Sentences with phrase «positive cultural change»

It does this by working within organizations to facilitate positive cultural change.

A second finding from the Annenberg report is that effective embedded professional learning promotes positive cultural change.

She is currently Principal at The Praxis Department, a consultancy that helps start - ups and non-profits drive positive cultural change in the workplace and community using agile research and participatory processes.

PERSONAL SUMMARY A passionate individual with previous experience of shaping and delivering positive cultural changes in a complex organisation.

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Positive images of the future are regarded as the primary causal factor (although not always the exclusively dominant factor in a changing complex of causes) in cultural change.

In Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society, Rusty Reno offers a brilliant, accessible and modestly optimistic take on the possibilities for positive change in our current cultural climate, upon which I offer some modestly pessimistic thoughts.

The Green and the Red highlights how stereotypes and cultural habits can influence our behaviour but how a little open mindedness — from flexitarians, vegetarians, vegans and omnivores alike — can produce positive change for people and planet.

It seems possible that social and cultural shifts that redefine masculinity and male roles in relation to childcare and family life may support positive changes in health behaviour among fathers, including their smoking practices (Bottorff et al, 2006).

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

He says he tries to create a positive vision of cultural change that people can rally around - a vision of clean energy, green jobs, rejuvenated communities, and racial justice.

While I laud Mr. Amphlett's advocacy for positive change on part of the Alliance, ranging from rethinking student success measures to cultural relevant teaching, which are indeed in urgent need — this is true; I also respect his focus and level argument here, I disagree however with his support on the Alliance's «leadership» in regards to Steward.

Dr. Tinajero's rich knowledge and experience in relation to effective educational reform, cultural and linguistic diversity, and school achievement have been key vehicles for effecting positive change at UTEP and in the local community.

Our students innately hold insightful, innovative ideas coupled with strong core - cultural values and Indigenous perspectives that naturally lend themselves to technology - driven, community - oriented solutions for positive change.»

Diversity training in high school context can be delivered through diversity clubs which have proved to be very effective in minimizing the negative impact of demographic change and maximizing the positives of cultural and ethnic differences.

Last week our Arts + Advocacy Blog highlighted the work of three artists who have used their personal artistic practice to affect positive change in hearts, minds, and cultural norms.

Australian painter Mandy Martin's ongoing art and social practice in Paruku (an Indigenous Protected Area in Western Australia) brings awareness to challenges facing Aboriginal peoples, and simultaneously informs positive environmental and cultural change in the area surrounding Lake Gregory — a terminal desert lake that has been a source of food and site of Aboriginal cultural production for fifty thousand years.

On Monday, January 29, the Tang Teaching Museum hosted a discussion panel as part of its Accelerator Series, a dynamic conversation series with cultural influencers on critical issues and positive change.

Rauschenberg exhibited his work at the National Art Museum in Beijing in 1985, as part of the Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange (ROCI) program, which Rauschenberg believed could bring positive social change to the world.

The impacts associated with these changes are both positive and negative, and are most pronounced in relation to the migration patterns, health and range of animals and plants that indigenous groups depend on for their livelihood and cultural identity.

As these Initiatives unfold, we are increasingly convinced of the interplay between the two: that opportunities, transformations, and cultural shifts engendered by innovation can be leveraged towards positive changes in access to justice, and conversely, that access to justice can grow through, amongst other things, a reinvention of the delivery of legal services.

(i) establishing good governance to provide formal and regular management mechanisms leading to the development of positive relationships based on trust (Section 5.5.4.4); (ii) consideration of the cultural aspects (Section 7.2); and (iii) minimizing changes in key resources across the transition and delivery phases of any outsourcing transaction (Section 5.5.4.3).

Our ambition is to lead the agenda for positive change by creating brands that have a long lasting social impact and prompt cultural and behavioral change.

With climate change a key discussion area at the upcoming United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, WALFA is an example of an Indigenous - led project delivering positive outcomes across a «quadruple bottom line»: it has environmental, economic, social and cultural benefits.

Community focus groups reported positive changes in service delivery as a result of general practice staff attending cultural awareness training, changes not seen to be required in Indigenous Health Services (already established as culturally appropriate services).

The Rafael Hernandez K - 8 took on the challenge and is seeing results, from empowered teachers and a positive shift in student behaviors to schoolwide cultural change.

This project aims to ensure that schools undertake evidence - based, whole - school approaches to positive behaviour support and student wellbeing which supports cultural change required to sustain long - term system changes.

The Rafael Hernández K — 8 School is seeing results, from empowered teachers and a positive shift in student behaviors to schoolwide cultural change.

This positive change is important, as it not only appears to result in an improved mood and a reduction in symptoms of depression and anxiety, but also has the potential to increase participation in social, community and cultural activities for this cohort.

Results: Three overarching themes were identified from Stage One, including: (1) «Experiences of learned helplessness» (e.g. the association between child conduct problems and family conflict and social isolation); (2) «Perceived benefits and mechanisms of change» (e.g. the links between positive outcomes and a number of factors, including key parenting skills, social support, longer - term resilience and commitment, and facilitative organisational practices); and (3) «Challenges in programme implementation» (e.g. cultural discomfort with praise and positive attention, conflict with partners; and organisational difficulties with fidelity, attrition and sustainability).