Sentences with phrase «at societal problems»

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Mostly what I hear is finger pointing at Cathoilics without recognizing that there is a much broader, even societal, problem.

She further stated that «to place on top of normal sleep deprivation this societal notion that there is something wrong with you, wrong with your baby, or at worst — which I have been accused of — that you are needy... leads to a really big societal problem.»

I've come to recognize that «school food» is a behemoth of an issue, with longstanding, complex problems that are rooted primarily at a federal — not district or school — level, and which are compounded by much larger societal issues relating to food production and consumption.

Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana confab 2017, Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprise Federation, Ghana, Nana Osei Bonsu, held that businesses and individuals need to fill the gaps and solve certain societal problems government can not fix.

While this is reflective of a set of wider societal problems, Democratic Audit's Sean Kippin argues that committee chairs and staff must make more effort to increase female visibility at select committees.

Of course, no societal issue can be solved just by throwing money at the problem.

The institute, created in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, will explore innovative technologies that address fundamental societal problems through modern advances in nanoscale manipulation and the ability to design at a molecular scale.

It's a societal problem imposed on schools, in effect increasing the likelihood of failure — or at best sporadic success — for most high poverty schools.

We understand we have not solved all of the societal problems of homeless dogs in our own community and continue to find ways to contribute to animal welfare issues here at home.

The collective decision of NSF, NCAR and UCAR (the organization that manages NCAR) to terminate a societal impacts group designed to educate and train at home and abroad strongly suggests that the science bureaucracies of the 20th century (at least these particular ones) are not in a position to address the problems of the 21st century.

For example, as law - makers consider how to vote — and consider how seriously to take the problem of climate change — they should do so with an awareness that if they don't face and address climate change via their decisions and votes, then at least some people will likely begin to embrace other approaches to societal change, including NVCD, and justifiably so.

At the same time, I am not sure why there should be a generalized solution to addressing big complex societal problems that abound with uncertainties as to nature, causes and possible solutions.

It takes a collective, systemic and societal problem and seeks to solve it at the smallest, most powerless level — kinda like trying to relocate an ant infestation one little ant at a time.

Maternal depression is demonstrated to contribute to multiple early child developmental problems, including impaired cognitive, social and academic functioning.3 - 6 Children of depressed mothers are at least two to three times more likely to develop adjustment problems, including mood disorders.3 Even in infancy, children of depressed mothers are more fussy, less responsive to facial and vocal expressions, more inactive and have elevated stress hormones compared to infants of non-depressed mothers.7, 8 Accordingly, the study of child development in the context of maternal depression is a great societal concern and has been a major research direction for early childhood developmental researchers for the past several decades.

Children exhibiting elevated levels of disruptive behaviors [oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD)-RSB- and / or the problems from the broadband externalizing spectrum often follow a life - course trajectory of conduct problems (i.e., repetitive and persistent patterns of behavior that violate the rights of the others and major age - appropriate societal norms or rules, respectively) that place them at greater risk of later antisocial behavior during adolescence (Odgers et al., 2008; Hyde et al., 2013).

I spent the next 10 years working for various non-profits managing and directing research, policy, and programs primarily supporting the psycho - social health of women, children and families.I realized that rather than focusing on creating change at a societal level through research and policy, I'd much rather direct my focus to those who need change the most — individuals, couples and families struggling with the problems that life throws at them.As a Therapist, I am interested in working with anyone needing support.