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Maxwell, Simon Andrew. "Car cultures : using deliberative and inclusionary processes to explore meanings of car use in everyday life." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271340.
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BACIGALUPO, ANITA. "La fabbrica dei guidatori. Culture, pratiche e discorsi sull'automobility nelle scuole guida milanesi." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/14131.
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CONSTRUCTING DRIVERS.
Cultures, practices and discourses on automobility within Milanese driving schools
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My research project aims at better understanding the relationship between politics, materiality and cultural representations through empirical case studies of the car and its drivers.
The impact of cars on society does not happen "naturally", but is the result of specific historical and cultural conditions. Technologies, artefacts, and objects are means of communication that transcend their instrumental uses. They are like texts which carry the creators’ predefined perspective, and users’ narratives and interpretations (Wajcman 2000). The car is a culturally embedded - and historically determined - object that plays an important role in shaping identities, subcultures and life styles. The car strongly impacts everyday life of people and social organisation (Cresswell 2006; Urry 2007; Redshaw 2008).
Looking at the processes of modernisation and the resulting transformations that characterised the 20th century, the central role played by the car can be observed in both macro (industrialisation, consumption) and micro (organisation of everyday life) spheres of social life (Gartman 2003). The car was the symbolic object of the economic boom unfolding in Italy, and not only, during the 1950s and 1970s (Paolini 2007). It moulded the dreams of freedom and adventure of whole generations; it modified the way in which people interpret their time, particularly leisure time; it partly contributed to the female emancipation that enabled women to move more autonomously in the public domain.
My PhD explores the politics of the car and its impacts on forms of contemporary everyday urban mobility. If we want to take seriously the idea of a post-car future, we need an informed and instructive understanding of the values and needs manifest in car culture, as well as a deeper knowledge of the cultural assumptions and sources of power that sustain automobility. We need a change in cultural attitudes toward the car and in the identities produced and reproduced by the system of automobility in order to design truly sustainable and alternative forms of mobility.
The politics of the car is not simply a set of embodied ideas or a linguistic formation but can be interpreted as a social practice that has material effects in making the world and societal development appear as natural and obvious (Howart 2000). The necessity of the car is produced and reproduced through everyday life practices, material interactions and experiences. We might say that this process is constituted inside language considering that meanings and meaningful practices are constructed within and through discourse (Hall 1997). With the increasingly stronger discourses on hypermobility and automobility as a backdrop, I explored the interconnections between popular culture and choices of mobility. The aim of my research is to answer the question “How is the politics of the car culturally produced and embodied in everyday life practices?” through looking at the process of drivers’ social construction. Despite the symbolic importance of cars in everyday life, the processes through which people become drivers and the meanings and expectations associated with these processes are virtually neglected topics, especially in the Italian context. My PhD explores some of the cultural dimensions that characterise the transition from passenger to driver, as well the practice of driving seeing as a meaningful material interaction between humans and cars. I do so with reference to social, environmental and gender issues.
My argument is supported by an empirical case study of the process of drivers’ social construction in which particular interpretations of automobility and cars are produced, reproduced and (re-)confirmed. The research methodology that best supports the objectives of this study is qualitative. Drawing from a diversity of sources, I consider in my analysis interpretations, narratives and beliefs produced around car cultures and the practice of driving. Applying the Weberian concept of “verstehen” I have done ethnographic studies using qualitative techniques such as observations, non-structured and semi-structured interviews.
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Gerbal-Chaloin, Sabine. "Régulation de l'expression des cytochromes P450 de la sous-famille 2C dans des cultures primaires d'hépatocytes humains : implication des récepteurs nucléaires GR et CAR." Montpellier 1, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000MON1T029.
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Cheong, Kin Ieng. "Car culture in Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2007. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1874183.
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Tiongson, Antonio T. "Filipino youth cultural politics and DJ culture." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3199265.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed February 28, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220).
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Yeritsyan, Sargis. "Just Culture Consulting, LLC| Cultural Competency Services for Healthcare Providers." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10839096.
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The U.S. healthcare industry seeks to improve patient satisfaction as the national trend of increasing diversity and ethnic representation continues. The provision of culturally sensitive health care will not only increase patient satisfaction and outcome metrics but also allow healthcare organizations to thrive financially by meeting patient needs and payer requirements. Just Culture Consulting, LLC. is a start-up, for-profit healthcare consulting firm that will provide cultural competency and language training services for healthcare professionals. Just Culture Consulting, LLC. aims to build a regionally and potentially a nationally recognized brand in specialty healthcare consulting by capitalizing on the growing need for culturally competent providers in healthcare. The Firm will retain a large client base through aggressive marketing and by leveraging the skills of its multicultural staff who possess significant career and native exposure to language, cultural sensitivity, healthcare delivery, and administration.
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Stone, Timothy T. "Cultures of consumption within residential care homes : understanding elderly bricoleurs' cultural maps of meaning." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/107.
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Set within the context that the world’s population is ageing at an unprecedented rate, it is argued that care of the elderly, and their everyday lived experiences are poised to become prominent concerns. In the shadow of this, the ageing population poses a myriad of challenges not only for the elderly but also for policy makers who put in place systems for the provision of services within residential care homes. By virtue, given that communities of elderly consumers voices are often muted within many academic analyses of social policy and service provision this study illuminates and distils communities of elderly consumers understandings of residential care homes. Given the absence of suitable literature within the fields of marketing and interpretive consumer research, this study turns to the sociological and anthropological literature of Hall and Jefferson (1976) and Levi-Strauss (1966). In doing so, communities of elderly consumers within residential care homes can be theorised as a cultural community of ‘bricoleurs’ within a ‘cultural map of meaning’. Furthermore, viewed through this lens, such bricoleurs can be seen to understand their meaningful everyday lived experiences within, and through, the use of ‘bricolage’. Emanating from eight existential-phenomenological interviews, a rich picture emerges wherein bricoleurs understandings of residential care homes can be seen to be embedded not only within, but also through, such things as the body, leisure trips, noise disturbances, death, large items of furniture, small hand-sized objects, mobility aids, quality of care and social interaction. Moreover, in the light of the resultant interpretations common themes can be seen to emerge within communities of bricoleurs social and material understandings of residential care homes, namely the notion of cultures of dependency, trauma and comfort. This research contributes to marketing knowledge in that it argues that communities of ‘elderly bricoleurs’ within residential care homes can be seen to be held together by unique understandings of cultures of dependency, trauma and comfort. Furthermore, it is also argued that elderly bricoleurs address themselves to a relatively limited amount of bricolage that enables them to keep alive actual, desired, imagined and fictional community ties. Furthermore, the reality and efficacy of cultural communities of elderly bricoleurs seems to depend on their ability to address ‘whatever is to hand’ (Levi-Strauss, 1966) in order to construct and understand their cultural maps of meaning within residential care homes.
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Phillips, Steven. "American Dreams| Stories of Millennial Car Culture." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10623838.
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American Dreams: Stories of Millennial Car Culture is a multimedia project that uses photos, videos, and an essay to profile two young men—German Coello and Corey McKenzie—involved in two very different types of car culture: stanced Hondas and Volvo rally cars, respectively. The project explores the automotive subculture and racing can have a profound impact on young people in terms of finding personal identity, and building positive and supportive relationships and communities. American Dreams relates stories beyond cars about finding your place in a new country after immigration and finding joy in Appalachian Maryland.
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Masud, Saima. "'Can there be cultural competence without culture?' : psychologists' discourse on working with minorities." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4731.
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The literature review in this thesis is an exploration of the recent emphasis in policy on the equality of mental health services for minority ethnic clients, with a focus on cultural competence models in clinical psychology. The review is based on a textual analysis of a policy document to consider whether cultural competence is a promotion or restriction of equality. The policy and models of cultural competence were found to employ essentialist definitions that could be an issue in developing appropriate and relevant services. It is argued that a context-specific and flexible interpretation of culture is required. The empirical research examines clinical psychological discourses about working with minority ethnic clients. It discusses an interview study and a group discussion study conducted among clinical psychologists. Drawing on discourse analysis this research examines the interpretative repertoires and discursive strategies that psychologists use in their accounts of working with minority ethnic clients, and how these construct a particular version of cultural competence. In the interviews, an interpretative framework in terms of 'social context' involved a consideration of the client's cultural background, and an interpretative framework of 'individual context' was considered to be a way of formulating the client's own interpretation of cultural background. In the group discussion, the key interpretative framework was the 'individual/curious' repertoire, which also focused on understanding cultural background from the client's interpretation. It is shown that in using these repertoires the psychologists' construction of cultural competence oscillates between a risk of reifying minority ethnic groups and a risk of neglecting issues such as ethnic discrimination. Based upon the literature and empirical parts, the reflective part of this thesis considers the researchers orientation to the research, in terms of epistemology, and as a minority ethnic researcher conducting research on the subject of minorities.
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Fang, Fang. "Culture and Family Life: Three Studies on Family and Marriage Relationships across Cultures." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83771.
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This dissertation explores how family and marriage relationships vary according to the culture in which they occur. Based on the individualism/collectivism framework about cultural variations in familial beliefs across countries, I study three topics of family and marriage relationships across cultures. In the first study, I examine how 17 member countries of Organisation of Economic and Co-operation and Development (OECD) differ culturally in older adults' preference for family elder care. I find that older adults from countries with more traditional values that emphasize the importance of a strong parent-child tie are more likely to prefer family care rather than formal care than those from more secular-rational countries with less emphasis on the parent-child tie; the cultural difference gets smaller at a higher level of individual family income. In the second study, I select China as a representative of the collectivist culture, and look into how the collectivist culture and older parents' filial beliefs shape the intergenerational relationship in China. I find that patrilocal and patrilineal traditions are still prevail in China. A highly cohesive intergenerational relationship people idealize in the collectivist culture is more common between older parents and married sons, and least common between older parents and married daughters. In the third study, I compare an individualist society, the U.S., and China, a collectivist society to test whether marriage also isolates people from their informal social network in China as observed in the U.S. I find that marriage does not isolate but integrates people into their informal social network in China, while marriage isolate people in the U.S. The three studies present new evidence on how marriage and family experiences differ due to different cultural beliefs about family, and under what conditions the cultural influences are weakened or reinforced.Ph. D.
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de, Gioia Kathryn. "Beyond cultural diversity : exploring micro and macro culture in the early childhood setting /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20060511.142734/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003."A thesis submitted to the School of Applied Social and Human Sciences, University of Western Sydney in fulfilment of the Doctor of Philosophy". Includes bibliography : leaves 248 - 270.
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Harju, Linda. "Communicating Culture : Can cultural studies, from a social constructivist perspective, enhance students' communicative competence?" Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för språkdidaktik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-77721.
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Denna uppsats har som syfte att undersöka om kulturstudier kan öka den kommunikativa förmågan, sett ur ett social konstruktivistiskt perspektiv. Frågeställningarna är som följer: Är kulturstudier integrerat i engelska 5 kursen? Finns det en relation mellan kunskap om kultur i engelsktalande områden och länder och kommunikativ kompetens? Anser eleverna själva att kunskap om kultur ökar deras kommunikativa kompetens? Vald metod är kvalitativ intervju samt innehållsanalys av ämnesplanen för engelska 5. Resultatet visar att kulturstudier inte är integrerat i engelska 5 kursen, samtidigt som elever ända har erfarenheter i form av kunskap om kultur i engelsktalande områden och länder. Dock kan endast i två av fallen en tydlig relation mellan kunskap om kultur och elevernas kommunikativa kunskap härledas. Fyra av fem elever anser att deras kommunikativa förmåga ökar tack vare kunskap om kultur.
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Gottselig, Glenn A. "Canada and culture, can current cultural policies be sustained in the global trade regime?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0007/MQ46028.pdf.
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Lo, Hau-men Elizabeth. "Culture and planning how can Hong Kong's urban planning system facilitate comprehensive cultural development? /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41679970.
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De, Gioia Katey, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and School of Applied Social and Human Sciences. "Beyond cultural diversity : exploring micro and macro culture in the early childhood setting." THESIS_CSHS_ASH_De Gioai_K.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/795.
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Experiences in the early years of life are increasingly recognised as significant predictors of long-term cognitive and psychosocial behaviour. This thesis focuses on one aspect of early development: the cultural identity of the young child and investigates the influence of continuity of practice between home and the child care centre in this development. The use of child care services for very young children has increased dramatically in the past two decades. For the first time in history there may be more babies aged 0-3 years in care situations than babies who are cared for at home - this impacts upon the child’s micro-culture (individual, unconscious practices guided by beliefs, norms and values) and macro-culture (ritualistic, symbolic behaviour, often conscious which is tied to belonging to an ethnic group). This study investigates the way in which child care centres contribute to the development of micro and macro-cultural identity in very young children. This study was originally designed to increase the knowledge base about the ways in which interactions with children (particularly in relation to sleep and feeding micro-cultural practices) differ between home and child care service and the implications of these differing practices. As the study progressed a new focus was developed and evolved into an analysis of communication processes between parents and staff and the effects of those communication processes. Qualitative methods on non-participant observation, semi-structured interviews and semi-structured questionnaires were used to address the research questions. Recommendations from the study focus on setting level and policy issues. The early childhood sector is called on to redress notions around communication and partnership building with parentsDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Puig, Juliette. "Can counselling psychologists work across cultures?" Thesis, City University London, 2010. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1167/.
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Tiedje, Kristina. "Mapping nature, constructing culture : the cultural politics of place in the Huasteca, Mexico /." view abstract or download file of text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3147836.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 469-511) and glossary (leaves 455-462). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Lehrmann, Erika R. "MOTIVE through Automotive Compassionately Criticizing the Desires of Car Culture." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2419.
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My artwork represents my admiration and criticisms of car culture I have gathered throughout my personal experiences beginning at a very early age. The work exists in the form of drawings, paintings, prints, collage and sculpture. This work is created through the elements of personal narrative, desires, obsessions, and questions surrounding car culture and its influences. My intention to refurbish the icons of this culture has involved creating work that is both obsessive and critical for personal exploration and understanding of past memories.
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Rossi, Eric. "How can a Contemporary Visual Artist use Experiences as an Artist-Tourist to Critically Respond to Cultural Changes in a Globalised World?" Thesis, Griffith University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365347.
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Since the age of the Grand Tour at least, artists have travelled to foreign lands to make art that responds to and reflects their experiences. In the role of the ‘artist-tourist’ mode, the artist is a tourist who makes art as a result of touristic activities. In this exegesis, I will refer to my alter-ego ‘Captain Eric’, a character inspired equally by the mythology of my own heritage and by the urge to creatively re-interpret identity. Captain Eric is valuable as a character through whom I am able to operate as an artist-tourist using unconventional strategies to negotiate and critically reflect on cultural changes in the contemporary global landscape. I use this character to discuss two recent projects that took place in Indonesia and Finland where he functioned in the capacity of artist-tourist.
This research explores how the artist-as-tourist may navigate through and operate effectively in the contemporary landscape of this rapidly changing globalised world where cultures are becoming increasingly hybridised.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Queensland College of Art
Arts, Education and Law
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Contreras, Lisseth Patricia Claudio. "Cerâmicas feldspáticas estratificadas e em blocos para sistema CAD/CAM : avaliação da topografia superficial, formação de biofilme inicial e viabilidade celular /." São José dos Campos, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/148665.
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Orientador: Marco Antonio BottinoBanca: Laís Regiane da Silva Concilio
Banca: Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges
Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a topografia e a formação de biofilme na superfície de cerâmicas feldspáticas obtidas através de duas técnicas de confecção e dois tratamentos de superfície, assim como avaliar a viabilidade do crescimento de fibroblastos gengivais humanos (FMM-1) sobre estes materiais. Foram confeccionados 52 blocos de cada tipo de cerâmica feldspática: VM9 obtida através da técnica da estratificação e cerâmica Vita Blocs Mark II (VMII) para o sistema CAD/CAM (ambas, Vita Zahnfabrik). As superfícies dos blocos foram padronizadas em politriz nas dimensões de 4,5 x 4,5 x 1,5 mm e os blocos foram divididos em dois tratamentos de finalização de superfície: polimento com borrachas Ceramisté + pasta de polimento e aplicação de glaze spray + sinterização. Os parâmetros de rugosidade Ra e Rsm foram mensurados através de um rugosímetro de contato. As amostras foram esterilizadas e, em seguida contaminadas (n=10) para formação de biofilme heterotípico inicial de S. mutans, S. sanguinis e C. albicans, cuja aderência foi quantificada por contagem de unidades formadoras de colônias (UFC/mL). O teste MTT foi empregado para avaliação da viabilidade celular dos materiais ao crescimento de fibroblastos gengivais humanos (FMM-1) em 24 h e 7 dias (n=12). Foram realizadas análises qualitativas da superfície dos espécimes através de microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) e perfilometria óptica 3D. A energia livre de superfície (ELS) foi calculada a partir de análises de gon... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract:The Objective of this study was to evaluate the topography and surface biofilm formation of feldspathic ceramics obtained through two techniques of preparation and two surface treatments, as well as to evaluate the viability of human gingival fibroblasts (FMM-1) growth on these materials. A total of 52 blocks of each type of feldspathic ceramic were made: VM9 obtained by the stratification technique and Vita Blocs Mark II (VMII) for the CAD/CAM system (both, Vita Zahnfabrik). The blocks' surfaces were standardized in a polishing machine to the dimensions of 4.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 mm and blocks were divided into two surface finishing treatments: polishing with Ceramisté rubbers + polishing with paste; and glaze application + sintering. The Ra and RSm roughness parameters were measured through a contact rugosimeter. Samples were sterilized and then contaminated (n = 10) for initial heterotypic biofilm formation of S. mutans, S. sanguinis and C. albicans, whose adherence was quantified by counting colony forming units (CFU/mL). The MTT test was used to evaluate the cellular viability of the materials to the growth of human gingival fibroblasts (FMM-1) in 24 h and 7 days (n=12). Qualitative analyzes of the specimens' surface were performed using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and 3D optical profilometry. Surface free energy (SFE) was calculated from goniometry analyzes of polar and apolar liquids in 10 samples of 15 x 15 x 1.5 mm. The results of Ra, RSm and ELS were subjected to 2-way ANOVA (Material x surface treatment) followed by Tukey's test (both, α=95%), and UFC (material x surface treatment x microorganisms) and MTT (material x surfacetreatment x time) data were evaluated by 3-way ANOVA and Tukey's test (α=95%). SEM and profilometry images were described. The polished ceramics presented lower roughness (Ra p=0.015; RSm p=0.049) ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
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D'Aeth, Lucy Joy Hughes. "Can soap opera care for its audience? : towards a pastoral theology of television." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368440.
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Foster, Paula. "Champions of cultural safety : an exploration of how cultural safety can be implemented as a routine aspect of health care." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62470.
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Background: This study explores the perspectives of Champions of Cultural Safety and will potentially contribute to an Aboriginal Health team’s knowledge development of a current pilot project on Indigenous Cultural Competency transformation. This study identified healthcare providers (HCPs) who are Champions of Cultural Safety and explored their experiences practicing culturally safe care in their hospital. This study is timely given the current commitment to cultural safety and cultural humility in health services within the BC Tripartite Framework Agreement. Conducted with the guidance of the health authority’s Aboriginal Health Team, this inquiry may also assist HCPs in taking a cultural safety approach when providing healthcare in the face of ongoing racism and discrimination towards Indigenous people in healthcare and society. Methods: Using an exploratory, ethnographic, qualitative research design, recruitment began with Aboriginal Patient Navigators (APNs) who identified health care providers representing Champions of Cultural Safety. Snowball sampling was used until 8 participants from a variety of health care disciplines were recruited. Semi structured, in depth interviews were conducted with the APNs, an Elder and HCPs. Post-colonial theoretical perspectives informed the analysis and overall inquiry. A thematic analysis was conducted using constant comparison methods. Findings: The key findings are: 1) The client and health care provider relationship is the cornerstone of cultural safety (CS), 2) The organizational strategies to support CS are insufficient in the current, pervasive and conventional biomedical, organizational context, 3) Structural barriers to CS persist in the colonial context. These findings demonstrate the complexities and intersections of the HCP/client relationship, the organizational strategies to support CS and the current systemic barriers constraining the participants’ abilities to provide CS care. Discussion: The findings prompt three discussion areas: 1) The client and health care provider relationship is the cornerstone of CS, for both the client and health care provider when analyzed from a CS lens, 2) Many key characteristics of the hospital and wider health care context conflicts with a CS approach to care, 3) Structural violence characterized by racism and discrimination exists within the hospital environment, demonstrating a need for organizational interventions to address the continued Indigenous health inequities.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Burkett, Karen W. "Culture Care Meanings, Expressions, and Cultural Lifeways of Urban African American Family Members Caring for their Child with Autism." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367942549.
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Osborn, Jeremy. "Values, culture, social capital, change : the case of The Car Coop." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31713.
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This is a study of the oppositional social forces at play within and around the hybrid commercial social enterprise. The literature reveals these tension points regularly in the history of the social enterprise movement as a whole, and within individual organizations within the movement. Typically, these tension points, quasi-paradoxes, or oppositional co-existences are cultural and values-based in nature, stemming largely from a core egalitarian-utilitarian synthesis that is emerging globally in many forms, including via social enterprise. Consequently, the theoretical frameworks used to explore these questions are also socio-cultural, economic, and values-based. In the early years of the coop, the social entrepreneur is the key mediating force between the entrepreneurial, market-building demands of a new business, and the egalitarian institutional cultural predisposition that led to its creation. Later in the institutional history the social entrepreneur’s prolonged success at market development catalyzes a wider stakeholder debate and cultural crisis regarding the future of the institution under conditions of rapid and persistent growth. The organization’s members, arguably the most important stakeholder, are explored last - as a separate unit of analysis, but through a similar values-culture tension lens. It is found that the organization's members hold a complex, often paradoxical mix of utilitarian and egalitarian values, and that both are important to the organization's value proposition. The study is a qualitative inductive ethnography undertaken in the format of a single paradigmatic case study.
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Library, University of Sydney. "Cultural Care Warning page." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29589.
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This page can be added to theses that contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), that may contain the names or voices of people that have died, or that may contain culturally sensitive material. The text in this file can be edited as needed to provide additional information for a reader.
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OTUATA, Althea Michelle. "Cultural Competence of Public Health Nurses Who Care for Diverse Populations." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6800.
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Despite advances in health, science, and technology, U.S. healthcare lags in providing access to care and quality care to racial and ethnic minorities. Cultural competence has been noted as a strategy to improve access and quality. The purpose of this project was to assess public health nurses' cultural competence before and after participating in cultural competence informational modules. Two conceptual models were used in this project for theoretical guidance: Leininger's cultural care diversity and universality theory and Campinha-Bacote's process of cultural competence. To assess the nurses' cultural competence, the Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Checklist questionnaire was e-mailed to 57 public health nurses at a local health department. Survey participants remained anonymous. Data were collected on demographics. A paired t test was conducted to compare the statistical significance of the results. A quantitative software tool was used to analyze the data. Study results showed a confidence interval of 95% at p = 0.15, indicating that cultural competence informational modules made a significant difference between the pretest and the posttest of the Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Checklist. Thus, cultural competence informational modules make a difference in public health nurses' awareness, knowledge, and skills, which can enhance their ability to provide culturally competent care to racial and ethnic minorities. The implications of this project for social change include supporting health care professionals' ability to promote and implement cultural competence practices for all populations to decrease health disparities
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O'Brien, Emily. "Caring Across Cultures: An Exploration of Culturally Competent Health Care for Latino Families in a Pediatric In-Patient Unit." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2614.
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Thesis advisor: Eva GarroutteThesis advisor: David Karp
In an age in which diversity and healthcare inequalities are prominent issues, culturally competent care has emerged as a popular response. However, there seems to be a gap between this academic interest and the attempts to implement cultural competency in the American healthcare system. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore the link between culture and health and to uncover what cultural competency might mean on a practical level through a case study of the pediatric in-patient units of an urban hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Through participant observation over the span of two months, as well as 20 semi-structured interviews with 14 healthcare providers and 6 bilingual Latino parents of pediatric patients, I investigated the challenges that these groups face in providing and seeking care, respectively. The results of this project attempt to give voice to the families and their providers, as well as suggest how the hospital can better accommodate the needs of the Latino population. Overall, this project has revealed the complexity of the links between culture and health, and indicated that there is no single model of cultural competence that can adequately capture this complexity. Ultimately, relationships and good communication are at the core of the cross-cultural medical encounter, and may serve to create a more culturally welcoming atmosphere for patients of all backgrounds
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Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Sociology Honors Program
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Opalinski, Andra Simmons. "Cultural beliefs and attitudes related to overweight children in Haitian and Hispanic cultures and the role of health ministry /." Connect to full text via ProQuest. Limited to UCD Anschutz Medical Campus, 2007.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Nursing) -- University of Colorado Denver, 2007.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-183). Free to UCD affiliates. Online version available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations;
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Kanthonga, Saston Arthur. "Can culture influence economic growth? : an examination of the impact of cultural factors on economic growth in developing economies." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2018. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/25461/.
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The thesis has investigated if cultural factors influence economic growth differences among countries. It was motivated by the intriguing question as to whether the gap between developed and developing countries is widening. Technically speaking, some countries which were regarded as underdeveloped three or four decades ago are now regarded as developed as articulated in the introduction to chapter 1. On the other hand, Sub-Saharan African region has failed to register convincing economic development (Seguino and Were, 2014, p. 1). The mixed methods design used in this thesis engaged distinct frameworks of both quantitative and qualitative paradigms to answer the research questions within this thesis. Implementing mixed research design in this thesis enables the investigation of how each variable in the study, environments, and institutions interact with each other in different contexts to produce measured effects. For instance, the study examined two sub-samples of developed and developing countries, 6 countries in each sub-sample. Further, the study also examined 18 representative Sub-Saharan countries to answer the research question. Lastly, a multi-case study of Malawi and Botswana was undertaken. The first two contexts of study used secondary data analysis. The multi-case study was used to drill down deeper than secondary data analysis allowed. This thesis focussed on the interaction between culture and economic growth. The literature review indicated that the impact of culture on growth is not particularly well articulated at present, and therefore this thesis seeks to make a contribution to this aspect of theory and practice. In addition, to the extent that culture has a significant impact on growth potential and its realisation, culture is not homogenous in Sub-Saharan Africa. This will have potentially significant impact upon different countries, and should be taken into consideration by governments and development agencies seeking to promote economic growth and sustainable development across the African continent.
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Tinker, Anna. "Place of Light' : what cultural villages can tell us about 'culture', 'ethnicity' and tourism in post-apartheid South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3567.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-106).The 'new' South Africa is abuzz with keywords. There is much talk within academic discourse and beyond of 'ethnicity', 'culture' and the 'rainbow nation' among others. They are a national obsession at this crucial time when South Africa is still struggling to negotiate its identity. The usage of these words is rapidly evolving and today they their use extends far past their original meanings. However, their use has persisted and has done so largely unchallenged. This has meant that the words are now highly problematic. In order to critically examine these concepts, I use the space of the cultural village as an analytical tool. Cultural villages have faced criticism in recent years - accusations that they 'stage' their 'authenticity', and freeze cultures in order to package them for international consumption. While this paper does devote space to these criticisms, it focuses its attention on 'what cultural villages can tell us about the nature of post-apartheid South Africa', specifically about the keywords, 'culture' and 'ethnicity'. Research is based at Lesedi Cultural Village in the North West Province. I use the landscape of the surrounding area and the signs and symbols in the village itself as entry points to map and frame my discussions. The Cradle ofHumankind where Lesedi is situated is saturated with an evolutionary narrative that visitors to Lesedi will bring with them to the site. Evolutionary notions of the 'primitive' have been re-appropriated by the tourist industry to draw visitors back 'home' to Africa, while South Africa owes much of its difficult history to the same evolutionary narratives. Through ethnographic fieldwork, the space of the cultural village is deconstructed to see what it can tell us about 'culture' and 'ethnicity' in the country beyond its fences. I interrogate the concept of 'culture', by closely analyzing the meaning of a proverb on Lesedi's shebeen wall which reads, 'a man without culture is like a zebra without stripes'. It transpires that the humble zebra can tell us a great deal about the nature of 'culture' in South Africa and the current debates which surround the use of the word.
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Vidal, Ricarda. "Death and desire in car crash culture : the many returns of futurism." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441952.
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Ladjili, Khaled. "Hydraulique paysanne, hydraulique étatique, économie de l'agriculture irriguée au Cap-Bon /." Montpellier : CIHEAM-IAMM, 1992. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35535997f.
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Th. MS--Montpellier--CIHEAM-IAMM, 1989.CIHEAM-IAMM = Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes-Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Montpellier. Résumé en français. Bibliogr. p. 195-207.
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Cariapa, Illana. "Retreat to advance? : naturopathic inpatient care in two cultures." Thesis, University of Derby, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400457.
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Baraldi, Nayara Girardi. "Período pós-parto: práticas de cuidado adotadas pela puérpera." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/7/7141/tde-18122012-105359/.
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O puerpério é considerado uma fase de modificações biossocioculturais que, muitas vezes, não são compreendidas pela mulher, o que exige maior atenção dos profissionais, dos familiares e das redes de contato envolvidos em seu cuidado. A literatura e a prática profissional mostram que as crenças sobre o cuidado da puérpera têm relevância em seu cotidiano e, muitas vezes, se sobrepõem às orientações recebidas na instituição de saúde. Diante desta situação, este estudo teve como objetivo: explorar as práticas de cuidado adotadas no pós-parto pela mulher usuária de uma Unidade Básica de Saúde da cidade de Rio Claro, SP. Trata-se de estudo qualitativo, que teve como referencial teórico o Modelo de Competência Cultural de Purnell e cujos dados foram tratados pelo Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). A pesquisa foi aprovada por Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa e atendeu à Resolução 196/96. Os dados foram coletados em 2011, por meio de entrevistas realizadas com 20 puérperas entre o 30º e 45º dias de pós-parto. Identificou-se a condição sociodemográfica e familiar das entrevistadas, além de sua vivência no puerpério. Os dados mostraram que as puérperas eram jovens, apresentavam baixo índice de tabagismo, etilismo e drogadição, com renda média em torno de 3 salários mínimos. Os relatos obtidos originaram 21 DSC, cujos conteúdos mostraram a influência de crenças sobre as práticas de cuidado no puerpério; crenças que foram transmitidas intergerações pelos cuidadores de sua rede familiar e cultural. Os profissionais de saúde se fizeram presentes por meio de orientações de práticas, com enfoque no biológico, oferecidas de maneira verticalizada e, por vezes, fragmentada e divergente, o que demonstrou sua dificuldade em acompanhar as influências culturais envolvidas no processo. Por conta disso, as práticas de cuidado no puerpério sofreram maior influência das crenças e dos padrões da cultura da mulher, como também das informações obtidas na internet, que preencheram lacunas e apontaram caminhos para a mulher seguir com maior segurança nesta fase do ciclo gravídico-puerperal. Diante dos achados, propõem-se o estabelecimento de estratégias para incorporação da bagagem cultural da mulher à assistência prestada pelo profissional de saúde, de modo a prover o cuidado culturalmente competente; a programação de grupos voltados à educação em saúde, focados na vivência do puerpério, para a mulher e sua rede de contato; a implementação da Estratégia Saúde da Família; e a inclusão do egresso de curso de Obstetrícia nos programas de saúde dos municípios, para agregar este novo profissional no cuidado da mulher e de seu recém-nascido.Puerperium is considered a phase with biological, social and cultural changes often not correctly understood by women, the main reason why requires special attention from professionals, and caregivers networks involved on the care. Literature and professional practice shows that beliefs about postpartum care has a strong relevance in a womans routine and often overlaps guidance received at the health institutions. From this perspective, this study had as objective to explore practices adopted in postpartum by women served in the Basic Health Unit in a city of Rio Claro state of São Paulo (Brazil). This is a qualitative study and followed Purnell Cultural Competence Model as a theoretical approach and whose data was treated by the Collective Subject Speech (CSS). The data was approved by Ethics in Research Committee and complied with Resolution 196/96. The data was collected in 2011 through interviews with 20 women in the puerperium between 30 and 45 days of postpartum. We identified social and demographic conditions from each interviewed as well as from her family, besides their experiences at the puerperal period. The data showed that women in the puerperium were young, had low smoking rates, alcoholism or drugs addictions, and on average had an income that was equivalent to 3 minimum salaries. The reports had originated 21 CSS, and the contents showed the stronger beliefs influence on postpartum care practices; beliefs that were passed by intergenerational family and cultural caregivers. Health professionals demonstrated their presence through guidelines with practices with a biological focus and offered in a vertical manner, and sometimes divergent and fragmented, which demonstrated difficulty in following the cultural influences involved in the process. For this reason, puerperal care practices had suffered greatly due to the influence of beliefs and cultural woman patterns, as well as information obtained from the Internet. The Internet filled gaps and provided greater security methods to follow at pregnancy stage, childbirth as well as at puerperium. Upon reviewing the results, it is suggested that the following take place to incorporate the cultures of women to the experiences of the health care professionals to provide a culturally competent care; programming groups on health education focused on the puerperium experience for women and her caregivers; the implementation of Family Health Program, and the inclusion of Midwifery in the health programs to allow this new professional to take care the woman and her newborn.
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Dorigan, Gisele Hespanhol 1986. "Adaptação cultural e validação do Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales para a cultura brasileira." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/313540.
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Resumo: Este estudo teve como objetivos: traduzir e adaptar o Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales (NSNS) para a língua portuguesa do Brasil, avaliar sua confiabilidade, validade e praticabilidade. O NSNS tem a finalidade de avaliar as experiências e a satisfação do paciente com os cuidados de enfermagem e é composto por duas escalas: Experiências do paciente com o cuidado de enfermagem com 26 itens e Satisfação do paciente com o cuidado de enfermagem, com 19 itens. A escala de medida é do tipo Likert e a pontuação para cada uma das escalas varia de 0 a 100, quanto maior a pontuação, maior o nível de satisfação e mais experiências positivas vivenciadas pelo paciente com o cuidado de enfermagem. Para o procedimento metodológico de adaptação cultural foram seguidas as etapas de tradução, síntese, retro-tradução, avaliação por um comitê de especialistas e pré-teste. Para avaliação da confiabilidade e validade do NSNS considerou-se 351 pacientes provenientes de um hospital de ensino do interior do estado de São Paulo. Utilizou-se o programa SPSS® for Windows versão 15.0 para as análises descritivas e o software SmartPLS versão 2.0M3 para avaliação das propriedades psicométricas do instrumento. A validade de construto foi analisada por meio do método confirmatório de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais (MEE), utilizando-se o método de estimação Partial Least Squares - Path Modeling (PLS-PM) e a confiabilidade foi testada por meio do alfa de Cronbach e da confiabilidade composta. As etapas do procedimento metodológico de adaptação cultural foram realizadas satisfatoriamente e a avaliação pelo comitê de especialistas resultou em alterações para a maioria dos itens com modificações gramaticais simples, para assegurar a equivalência entre a versão original e a pré-final. Após o ajuste do modelo com a exclusão dos itens com baixa validade convergente, a escala de Experiências permaneceu com oito itens e a escala de Satisfação do paciente com o cuidado de enfermagem, com 18 itens. Apesar da complexidade da execução do processo de adaptação cultural e validação, a versão brasileira do NSNS demonstrou-se confiável e válida para ser utilizada em nossa realidade, além de ter demonstrado facilidade de compreensão pelos sujeitos. Este trabalho pertence à linha de pesquisa: Processo de cuidar em saúde e enfermagem
Abstract: This study has as objectives: to translate and adapt the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales (NSNS) into Brazilian Portuguese, to evaluate the reliability, validity and usability of the instrument. The NSNS aims to evaluate the experiences and patient satisfaction with nursing care, and contains two scales: Experiences of Nursing Care Scale with 26 items and Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale, with 19 items. A Likert-type scale was used as the form of measurement. The points assigned by each of the scales varies from 0 to 100, such that the number of points assigned corresponds to the level of satisfaction and to the quantity of positive experiences the patient has with respect to the nursing care. The procedure for culturally adapting the scale was divided into the following steps: translation, synthesis, backtranslation, evaluation by a committee of specialists and pretest. For evaluate the reliability and validity of the NSNS were included 351 patients of a teaching hospital in the state of São Paulo. The data was analyzed using the SPSS® for Windows version 15.0 program for the descriptive analysis and the SmartPLS version 2.0M3 software application for evaluate the psychometric properties of the NSNS. In order to evaluate construct validity, by means of confirmatory factor analysis, the statistical method known as Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by Partial Least Squares - Path Modeling (PLS-PM) was used. Reliability was tested by means of Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability. The translation, synthesis, backtranslation and pretest steps were considered adequate, and the evaluation by a committee of specialists resulted in alterations of a majority of items, with simple grammatical modifications, so as to ensure the equivalence between the original version and the pre-final. After the adjust of model by excluding some items from the scales with low convergent validity, the Experiences of Nursing Care Scale resulting in a total of eight items and 18 items for the Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale. In spite of the complexity of the execution of the cultural adaptation and validation process, the adapted version of the NSNS has proven itself both to be reliable and valid for use in our culture and to be easily understandable by the patients asked to answer its questions
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Alcoforado, Carla Lúcia Goulart. "Entre o científico e o popular: saberes e práticas da equipe de enfermagem e clientes com feridas: um estudo de caso no município Cruzeiro do Sul - Acre." Universidade Federal Fluminense, 2010. https://app.uff.br/riuff/handle/1/1008.
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Trata de um estudo de caso qualitativo, exploratório, descritivo sobre os saberes e práticas da equipe de enfermagem e clientes com feridas em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde (UBS), no Município de Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. Seus objetivos foram descrever como os membros da equipe de enfermagem cuidam dos clientes com feridas, identificar como os clientes com feridas se cuidam e discutir os saberes e práticas entre os membros da equipe de enfermagem e os clientes com feridas. A coleta das informações envolveu a observação simples e entrevistas semiestruturadas com membros da equipe de enfermagem e clientes com feridas na UBS. As informações coletadas foram submetidas à análise temática, da qual emergiram as seguintes categorias: As práticas do cuidado da equipe de enfermagem e dos clientes com feridas e Os Saberes dos clientes com feridas e as implicações do cuidado de enfermagem. Concluímos que os clientes valorizam o cuidado cultural, associam os saberes e práticas do sistema popular aos saberes e práticas do sistema profissional, usando as mais variadas formas de cuidado. Variam desde o uso de soluções recomendadas pela equipe de enfermagem, pelas restrições alimentares, perpassando pelo uso de plantas medicinais e práticas religiosas. Já a equipe de enfermagem desenvolve um cuidado técnico, voltado para a realização dos procedimentos relacionados à realização de curativos e, em alguns momentos, buscavam articular seus saberes aos dos clientes através de diálogos e do conhecimento da realidade dos mesmos, mas sempre valorizando os conhecimentos técnico-científicos. Neste contexto, percebe-se a presença da universalidade e diversidade cultural do cuidado, não somente para os clientes mas também para os profissionais e assim, ressalta-se a importância do cuidado cultural congruente que proporciona um cuidado harmonizado aos valores e crenças, sendo, portanto adequado e benéfico. Desta forma, juntamente com o cliente com feridas, decidir qual a melhor forma de atuação do cuidado, e, portanto preservar, adaptar ou renegociar a ação, sempre com o objetivo de propiciar a saúde, o bem estar e futuramente a autonomia.
This is a qualitative case study, exploratory, descriptive of the knowledge and practices of nursing staff and clients with wounds in a Basic Health Unit (BHU) in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. Its objectives were to describe how members of the nursing staff caring for clients with injuries, how to identify customers with wounds to care for and discuss the knowledge and practices among members of the nursing staff and clients with wounds. Data collection involved the simple observation and semi-structured interviews with members of the nursing staff and clients with wounds at UBS. The data were subjected to thematic analysis, from which emerged the following categories: The practice of nursing care staff and clients with wounds and The Knowledge of clients with wounds and implications of nursing care. We conclude that customers value the cultural care, the associated knowledge and practices of the system to popular knowledge and practices of the professional system, using various forms of care. They range from the use of the solutions recommended by the nursing staff, the food restrictions, bypassing the use of medicinal plants and religious practices. Since the nursing staff develops a technical care, focusing on the procedures related to the execution of dressing and, at times, sought to articulate their knowledge to the customer through conversation and knowledge of the reality of them, but always appreciating the knowledge technical-scientific. In this context, we notice the presence of cultural diversity and universality of care, not only for customers but also to professionals and thus emphasize the importance of cultural congruent care which provides a harmonized care values and beliefs, being therefore appropriate and beneficial. Thus, together with the client with injured, to decide how best to care activities, and therefore preserve, adapt or renegotiate the action, always with the goal of providing health, welfare and future autonomy.
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Contreras, Lisseth Patricia Claudio [UNESP]. "Cerâmicas feldspáticas estratificadas e em blocos para sistema CAD/CAM: avaliação da topografia superficial, formação de biofilme inicial e viabilidade celular." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/148665.
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O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a topografia e a formação de biofilme na superfície de cerâmicas feldspáticas obtidas através de duas técnicas de confecção e dois tratamentos de superfície, assim como avaliar a viabilidade do crescimento de fibroblastos gengivais humanos (FMM-1) sobre estes materiais. Foram confeccionados 52 blocos de cada tipo de cerâmica feldspática: VM9 obtida através da técnica da estratificação e cerâmica Vita Blocs Mark II (VMII) para o sistema CAD/CAM (ambas, Vita Zahnfabrik). As superfícies dos blocos foram padronizadas em politriz nas dimensões de 4,5 x 4,5 x 1,5 mm e os blocos foram divididos em dois tratamentos de finalização de superfície: polimento com borrachas Ceramisté + pasta de polimento e aplicação de glaze spray + sinterização. Os parâmetros de rugosidade Ra e Rsm foram mensurados através de um rugosímetro de contato. As amostras foram esterilizadas e, em seguida contaminadas (n=10) para formação de biofilme heterotípico inicial de S. mutans, S. sanguinis e C. albicans, cuja aderência foi quantificada por contagem de unidades formadoras de colônias (UFC/mL). O teste MTT foi empregado para avaliação da viabilidade celular dos materiais ao crescimento de fibroblastos gengivais humanos (FMM-1) em 24 h e 7 dias (n=12). Foram realizadas análises qualitativas da superfície dos espécimes através de microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) e perfilometria óptica 3D. A energia livre de superfície (ELS) foi calculada a partir de análises de goniômetria com líquidos polar e apolar em 10 amostras de 15 x 1 5 x 1,5 mm. Os resultados de Ra, RSm e ELS foram submetidos à análise de variância ANOVA 2 fatores (material x tratamento de superfície) seguido por teste de Tukey (ambos, α=95%), e os dados de UFC fatores (material x tratamento x micro-organismos) e MTT (material x tratamento x tempo) foram avaliados por ANOVA 3 fatores e teste Tukey (α=95%). As imagens de MEV e perfilometria foram descritas. As cerâmicas polidas apresentaram menor rugosidade (Ra p=0,015; RSm p=0,049) e maior ELS (p=0,00), sendo que a mais alta Ra foi verificada para VM9 glazeada. A aderência bacteriana foi influenciada pela interação de todos os fatores (p=0,018). Os Streptococcus formaram em maior número em todos os materiais, mas sobre VMII polida não houve aderência de C. albicans. Inicialmente, os materiais apresentaram ausência de citotoxicidade, mas a viabilidade celular de todos os grupos foi reduzida após 7 dias (p=0,00). As micrografias mostram que a aderência de micro-organismos ocorreu independente de irregularidades na topografia dos materiais, e as imagens de perfilometria ressaltaram o padrão de ranhuras das amostras polidas e o acúmulo de glaze em “ilhas” nas amostras glazeadas. Foi possível concluir que ambas técnicas de obtenção resultam em cerâmicas feldspáticas biocompatíveis e que a finalização da superfície por polimento resultou em menor rugosidade média, maior ELS e menor aderência de C. albicans.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the topography and surface biofilm formation of feldspathic ceramics obtained through two techniques of preparation and two surface treatments, as well as to evaluate the viability of human gingival fibroblasts (FMM-1) growth on these materials. A total of 52 blocks of each type of feldspathic ceramic were made: VM9 obtained by the stratification technique and Vita Blocs Mark II (VMII) for the CAD/CAM system (both, Vita Zahnfabrik). The blocks’ surfaces were standardized in a polishing machine to the dimensions of 4.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 mm and blocks were divided into two surface finishing treatments: polishing with Ceramisté rubbers + polishing with paste; and glaze application + sintering. The Ra and RSm roughness parameters were measured through a contact rugosimeter. Samples were sterilized and then contaminated (n = 10) for initial heterotypic biofilm formation of S. mutans, S. sanguinis and C. albicans, whose adherence was quantified by counting colony forming units (CFU/mL). The MTT test was used to evaluate the cellular viability of the materials to the growth of human gingival fibroblasts (FMM-1) in 24 h and 7 days (n=12). Qualitative analyzes of the specimens’ surface were performed using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and 3D optical profilometry. Surface free energy (SFE) was calculated from goniometry analyzes of polar and apolar liquids in 10 samples of 15 x 15 x 1.5 mm. The results of Ra, RSm and ELS were subjected to 2-way ANOVA (Material x surface treatment) followed by Tukey’s test (both, α=95%), and UFC (material x surface treatment x microorganisms) and MTT (material x surfacetreatment x time) data were evaluated by 3-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test (α=95%). SEM and profilometry images were described. The polished ceramics presented lower roughness (Ra p=0.015; RSm p=0.049) and higher SFE (p=0.00), with the highest Ra being verified for glazed VM9. Bacterial adherence was influenced by the interaction of all factors (p=0.018). Streptococcus formed in greater number in all materials, but on polished VMII there was no adherence of C. albicans. Initially, the materials showed no cytotoxicity, but the cell viability of all groups was reduced after 7 days (p=0.00). Micrographs showed that microorganisms adherence occurred regardless of irregularities in the topography of the materials, and the profilometry images emphasized the grooved pattern of the polished samples and the glaze accumulation in "islands" in glazed samples. The surface treatments had greater influence than the technique of making the feldsphapatic ceramics. It could be concluded that both obtaining techniques resulted in biocompatible feldsphatic ceramics and that the surface finishing by polishing resulted in lower mean roughness, higher SFE and lower C. albicans adhesion.
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Freville, C. Benjamin. "Pastoral care and cultural diversity." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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shenoy, naina. "Culture of Care : Fostering Circularity of Furniture." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-87112.
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The rate at which the human race is exhausting the planet’s resources, a transition from a linear economy to a circular economy has become necessary. More importantly the success of circular economy is dependent on the consumer’s everyday actions and practices. This project looks to contribute to that smooth transition at a consumer behavior level of furniture consumption through market actions. It specifically focuses on the sustainable consumption of the sofas to be able to collect data and actionable insights so that it can serve as an example that can be applied to all types of furniture. The project created a framework from literature review on consumer behavior of furniture, sustainability and circular economy. Furthermore, it used several design methods to collect and analyze the data, before arriving at the final design project. The resulting project is called the ‘culture of care’. Based on the collected actionable insights throughout the project, the culture of care project proposes several circular based market actions in the form of service design, product design and product-service design to maintain and repair sofas in the hands of the consumers.
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Rowand, Leanne Christine. "Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Organizational Culture." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4169.
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Nurse practitioners (NPs) were introduced to the British Columbia healthcare system 12 years ago. Integration challenges related to infrastructure and relationships between administrators and physicians continue. The purpose of this project was to understand how nurse practitioners, working in primary care roles, experience the organizational climate within their healthcare agency. Kanter's empowerment theory guided this project. Data were collected using the Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Organizational Climate Questionnaire. A total of 64 NPs relayed their degree of perceived organizational support. NPs scored highest on Autonomy and Independent Practice (Mean [M] = 3.54, Standard Deviation [SD] = 0.59). Organizational Support and Resources and NP-Physician Relations were comparable (M = 3.00, SD = 0.86; M = 2.98; SD = 0.73). NPs scored lowest on Professional Visibility (M = 2.74, SD = 0.76) and NP-Administration Relations (M = 2.63, SD = 0.79). Recommendations included optimization of NPs as advance practice nurses, establishing adequate administrative and clinical support, provision for interprofessional team development and function, distribution of standardized information about the NP role across and within institutions, and further exploration of NPs' experiences related to work hours and agency culture. Positive social change was supported as the NP practice model was extended throughout the current health care system, contributing to the shifting health care narrative/culture (from illness-focused care to wellness-focused care), and demonstrating full appreciation of patient/client-centeredness.
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O'Connell, Sean. "The social and cultural impact of the car in interwar Britain." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1995. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36384/.
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This study argues that society's choices between possible technological developments are highly reflective of patterns of political, social, and economic power. Employing insights from recent historical and sociological work on class, gender, consumption and technology the processes by which social relations shaped the design, marketing and uses of the car are explained. In turn, it is argued that the legal and physical infrastructure which developed in the car's wake were extremely expressive of class and gender relations. The interwar years are studied because it was during this period, when the car as a technology was still open to contestation, that the British car culture was defined. This was so because it was during the 1920s and 1930s that car ownership became a reality for millions of middle-class Britons. An analysis of the symbolic, as well as the utilitarian, benefits of ownership is offered and reveals the car's role in the expression of social and gender identity. The extent to which these factors impinged upon the actions of car manufacturers and motor dealers is also related. This perspective and the use of oral evidence has unearthed significant new evidence about the composition of the motoring community. The process through which influential sections of opinion reached a concordance with the car is explained. As it became increasingly useful for them, the professional and commercial middle-classes swung against significant restrictions on car use. Pre-1914 they were often outraged by the danger and inconvenience that were inevitable side effects of rising car ownership. However, once owners themselves they were increasingly attracted to new ideas about road safety which placed more and more emphasis on the education and segregation of other road users. The influential pro-motoring lobby manipulated these developments, a factor which is investigated here for the first time.
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Stienecker, Dawn. "The Art Car Spectacle: a Cultural Display and Catalyst for Community." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149669/.
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This auto-ethnographic study focuses on Houston’s art car community and the grassroots movement’s 25 year relationship with the city through an art form that has created a sense of community. Art cars transform ordinary vehicles into personally conceived visions through spectacle, disrupting status quo messages of dominant culture regarding automobiles and norms of ownership and operation. An annual parade is an egalitarian space for display and performance, including art cars created by individuals who drive their personally modified vehicles every day, occasional entries by internationally renowned artists, and entries created by youth groups. A locally proactive public has created a movement has co-opted the cultural spectacle, creating a community of practice. I studied the events of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art’s Art Car Weekend to give me insight into art and its value for people in this community. Sources of data included the creation of a participatory art car, journaling, field observation, and semi-structured interviews. The first part is my academic grounding, informed by critical pedagogy and socially reconstructive art practices. The second part narrates my experiences and understandings of the community along with the voices of others. Dominant themes of exploration include empowerment, community, and art. I examine the purposes for participation by artists, as well in the practices of audiences and organizations that provide support for this art form. My findings have significant implications community-based art education and k-12 classroom educators. Relational and dialogic approaches to making art, teaching, and researching are tied to problem-posing education as a recommendation for art education.
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Hassan, Sara. "Decision-making for sustainable transport planning : reducing car dependency culture in Alexandria, Egypt." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/decisionmaking-for-sustainable-transport-planning-reducing-car-dependency-culture-in-alexandria-egypt(42732c3e-c0d3-42d8-b973-083f6b1472be).html.
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This thesis aims at investigating the challenges and barriers of reducing car dependency culture to achieve urban sustainability in Egypt. This is operationalised by identifying different policy options and theoretically examining a nested-case study empirically. A more important purpose behind this academic enterprise was to find more robust and nuanced explanations of the constant failure of the transport planning system in Egyptian cities. The adoption of a cultural-oriented analytical framework to examine decision-making processes demonstrated a way forward in the re-evaluation of current transport policy directions in Egypt. The research applies qualitative methods to a nested case study in Alexandria through the Sustainable Urban Transport Project, 2032. The rigorous data-collection methods included extensive documentary analysis, elite interviews, semi-structured interviews and non-participant observations. The results obtained from applying these unconventional methods of social and political sciences in transport planning studies show the richness of these research methods in providing comprehensive explanations. This research illustrates the value of placing policy and transport-planning-related studies into the centre of different research positions. The main contributions of this research are grounded on a number of key research findings. First, the development of a cultural-oriented analytical framework based on the central thesis of polyrationality. Second, the research pioneers the approach of identifying the relevant stakeholders and contexts in transport decision-making processes in Egypt which serves as a basis for other future transport-related research for Egypt. This research builds the foundation for conducting multidisciplinary research for transport planning studies. The final contribution of this research suggests the need for mediators or policy analysts who have relevant education and knowledge in the transport planning sector to influence the decision-making processes.
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Scharff, Virginia Joy. "Reinventing the wheel: American women and the automobile in the early car culture." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184279.
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This dissertation examines the interplay between gender ideology, women's actions, and automotive technology in the United States from the beginning of the automotive era through the 1920's. Looking at cultural ideology as a strong yet fragmented and malleable historical force, I have analyzed the effect of popular conceptions of masculinity and femininity on the design, marketing, and use of automobiles. At the same time, I have attempted to show how motorcars, often employed as vehicles of social ideals, promoted some reinterpretation of men's and women's proper roles and places. The auto indeed served as a focus for discourse about the contingent relation between social and political emancipation. While some observers expected the automobile to liberate women from domesticity and subordination, others insisted on the congruence between automobility and domestic life. Though some women would use cars as tools of social or political nonconformity, the auto ultimately transformed and extended women's spatial and temporal province, while preserving the home as the ideal hub of women's activities. Still, the car culture revision of gender ideology had profound consequences for the way the private family car would emerge as a primary transportation mode, facilitating new manners and morals, new commercial and political possibilities, and a revolution in urban development.
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Conversani, Alexandre. "O desafio de integrar diferentes culturas organizacionais : o caso do Complexo Industrial Automotivo de Gravataí (RS)." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/13439.
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Este trabalho visa identificar as principais características da cultura organizacional no Complexo Industrial Automotivo de Gravataí (CIAG), o qual é composto por dezesseis empresas de diferentes portes e países de origem, sob a liderança da General Motors. Como principal fonte de evidências, foram realizadas entrevistas junto a três dirigentes da General Motors e nove gerentes de empresas fornecedoras que se encontram localizadas no condomínio industrial. Os resultados das entrevistas foram analisados segundo oito tópicos: (a) missão; (b) valores comuns; (c) objetivos; (d) auto-imagem do CIAG; (d) mecanismos de disseminação da cultura; (e) participação dos sistemistas na tomada de decisão; (f) símbolos de identificação do grupo; (g) mecanismos de avaliação organizacional. Os resultados indicaram diversos exemplos de um espaço comum na cultura organizacional de todos os participantes do empreendimento, tais como: ênfases em segurança no trabalho e manufatura enxuta; padronização de uniformes para todos os intervenientes; terminologia comum para se referir a aspectos da gestão da produção. Tal cultura comum é resultado de ações iniciadas ainda na fase de concepção e implantação do empreendimento, principalmente a formação de comitês de trabalho, com representantes de todas as empresas, que se reúnem periodicamente para tratar de assuntos como políticas de pessoal e qualidade. Entretanto, as empresas têm espaço para manutenção de suas culturas particulares. Isso é evidenciado pelo fato de que as empresas têm autonomia para gerenciar seus processos de produção, desde que atendam as metas estabelecidas pelos comitês para que o complexo como um todo seja bem-sucedido.This work seeks to identify the main characteristics of the organizational culture in the Automotive Industrial Complex of Gravataí (CIAG), which is formed by sixteen companies of different sizes and origin countries, under the leadership of General Motors. As a wellspring of evidence, it has been conducted interviews with three General Motors managers and nine from suppliers that are localized in the industrial condominium. The results of the interview were analyzed in accordance with eight items: (a) mission; (b) common values; (c) targets; (d) CIAG self image; (d) the culture dissemination mechanisms; (e) The suppliers participation in the decision-making; (f) teams identification symbols; (g) organizational evaluations tools. The results show several examples of a common share in the organizational culture between all participants of the enterprise, as such: emphases in work security and lean manufacturing; standardize uniforms to all the intervenient; common terminology to report aspects of manager manufacturing. Such common culture is the result of actions started in the beginning of the conception phase and implantation enterprise, specially the task forces formation, with members of all companies, which meet periodically to deal with subjects like employment policies and quality. However, the enterprises have room to keep their own culture. This is made evident by the fact that the companies have autonomy to manage their production process, as long as performed in accordance with the targets established by the task force for the complex to be well successful as a whole.
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Cassaignard-Viaud, Louis-Alassane. "From Culture to Behaviour: How Can a Culture of Violence Affect Organized Conflict?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445355.
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The reasons why some countries suffer from high levels of violence are still poorly understood despite the important attention they have received in academia. One of the potential drivers explaining spatial and temporal differences in organised conflict is the culture surrounding violence. This paper specifically attempts to explain: How does a culture of violence impact the likelihood and intensity of organised conflict? I build a theoretical framework which describes a culture of violence constituted of (at least) four dimensions. I propose that a society with a stronger culture of violence is more likely to experience armed conflict and less likely to have non-violent conflicts. I also hypothesize a positive effect on conflict intensity. I perform an exploratory factor analysis to investigate the dimensions of a culture of violence and use zero-inflated Poisson regressions to test its effect on organized conflict. The exploratory factor analysis reveals the existence of not four but at least five dimensions of culture of violence. A culture of violence does not appear to influence the likelihood of conflict. However, when conflict does occur, culture of violence seems to increase the intensity of conflicts. Unfortunately, this paper does not find sufficient support to reject the null hypotheses.
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Acharya, Manju Prava, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Constructing cultural diversity: a study of framing clients and culture in a community health centre." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1996, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/29.
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The clinical community in Western society has long practised medicine as organized by "two dominant principles: 1) the principle of essentialism which states that there is a fixed "natural" border between disease and health, and 2) the principle of specific treatment which states that having revealed a disease, the doctor can, at least in principle, find the one, correct treatment. These principles have served as the
legitimization of the traditional, hierarchical organization of health-care" (Jensen, 1987:19). A main feature of medical practices based on these principles has been to address specific kinds of problems impeding or decaying health. This research is centrally concerned with essentialism and the institutional fixation of problems as two important nodal points of Canada's biomedical value and belief system. More specifically, I hope to show in an organized way how these principles shape staff knowledge of client and culture in a community health centre (CHC) in Lethbridge, Alberta. My analysis is based on four guiding points: 1) that in our polyethnic society health care institutions are massively challenged with actual and perceived
cultural diversity and cross cultural barriers to which their staff feel increasingly obliged to respond with their services; 2) while the client cultural diversity is "real", institutional responses depend primarily on how that diversity is imagined by staff -often as a threat to a health institution's sociocultural world; 3) that problem-specific, medicalized thinking is central in this community health centre, even though its mandate is health promotion and this problem orientation often combines with medical essentialism to reduce
"culturally different" to a set of client labels, some of which are problematic; and 4) while a "lifestyle model" and other models for health promotion are at present widely advocated and are to be found centrally in this institution's (CHC) charter, they have led to little institutional accomodation to cultural diversity.
In this thesis my aim is to present an ethnographic portrait of a community health centre, where emphasis is given to the distinctive formal and informal "formative processess" (Good 1994) of social construction of certain perceived common core challenges facing the Canadian biomedical community today - challenges concerning cultural difference and its incorporation into health care perception and practice. I am particularly interested in institutions subscribing to a "health promotion model" of health care, a term I have borrowed from Ewles and Simnett (1992). Ewles and Simnett descrive the meaning of "health promotion" as earlier defined by WHO (World Health Organization): this perspective is derived from a conception of "health" as the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the on hand, to realise aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the environment. Health is, therefore seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities (Ewles & Simnett, 1992:20) Health is therefore concerned with "a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity" (Ewles and Simnett, 1992:6), I am interested in determing how threats to this defintion prevail in a community health centre's ideology of preventive care, and how that ideology encodes dimensions of diversity. I, however, want to go much further than this by exploring everyday staff discourse and practice, to understand how client cultural diversity is formed and informed by what staff do and say. How, in short,
do individuals based in a health promotion organization socially construct their clients as objects of institutional concern? We need, as Young (1982) suggest, "to examine the social condition of knowledge production" in an institutionalized health care service provision subculture. There are, I believe, also practical reasons for conducting this research. Over the past ten years the Canadian health care system increasingly has had to focus on two potentially contradictory goals: reducing costs, and lessening persistent inequalities in health status among key groups and categories of persons in the Canadian population. Many now argue that one of the most central dimensions of the latter - of perisistent health inequalities in Canada - is ethnocultural. Few would seriously argue, for example, that Canadian First Nation health statistics are anything but appalling. Moreover, radical changes in immigration patterns over the past three decades have greatly increased urban Canadian cultural diversity. Caring "at home" now assumes international dimensions (McAdoo, 1993; Butrin, 1992; Buchignani, 1991; Indra, 1991, 1987; Galanti, 1991; Dobson, 1991; Waxler-Morrison, 1990; Quereshi, 1989). A growing voiced desire to provide more pluralistic health care and health care promotion has become persistently heard throughout the clinical community in Canada (Krepps and Kunimoto, 1994; Masi, 1993). Even so, for many health professionals cultural difference evidently remians either irrelevant or a threat to the established order of things. Applied research on health care institutions undertaken to investigate how better to meet these challenges nevrtheless remains very incomplete and highly concentrated in two broad areas. One of these is structural factors within the institution that limit cross-cultural access (Herzfeld, 1992; Hanson, 1980). Some of these studies have shown the prevalence of a strictly conservative institutional culture that frequently makes frontline agency workers gate-keeprs, who actively (if unconsciously) maintain client-institution stratification (Ervin, 1993; Demain, 1989; Ng, 1987; Murphy, 1987; Foster-Carter, 1987; de Voe 1981). In addition, extensive research has been conducted on disempowered minority groups. This research has examined the frequency, effectiveness and manner with which ethnic and Native groups make use of medical services. Some institutional research on cross-cultral issues shows that under appropriate conditions health professional like nurses have responded effectively to client needs by establishing culturally sensitive hiring and training policies and by restructuring their health care organizations (Terman, 1993; Henderson, 1992; Davis, 1992; Henkle, 1990; Burner, 1990). Though promising, this research remains radically insufficient for learning purposes. In particular, little work has been done on how such institutions come to "think" (Douglas, 1986) about cultural difference, form mandates in response to pressure to better address culturally different populations and work them into the institution's extant sub-cultral ideas and practice (Habarad, 1987; Leininger, 1978), or on how helping instiutions categorize key populations such as "Indians" or "Vietnamese" as being culturally different, or assign to each a suite of institutionally meaningful cultural attributes (as what becomes the institution's working sense of what is, say, "Vietnamese culture"). This is so despite the existence of a long and fruitful ethnographic institutional research tradition, grounded initially in theories of status and role (Frankel, 1988; Taylor, 1970; Parson, 1951), symbolic ineractionism (Goffman, 1967, 1963, 1961), ethnomethodology (Garfinkle, 1975), and organizational subcultures (Douglas, 1992, 1986, 1982; Abegglen & Stalk, 1985; Ohnuki-Tierney, 1984; Teski, 1981; Blumers, 1969). More recent work on anthropological social exchange theory (Barth, 1981), on institutional and societal discipline (Herzfeld, 1992; Foucault, 1984, 1977), on the institution-client interface (Shield, 1988; Schwartzman, 1987, Ashworth, 1977, 1976, 1975), and on framing the client (Hazan, 1994; Denzin, 1992; Howard, 1991; Goffman, 1974). I also hope that this study makes a contribution to the study of health care and diversity in southern Alberta. Small city ethnic relations in Canada have been almost systematically ignored by researchers, and similar research has not been conducted in this part of Alberta. Local diversity is significant: three very large Indian reserves are nearby, and the city itself has a diverse ethnic, linguistic and ethno-religious population. Also, significant province wide restructuring of health care delivery was and is ongoing, offering both the pitfalls and potentials of quick institutional change. Perhaps some of the findings can contribute to making the future system more responsive to diversity than the present one.202 p. ; 29 cm.
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Brewer, Lesley. "Developing anti-bullying cultures in primary schools : what can head teachers do to ensure successful anti-bullying cultures?" Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51559/.
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Bullying in schools is a widespread problem, attracting a great deal of interest and publicity in recent years. The negative impacts of bullying can have consequences for not just the victims, but also for the school, perpetrators and wider community members. Such consequences can be experienced instantaneously and/or at a subsequent time, often in later life. In recent years bullying has unquestionably moved into the spotlight as researchers and governments have investigated the phenomenon in greater depth. However, according to the NSPCC, it remains the top problem for children aged 11 and under contacting them and was the single biggest reason for boys calling CHILDLINE in 2015/16 (NSPCC, 2016). Bullying in primary school is, thus, of critical concern to educational policy makers and school leaders alike. Research would suggest that some schools experience more bullying incidents than others and that schools vary widely in both their approaches to and successes in dealing with the issue. Initiatives and approaches to bullying enter schools that serve particular communities, with particular experiences, individuals and histories, making them site specific. They are mediated by the practices of school leaders and are executed by staff with diverse levels of confidence, commitment and capacity. There is, thus, always variation in the ways in which practices are taken up. Even where schools profess to enact the same approaches they often meet with widely ranging outcomes for anti-bullying, as was evidenced through this investigation. This research, therefore, set out to understand what it is that more successful schools do in initiating and managing anti-bullying practices. It investigates the less frequently examined area of the effects of head teacher practices on the success of anti-bullying cultures. Set in the contexts of five diverse primary school settings, this thesis scrutinizes the approaches of head teachers as they facilitate and cultivate practices that enable or constrain anti-bullying cultures. It utilizes a mixed methods approach, where questionnaires, observations and semi-structured interviews and focus groups enable the voices and experiences of school community members to be heard. To facilitate this the methodological approach began as one that combined the lenses of Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model (1979) and Lave and Wenger’s Communities of Practice (1991). However, it evolved to look beyond the latter and to incorporate the work of Kemmis and Grootenboer’s Practice Architectures which champions a dual purpose of education: to help people live well in a world worth living in (Kemmis and Gootenboer, 2008), suggesting a social justice approach to this research. This is an aspect that, until recently, was generally omitted in the discourses surrounding the nature, efficiency and sustainability of developing anti-bullying cultures’ in primary schools. I show that, in successful anti-bullying schools, although policy and targeted intervention are vital for providing focus and understanding, there is a culture of respect, care and collaboration that pervades the sayings, doings and relatings at every level. I argue that head teachers, in shaping the cultures of their schools, are fundamental to these aspects as they maneuver the intersubjective spaces of practice architectures (Kemmis and Gootenboer, 2008). This research reinforces the need for head teachers to build upon existing practices, taking account of the histories and social and political actualities of their schools. It suggests that, taking account of these, the perceptions of players within the field may be as important as the actuality of situated practices as they unfold.
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Renault, Wendy Janet. "Cultural Competence Education for Care Coordinators." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/553.
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Aboriginal people bear a burden of health disparities when compared to non-Aboriginal people in Canada. To date, traditional health-related programs to address these disparities have not been effective. Compounding this problem, the Aboriginal people have also reported dissatisfaction with the healthcare system and the relationships they experience with healthcare providers. However, the literature supports that when providers employ cultural competence in their practice, there is a possibility for improved relationships with patients. Using critical social theory as a framework, the purpose of this project was to conduct a 1-hour class on cultural competence for care coordinators and nurses in a homecare organization in Southern Ontario, and to determine if there was an increase in cultural competence knowledge of Aboriginal people. Fifteen registered nurses attended the educational intervention. Due to the small sample size the non-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to estimate the difference in scores between pre- and post-test evaluations. Pretest scores were significantly lower than post-test scores (z = -3.05, p < 0.01). Four of the 7 survey items relating to culture affecting daily work, comfort level with cultural competence knowledge, cultural awareness, and addressing power imbalance in the patient provider relationship were individually statistically significant. The findings were supported by comments written in the surveys. It is hoped that the results of this project will be used to demonstrate the importance of cultural competency in care delivery among the Canadian Aboriginal people.
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Brewster, Melvin G. "Numu views of Numu cultures and history : cultural stewardship issues and a Punown view of Gosiute and Shoshone archaeology in the northeast Great Basin /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3113001.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-187). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.