Sentences with phrase «term social problems»

While the short - term economic outlook for the United States is relatively good, the report says, worsening, long - term social problems such as poor - performing schools continue to trouble the nation.

Being a target of relational aggression can also cause long - term social problems.

While food banks can provide for people's short term needs, there is also a need to address longer term social problems, and equip people to live sustainably.

Not exact matches

«Many years ago, I began to use the term «intersectionality» to deal with the fact that many of our social justice problems like racism and sexism are often overlapping, creating multiple levels of social injustice,» Crenshaw says.

There's a lot of keen analytical hindsight on display in Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's written testimony to Congress ahead of his appearance at hearings on Wednesday, but nothing that indicates Facebook is ready to come to terms with the problems rotting the core of the social network.

There is no relevance in terms of Twitter profile rank and from experiments I have run using Fiverr, the core problem with social signals is they still appear to produce a QDF effect, quick increase, but difficult to get sticky without links, of course the initial boost and eyeballs on your content for relevant searches can lead to links.

Instead of being seen in terms of person - to - person relationship and the love of Christ, the problem is posed in global and sociological terms (which proves that the point of departure was humanist and social).

In the broadest sense of the term, they are political problems, as the social problems associated with the explosive successes of capitalism have always been in the modern era.

We could call this problem the «legalization» of debate, meaning not whether something is legal, but instead the conversion of moral, social, religious, and other dimensions of an issue into legal, or legalistic, terms, or at least the neglect of them because of a focus on what the judges will say.

Mintz does cite one study showing that «serious social, emotional or psychological problems» are 2.5 times more frequent in the long term among children of divorced parents, but the citation is buried in a footnote.

Unfortunately, they view this urgent set of problems in strictly individualistic terms, and ignore the historical background and social context of the current crisis.

That a genuine social revolution can only take place from below will first become convincingly clear, writes Heinz - Joachim Heydorn, when we are able to free ourselves from the predominance of a purely political thought that does not understand the long - term problems of our modern life.

Americans tend to think about every social problem in terms of «rights,» a mode of thinking we find convenient and comfortable.

Such a study of the past could lead contextually to the situation today, in terms of any key social or ethical problems.

Like Robert Bellah and his colleagues in Habits of the Heart, I find it helpful to use the term «ecological» in this connection, because it seems to me that the problems of protecting social environments are comparable in many ways to those of protecting natural environments.

When, however, theism is accepted and the unity of the universe is conceived in terms not of physical cohesion only but of moral purpose also, then the appalling tragedies of man's personal and social life become not merely hardships difficult to bear but an intellectual problem difficult to solve.

We begin now our study of the problems of what has usually been termed «social ethics,» although for reasons given earlier it is impossible to draw a sharp line between individual and social ethics.

Anything above the age of three in my opinion «considering that this is the age where a child's memory begins to be stored long - term untill adulthood», could cause emotional disturbance or harm, as well as social problems.

Scores of animal and human studies show that early life stress, such as severe early social deprivation, leads to long - term changes in the brain, cognitive and social problems, and heightened susceptibility to anxiety, depression, and drug abuse in adulthood.

This is especially true, given that many of the problems we face have a longer - term dimension: climate change, pensions and social care, and international economic development are just some of the more obvious examples.

Not only have measures of well - being and happiness ceased to rise with economic growth but, as affluent societies have grown richer, there have been long - term rises in rates of anxiety, depression, and numerous other social problems.

The Cameroonian ProgCons will, I think, broadly endorse the idea that the right got the better of the economic argument (whatever the problems that has now) and the left on social questions (to which they now come to terms with a new status quo).

Furthermore, even prior to the onset of the current refugee crisis, the tendency to view or label immigrants in ethnic or religious terms has led to a «culturalizing» of social problems, not to mention the fact that a sense of discrimination and alienation can push refugees and second and third - generation European Muslims down the very path of radicalisation that Western societies are attempting to combat.

All in all, in the short - term the creditor countries have little incentive to address the social problems in programme countries, let alone to agree on some form of «social union» at the EU - level.

The problem, however, arises when this social sphere, which traditionally transcended the boundaries of the public / personal distinction, and which preserved, until the dawn of the modern age social integrity and conventional values, becomes encroached by the intervention of the new social — in the sense in which Arendt used the term.

Mental health problems can be triggered by issues such as long - term illness, housing problems or social deprivation; matters we deal with most days.

Problems that will undermine our ability to earn our way out of the cost of living crisis and ensure our social security system is affordable for the long term

«In terms of the future, our country where no party has an overall majority and we have some deep and pressing problems - a huge deficit, deep social problems, a political system in need of reform.

Failure to address the problem would conversely cost society in terms of the economic cost of crime, punishment and social support.

«I see education reform as the long - term solution to many of the economic and social problems.

Rather than doing a deal for our own short - term partisan advantage, we have put together a serious attempt to create a sustainable government that has the stability to deal with Britain's deep financial and social problems.

Poverty and social exclusion - the EU's theme for 2010 - are «structural problems not solvable by charity or by sticking - plaster handouts of welfare payments, however necessary they may be in the short term».

I am glad that the PhD is done, but wish that it was in a different area.In addition to these general problems, my social situation has changed and I now have a mortgage and a long - term partner.

Ultimately, by pursuing these protesters in the short term, they might create really long - term problems for other people who have legitimate social gripes and don't have an easy way to be heard.

Such patterns of insufficient and irregular sleep have been associated with various health problems and have been termed «social jet lag».»

While it's common in the medical field to look at older patients in terms of a specific disease, «it doesn't make so much sense... because most have more than one disease, and a lot of the problems also have to do with the social situation.»

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), babies with a birth weight of less than 5.5 pounds may be at risk of long - term health problems such as delayed motor skills, social growth, or learning disabilities.

The findings, published in the November issue of Social Science & Medicine, indicate that neighborhood quality has significant and long - term effects on child and adolescent problem behaviors, findings that can help inform national, state, and local housing policy and community investment decisions.

«The short - term, indirect threats are not merely «bumps in the road» — they are serious problems that require a greater analysis of social, economic, and political issues stemming from changes already occurring.»

«Although most preterm children catch up with their full term peers during early elementary school, future interventions to improve friendships and social interaction skills should start before school entry to prevent later psychopathology and behaviour problems.»

Long - term resolution of these problems of homes which high radiation levels and poor wastewater controls is made all the more difficult by the severe social and economic conditions in Russia.

And she knew that studies have shown that social stress, such as bullying, can cause long - term health problems.

The management of chronic pain is a multifactorial problem that requires a team effort including psychologic and social support to enhance functional long - term outcomes.

Less obvious, Nathaniel Brandon («The Psychology of Self Esteem») coined the term «social metaphysics» to describe the main problem that most of his ordinary clients had — allowing their world view to be defined by what they thought other people thought of them.

Bill Drayton is the originator of the term «social entrepreneur,» someone who seeks to drive large - scale ideas to tackle entrenched social problems — in a word, changemakers.

Signs of such deterioration abound, as conservatives push to loosen the grip of governments and unions so as to maximize the freedom of families and schools to chart their own course, and as liberals redefine education reform into a «social justice» crusade, construe today's problems in race and gender terms, and press government to do more to advance and protect selected subgroups — a trend that's been welcomed and in fact quickened by the Obama administration's eagerness to nationalize these endeavors and institute federal regulations that further them.

When young children miss too much school, it is often linked with long - term reading problems, lower test scores and weaker social - emotional skills.

November 12, 2012 Professor Maurice Elias, in an August 2, 2012 Edutopia article, lists the different aspects of what SEL4MA calls «social - emotional learning (SEL)», which we use as a broad - based term that encapsulates many different approaches to the same problems.

These are just some of the terms used interchangeably with social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, which include impulse control, perspective - taking and problem - solving.

Not only have measures of wellbeing and happiness ceased to rise with economic growth but, as affluent societies have grown richer, there have been long - term rises in rates of anxiety, depression and numerous other social problems.