Social Change and the Individual. A Study of the Social and Religious Responses to Innovation in a Zambian Rural Community

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
R. E. S. Tanner ◽  
Norman Long
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

The Dubai Community Psychiatric Survey: acculturation and the prevalence of psychiatric disorder

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ghubash ◽  
E. Hamdi ◽  
P. Bebbington
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

SynopsisDubai, an Emirate in the Gulf region, has experienced spectacular social change as a result of the exploitation of its oil reserves. The Dubai Community Psychiatric Survey was designed to study the effects of this social change on the mental health of female nationals.In this paper, we approach the problem by quantifying social change in two main ways: the first focused on social change at the individual level as measured by the Socio-cultural Change Questionnaire (Bebbington et al. 1993). The second examined the effect of social change at the community level by identifying areas of residence at different levels of development. We hypothesized that attitudes and behaviours markedly at odds with traditional prescriptions would be associated with high rates of psychiatric morbidity.On the individual level, the association between psychiatric morbidity and the amount of social change reflected in the behaviours and views of the subjects was not significant. However, there was a significant association between morbidity and between social attitudes and behaviours. At the community level, in contrast, the relationship between psychiatric morbidity and social change was significant: there was more psychiatric morbidity in areas at the extremes of the social change continuum. The hypothesis put forward in this study must be modified accordingly.

scholarly journals Social change design: disrupting the benchmark template

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Louise Fry ◽  
Josephine Previte ◽  
Linda Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Change Framework ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Marketing Actions ◽  
Individual Behaviour Change

Purpose This paper aims to propose a new ecological systems-driven framework, underpinned by a relational marketplace lens, for social marketing practitioners to consider when planning and designing programs. The authors contend that behavioural change does not occur in a vacuum and, as such, point to an ecology in which the individual is but one participant in a broader scope of social change activities. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual and presents the Indicators for Social Change Framework. Findings The Indicators for Social Change Framework puts forward a series of “must-have” indicators to consider when designing and planning social marketing programmes. Across identified indicators, the Framework delineates types of marketing actions to consider when planning for individual-oriented change and those required for wider systems-oriented change. Originality/value This paper contributes to the broadening and deepening of the social marketing argument that reliance on individual behaviour change perspectives is not sufficient to resolve complex social problems that are inherently influenced by wider social forces. In transforming social change design, this paper transitions towards a logic view of social marketing that encourages and supports social change planners to be inclusive of interactions, processes and outcomes of value creation across the wider social marketing system.

Diabetes Identity: A Mechanism of Social Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232098474
Author(s):  
Heather R. Walker ◽  
Michelle L. Litchman
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

Historically, diabetes identity has been examined at the individual level as it relates to clinical outcomes and self-management practices. Yet, identity is not experienced as an individually isolated phenomenon. The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) examine the social meaning of diabetes identity and (b) formulate a theoretical model of diabetes identity through a sociopolitical lens. Adults living with diabetes engaged in a diabetes online community ( N = 20) participated in a 60-minute semi-structured interview focused on social diabetes experiences and diabetes identity. Seven themes emerged related to illness, individuation, and culture, resulting in a novel theoretical model of diabetes identity: willingness to identify, tales of the un-sick, legends of the responsible, a tradition of change-making, sense of sameness, mystification of difference, and diabetes as a unifying social category. Our study extends previous literature focused on self-management practices and compliance, resulting in a theoretical model of diabetes identity centered around social change.

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