Sentences with phrase «on societal problems»

«Whatever the issue may be, you need to listen to constituents, you need to read research, you need to get a handle on societal problems.»

«We are very happy to welcome speakers and key individuals from Europe but also Asia who can give a broader perspective on these societal problems», says Maria Sörby.

Not exact matches

All we are doing is shining a spotlight on the fact that each has made measurable progress addressing a societal problem with an innovative business program.

Its «list of reasons Page 3 has to go» gives us a picture of how the media represents women and how this links to a wider societal problem in which women are primarily regarded as decoration; their value dependent on how conventionally attractive they are considered to be.

We offer them not only for their intrinsic worth but because women's concerns, as they are called, will undoubtedly come before the bishops again, and because the problems posed by «One in Christ Jesus» illustrate difficulties that all the churches have when it comes to making statements on questions of societal moment.

More than any other therapist, Fromm has brought the searchlight of depth psychology to bear on the historical and societal roots of individual problems.

The problem with India is that is built on a system of cultural and societal values based on Hinduism which is a cult.

It could be that there are economic and societal pressures — external pressures — putting a burden on their relationship, but the fundamental problem lies in the fact of sin, which has been given free reign.

The problem is that while the imitation model may be useful and perhaps even accurate in particular individual situations, it is totally inadequate as a model for policy - formulation on a societal level.

the problem with religious polls is that folks often answer based on societal pressure or ignorance rather han truly informed and reflective thought.

In the collection of articles based on lectures in honor of Hartshorne's ninetieth birthday, Nobo unfolds, in reaction to Lewis Ford, how in his opinion Gad is essentially immutable, imperishable and objectifiable.30 In doing this he agrees with Ford's criticism that Hartshorne's societal view of God does not offer an adequate Whiteheadian solution to the problem of God's objectifiability or prehensibility, but in contrast to Ford he is of the opinion that such a Whiteheadian solution is possible, and that it is even reasonably simple.

One of these was A.H. Johnson who was the first to mention the possibility of a «societal view,» and thereby elicited an explicitly negative reaction from Whitehead.8 Others who entertain this view are, mainly, William Christian, Lewis Ford, Marjorie Suchocki, and Jorge Nobo.9 Amongst these, Ford is the only one who links his holding of the «entitative view» to an emphasis on the imprehensibility of God's consequent nature10 (and who later finds this so much of a problem that he starts searching in other directions, though not in that of the «societal view»).11 The other three — Christian, Suchocki, and Nobo — do see possibilities for a conceptually coherent account of the prehensibility of God.

I think the societal need to put labels on people and use those labels to put them into a little box is part of the problem.

You present a very measured response to societal problems that are becoming more serious as time wears on and our girls grow up.

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.»

Klein MC.Cesarean section on maternal request: a societal and professional failure and symptom of a much larger problem.

(unfortunately not to all the ones that lost thier jobs because of Bettina) I think Mark Graban says it best when he wrote, «This whole episode isn't a great example of scientific problem solving on a societal level.

So I want to restate the question if I can: It's not just about government employees, Gov. Cuomo, what do you intend to do on sexual assault and the problem of harassment and victimization on a societal level?»

«Preaching should focus on proffering solutions to societal problems and not engaging in controversial issues that are capable of causing disunity in the society,» Bello said

He advised that their preaching should focus on proffering solutions to societal problems and restoring peace in the nation.

Money can't fix the problem, because the problem is really a societal feedback loop, rooted in the individual desire to have what's best for one's own children, rather than on a global desire for what's best for society as a whole.

What struck me when looking back more than 10 years ago, and what I was reading now about mass shootings, was the familiar theme that firearm - related violence is a societal problem and that law enforcement can not solve it on its own.

To measure societal discontent as a general factor Z, we asked people to indicate on how many out of the last 30 days the average person had encountered problems with a range of 12 to 14 issues, such as crime, unemployment, and corruption.

Hydrogen could therefore help ease pressing environmental and societal problems, including air pollution and its health hazards, global climate change and dependence on foreign oil imports.

«Chronic pain is an increasingly common problem and can exert disastrous personal, societal, and socio - economic impacts on patients, their families, and their communities,» says Ian Gilron, lead author of the study.

Lately, Balzani's major focus has been his long - standing interest on energy issues, chemical education, and on the role of science in society as he has always maintained that scientists have the great responsibility and duty to educate citizens and to assist decision makers in finding solutions to pressing societal problems.

AAU places equal emphasis on the three primary university value streams: highly qualified graduates for the labour market of the future; new cognition, knowledge, technology and innovation that address important societal problems; and effective dissemination of knowledge through cooperation with the community and wider society.

Social psychologists focus on societal concerns that have a powerful influence on individual wellbeing as well as the health of society as a whole, including problems such as substance use, crime, prejudice, domestic abuse, public health, bullying, and aggression.

On its website, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls insufficient sleep a public health problem in America, «which may be caused by broad scale societal factors such as round - the - clock access to technology and work schedules.»

And again, while there are other pressing societal problems affecting the country's schools, like child poverty and infrastructure and funding (to say nothing of what or how students are taught), so far much of the debate has focused on these teacher evaluations.

Despite these societal problems, we need to focus on the success stories of what's right with our schools rather than what's wrong with our schools.

While he said education isn't a silver bullet to al societal problems, it's a critical condition to put students on a path to financial success.

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.

Here, too, the potential cost savings are significant: Researchers in Canada found that for every dollar spent on timely treatment of mental health problems and addictions, $ 7 is saved in healthcare costs, and $ 30 is saved in lost productivity and societal costs (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long - Term Care, 2009).

This can be a beginning point for a discussion of how justice on a societal scale evolves — and how our individual actions can contribute to the problem or to the solution.

Lauren Slater's essay, Three Spheres, is an example of how a personal story, vividly and candidly revealed, can shed light on a more complex societal problem.

Some take lives in order to take vengeance on the government and even include solving societal problems as their main goal.

By offering early age spay.neuter procedures, veterinarians can make a positive, profound impact on both the overwhelming societal problem of pet overpopulation (macro picture) and on the individual pet and pet owner (micro picture).

Audiences love them because they provide easily digestible primers on subjects as frivolous as the many on - screen deaths of Sean Bean to serious societal problems like income inequality.

The problem is not «societal welfare» it is the idiots than mismanage and misapply the carrot and forget that sometimes sticks are handy on occasion.

In the introduction itself Bjorn Lomborg catalogues the impacts of climate change, highlighting the problem of sea level rise, pressure on water resources, and declining food production in some countries,» possibly becoming a source of societal conflict».

Environmental, energy, and global warming concern well may be on American's minds — as recent opinion polls Climate Progress is parsing bear out — but collectively we're barely past admitting we have a problem, let alone starting the depth of societal soul searching the activist community would (rightly) like to see.

Stephanie Pagni, General Counsel for Barclays UK, said: «This initiative will help trigger a transformation in law - tech with significant potential, addressing not just commercial but also societal legal problems, and drawing on the expertise of data scientists, engineers and a range of other graduates and contributors from our university partners.»

Politicians increased the use of criminal sanctions to deal with complex societal problems and doubled down on their misguided love of minimum sentences.

The unfortunate outcome of the focus on the research of these individuals is that policymakers and practitioners are being given further reason to view achievement gaps as the cognitive problems of individuals rather than the result of failures in the structures of our schools and societal policies.

From a public health perspective, the ability to predict the course of antisocial behavior over the long term could help to focus limited societal resources on those with persistent antisocial behavior problems with complicated outcomes.

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.

Strategies on the societal level include increasing the «value» of children, increasing the economic self - sufficiency of families, discouraging corporal punishment and other forms of violence, making health care more accessible and affordable, expanding and improving coordination of social services, improving the identification and treatment of psychological problems like alcohol and drug abuse, providing more affordable child care, and preventing the birth of unwanted children.

However, improvements in child mental health are likely to have broad societal (health and non-health related) and long - lasting impacts on the child, including reducing the risk of poor physical health, problems with substance abuse, suicide or other mental health risks, involvement in crime.1 2 29 39 42 43

A focus on early nutrition is important, as diet is a targetable risk factor; improving maternal and / or childhood diet may help lower the prevalence of early - onset conduct problems, thus lowering substantial societal and economic costs associated with childhood CP and related adjustment problems (Hsia and Belfer 2008).