Sentences with phrase «on social participation»

Focusing on the social participation of adolescents is consistent with the World Health Organization's 2002 International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, which describes the outcomes of disability as a function of both individual characteristics and contextual factors [4].

A scoping review protocol on social participation of indigenous elders, intergenerational solidarity and their influence on individual and community wellness

Not exact matches

Through our participation on the Manufacturing Jobs Council, we will work to strengthen the social and economic fabric of communities across the country by creating employment opportunities in manufacturing.

Employees need to understand and value the importance of personal branding, which today more than ever rests on deep social participation.

And the ripple effects — on wages, labor participation and the fate of other social benefits — make it difficult for many people to imagine how it would all turn out.

NEO, a low - profile funding intermediary, moves over $ 40 million a year and works with a who's who of major foundations, managing projects that often focus on social justice and civic participation.

True participation will give great insight into what is actually going on in social media with your brand.

If you are considering employee advocacy for your organisation but you are not sure how to sustain the participation of your employees on social media, Yekemi's book offers a three - step framework developed through research and real life examples.

Many Wildrose Party and federal Conservative politicians have supported Levant's Rebel website on social media, through online interviews, and participation in rallies and events organized by Levant and his employees.

Monitoring trending keyword topics from social participation such as blogging, comments, Q / A sites, tags, Tweets, status updates and similar sources can reveal opportunities to create content on a BtoB blog.

In particular, this means increased focus on education, immigration, social infrastructure and the participation of women and indigenous peoples in the economy.

In my judgment, the «Social Principles» of the United Methodists, the «Statement on Economic Justice» of the Lutheran Church in America, the «Statement on Human Rights» of the United Church of Christ, and the World Council of Churches» themes of «Justice, Sustainability and Participation» are models of such efforts.

It is scarcely too much to say that in a society stressing as strongly as America does the importance of social participation, everything of supreme importance depends on there being the counterweight of communal solitude.

Given this long history of Christian collusion with social injustice, today we must reflect on the lessons of the participation in the first phase of capitalist - led globalization from 1492/1498 onwards.

Concretely how do Christians structure the priestly and sacramental life and evangelistic mission of their separate religious congregation, within the framework of their participation in the whole nation's search for a common basis for promoting the politics of democracy and of development with justice for the poor and liberation of the oppressed and for building a common moral social culture to undergird the sense of the larger community based on dignity for all persons and peoples?

The Preamble of the Declaration of the Right to Development, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1986, describes «development as a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process that aims at the constant improvement of the well - being of the entire population and of all individuals on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of resulting benefits».

Konrad Raiser, now General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, uses it to describe, a change in theological perspective which affects the whole range of ecumenical work.1 His colleague and former student Martin Robra applies it specifically to a change in perspective on social ethics in World Council work.2 K.C. Abraham describes it as a change in theological and ethical perspective brought about by the participation of the Third World in the ecumenical movement.3 They all make important points.

What is needed today, I believe, is the radical attempt to work Out a theological pattern for Christian faith which is in the main influenced by process - philosophy, while at the same time use is made of what we have been learning from the existentialist's insistence on engagement and decision, the understanding of history as involving genuine participation and social context, and the psychologist's awareness of the depths of human emotional, conational, and rational experience.

Modernity is represented by three forces - first, the revolution in the relation of humanity to nature, signified by science and technology; second, the revolutionary changes in the concept of justice in the social relations between fellow human beings indicated by the self - awakening of all oppressed and suppressed humans to their fundamental human rights of personhood and peoplehood, especially to the values of liberty and equality of participation in power and society; thirdly, the break - up of the traditional integration of state and society with religion, in response to religious pluralism on the one hand and the affirmation of the autonomy of the secular realm from the control of religion on the other».

His participation in that culture is nearly constant — it surrounds him in mass media, on the internet, in patterns of speech, in social expectations, and in the aims and operations of his government.

Or you can read about the actual social experiments on participation in things like torture (There's a movie on it called «The wave»).

(a) There are risks and dangers associated with participation in ALL SPORTS SERIES AND CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») events and activities which could result in bodily injury, partial and / or total disability, paralysis and death.

His research interests are in health policy, organizational change, health behavior during developmental transitions, influence of sports participation on health, social determinants of health, program evaluation, prevention of alcohol attributable harm, physical activity promotion, obesity prevention, and motor vehicle safety.

His theory is that in a low - income, high - crime neighborhood, if you offer social and educational supports to just a few of the kids who live there, their participation will always seem a bit oddball, and they won't have much of an effect on their peers.

The social media event is coordinated with the release of FRAC's annual reports that focus on participation in the National School Breakfast Program; the reports include:

But what never changes is the department's focus on enhancing kids» physical, cognitive, social and emotional development through their participation.

Instead of focusing on the poor families that do not qualify for Social Security retirement benefits in the first place, the remainder of this paper will focus on the families who are effectively denied full coverage because of their family forms and in spite of their input from taxes and participation in the labor force.

Article 11 (2) In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

This release is based on findings from «Moving in my World: an Investigation into Young People's Embodiment and its Impact on Participation in Physical Activity», funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and carried out by Dr Laura Azzarito when she was a Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University.

According to the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and to experts, disability is the combination of: 1) the individual's impairment; 2) the barriers in the environment (lack of physical and communications accessibility, negative attitudes, absence of laws and specific policies); and 3) the individual's social role (sex, financial situation, access to political participation, etc).

The book focuses on how social media allow new, «tiny acts» of political participation (liking, tweeting, viewing, following, signing petitions and so on), which turn social movement theory around.

Move Forward New York is a citizen action group committed to promoting social justice, preserving civil rights, and ensuring environmental conservation by encouraging participation in the political process on all levels through education, collaboration, and activism.

From: «Getting on or getting by - Women, social capital and political participation», by Vivien Lowndes.

Also fueling Clinton - Sherrod's excitement about social psychology was her participation in a research project that focused on how social support — safe houses, counseling, intervention programs, and so on — helps people dealing with difficult social issues.

A study shows that the influence of close friends on the mass social - network site raises participation

Sean O'Donnell of the University of Washington, Seattle, who works on brain development in social insects, including sweat bees, says this is the first time that it has been shown that participation in a social group is associated with augmented brain development.

Research into how social media websites define us socially and the influence that social media has on our personal welfare suggests that a lack of social participation on Facebook leads to people feeling less meaningful.

The researchers concluded that active participation on Facebook was key in producing a sense of belonging among social media users.

This form of participation in social media may sound like it should have little effect on how humans view themselves, but the study, published online in the Journal of Telematics and Informatics, revealed the exact opposite.

Sept 28 — Participation in three of the technologies highest on the Internet's buzz list — blogging, reading RSS feeds, and engaging in social networking — is climbing, but two of the three haven't cracked the 1 - in - 10 barrier.

«The Effect of Private Education on Political Participation, Social Capital, and Tolerance: An Examination of the Latino National Political Survey.»

This report reviews 18 empirical studies published from 2000 to 2015 on arts participation and early childhood social - emotional development.

The evaluation report released on 12 April by Mission Australia and the University of Adelaide highlights that quality intensive casework support is critical to the program's success in addressing the multiple and complex barriers that can affect a young person's ability to stay in school, their social participation and achievement of positive learning and self - development outcomes.

«The National VET Equity Advisory Council's National Report on Social Equity in VET 2013 reports that Indigenous participation in VET increased by 48 per cent between 2002 and 2011.

As current trends in contemporary society demand new educational responses, and traditional systems of learning are substantially challenged and reshaped, consensus is building around the importance of developing learners well prepared to meet the demands that current and future global trends make on individuals and societies, particularly in the area of civic and social participation, and ethical behavior in a world increasingly marked by difference.

Participation and discussion will center on the role of social entrepreneurs in partnering with educational institutions to use technology to significantly enhance the quality of education.

(10) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereinafter ICESCR) has stayed in principle with the same definition with some additional key - points such as «sense of one's dignity» and «enabling effective participation in a free society».

Different institutions and initiatives are working on facilitating community participation from education to health to achieve a more complete educational intervention, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, where popular education was initiated and developed multiple socio - cultural experiences that ultimately work for a particular model of social change and transformation.

It has evaded standard rule - making procedures designed to collect evidence and encourage public participation; ignored the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX; pressured schools to adopt disciplinary proceedings that deny due process to the accused; insisted upon a definition of sexual harassment so broad that it threatens free speech on campus; and created within colleges units dedicated to reeducating students on all matters sexual and on the dictates of «social justice.»