to discover shared themes, examine culturally distinct themes, and illuminate meta-level cultural beliefs and values that link shared themes. We emphasize the need for a shared research question, comparable samples, shared non-biased instruments, and high-fidelity training if one uses this qualitative method for cross-cultural research. Finally, specific issues, trouble-shooting practices, and implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Equipping Social Workers to Address Spirituality in Practice Settings: AModel Curriculum

10.18060/32 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Hodge
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Value Conflicts ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Spirituality Training

While there is growing interest in incorporating clients’ spiritual beliefs and values into social work practice, several studies have shown that social workers lack the necessary training to address spiritual issues in a culturally competent manner. This paper addresses this need by providing an annotated spirituality training course for use in various settings. Topics or domains covered in the curriculum include ethics and values, research and theory on spirituality, the nation’s spiritual demographics, the cultures of major spiritual traditions, value conflicts, spiritual interventions, assessment approaches, and the rights of spiritual believers. A number of potential assignments are offered,which are designed to promote practitioner self-awareness, respect for spiritual diversity, and an enhanced ability to assess and operationalize spiritual strengths to ameliorate problems in practice settings.

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