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Culture change
About: Culture change is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1531 publications have been published within this topic receiving 41922 citations. The topic is also known as: cultural change & culture changes.
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04 Mar 1995
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address those elements in the people-forest interface which they perceive as critical to sustainable forest management, based on their own training and experience, as well as two field tests of the conceptual framework (in Kalimantan and Cote d'Ivoire ) Initially, they define important terms, like sustainability, well being/needs, and people; and make clear some of their assumptions.
Abstract: This concept paper addresses those elements in the people-forest interface which we perceive as critical to sustainable forest management, based on our own training and experience, as well as two field tests of the conceptual framework (in Kalimantan and Cote d'Ivoire ) Initially, we define our use of important terms, like sustainability, well being/needs, and people; and make clear some of our assumptions We briefly allude to four pertinent conceptual and policy issues, including the role of people in relation to the forest; the significance of maintaining cultural diversity; the relationships among cultural integrity, culture change, and stakeholder participation; and finally, policy issues pertaining to land use, population, and people's participation The body of the paper discusses two principles, each with three associated criteria An appendix lists principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers found useful in our field tests We conclude briefly by describing future research plans, focused on refining our definitions of stakeholders, testing the importance of inter- generational access to resources and people's participation in sustainable forest management, and testing the applicability of such criteria and indicators for community forestry contexts
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TL;DR: A need to examine moreclosely the beliefs and assumptions associated with nursing home placements and one way to help students and health professionals to doso is suggested.
Abstract: With the aging of many populations, health careworkers and families increasingly findthemselves jointly involved in situationsinvolving decisions about nursing homeplacements. How each approaches suchsituations is affected by beliefs andassumptions about the role of family members inthe care of family members and the decisionmaking process. This paper explores theresponses of people from four cultural groupsliving in Australia (Anglo-Celtic Australian,Chinese, Greek, Lebanese) to a criticalincident scenario about a Russian family inAustralia faced with such a decision. Theresponses to this scenario were remarkablysimilar across the four cultural groups. Allsaw making such a decision as difficult, butthe reasons for the difficulty suggest someinteresting cross-cultural distinctions. Somegroups viewed care of a family member more interms of a social and role obligation whileothers addressed it as a personalresponsibility. To not care for elderlyparents in the home was accompanied by a senseof guilt among some respondents and a sense ofpublic social shame among others. Ambivalenceabout nursing homes and placing a family memberin a nursing home, culture change andcross-generational differences, and roles androle support were other important themes. Theresults are consistent with other data analysedin conjunction with the InterculturalInteraction Project. The findings from thisresearch suggests a need to examine moreclosely the beliefs and assumptions associatedwith nursing home placements and one way tohelp students and health professionals to doso.
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TL;DR: Clinical governance leads were more positive than patient representatives about anticipated results from ongoing efforts to manage culture change at the local level, and in spite of general agreement on various attributes for culture assessment efforts, there was a striking difference in the level of importance respondents attached to blame free and customization.
Abstract: Rationale and objectives The growing interest in patient-focused health care in the National Health System (NHS), especially in the wake of high-profile failures in clinical practice, has underlined the need to involve patients in the design and evaluation of organizational change management programmes at the local level. This includes an evaluation of the relevance of culture and how culture might be assessed and managed in the delivery of high-quality and safe care. The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the perspectives of health care professionals and patient representatives on purposeful attempts to manage culture change in the English NHS. Methods We used the mixed approach, but with more quantitative than qualitative data. A postal questionnaire survey of clinical governance leads and patient representatives from 276 NHS trusts was followed up with a focus group discussion of eight of the survey participants and semi-structured interviews with 18, including health care professionals and patient representatives from various organizations. We used spss to analyse the survey data and Atlas.ti to analyse the qualitative data. Results and conclusions Both clinical governance leads and patient representatives considered culture management and change to be integral to quality and safety improvement efforts. However, clinical governance leads were more positive than patient representatives about anticipated results from ongoing efforts to manage culture change at the local level. Further, in spite of general agreement on various attributes for culture assessment efforts, there was a striking difference in the level of importance respondents attached to blame free (more important to clinical governance managers) and customization (more important to patient representatives).
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