Social norms influence behaviors and perceptions in a society. Social norms regarding alcohol and drug use have changed over time, moving from scare tactics to social norms campaigns. Social norms campaigns work by conducting surveys to understand actual drug and alcohol use versus perceived use, then implementing campaigns to change misperceptions and make unhealthy behaviors seem less acceptable. These types of campaigns have been shown to significantly reduce rates of binge drinking and drug use on college campuses.
Topic of Sociology, Introduction and theories, evolutionary theory, THEORIES, Evolutionary theory , Cyclic theory, Functional theory and conflict theory, Processes of Social change, discovery, invention, diffusion, Factors of Change, Resistance and acceptance and consequences
Topic of Sociology, Introduction and theories, evolutionary theory, THEORIES, Evolutionary theory , Cyclic theory, Functional theory and conflict theory, Processes of Social change, discovery, invention, diffusion, Factors of Change, Resistance and acceptance and consequences
Join the SociologyCriminology Club along with Alpha Kappa Del.docxchristiandean12115
Join the Sociology/Criminology Club along with
Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society &
Alpha Phi Sigma, Criminology Honor Society
When: Thursday, March 2 at 5:00 pm
Where: LC 140
Pizza will be provided! RSVP: 305-284-6762 for Facebook
Guest Speaker Lissa Franklin
from URecovery
…speaking about her club/program and her experience with addiction
Upcoming Events & Activities:
3/21 Liberty Square: Power, History, and Race in Miami
3/28 CSI:UMIAMI
Elections
Research, Creativity, Innovation Forum
Study Break
Induction of Honor Society Members
U Recovery: A Collegiate Recovery Community at the University of Miami, is an organization that creates an environment in which recovering students can interact socially, and be of maximum service to the University of Miami. We provide the much-needed nurturing and affirming environment for social and psychological change as students recover from substance use disorders and process addictions, enabling a student in recovery to embrace a normative collegiate experience, and serve as a catalyst for a culture shift on campus. We spearhead innovation by encouraging and promoting recovery research, and we enhance the collegiate learning experience by increasing retention, graduation, and academic success for students in recovery. We are of service through student leadership and active community involvement, by being a voice for the implementation of a positive social justice intervention in the University setting and outside community as a whole. We maintain that the science of abstinence-based approaches to recovery is meaningful and will not be discounted, and all pathways to recovery are welcomed. Finally, we can #recoveroutloud, because of #collegiaterecovery !
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U Recovery: A Collegiate Recovery Community at the University of Miami, is an organization that creates an environment in which recovering students can interact socially, and be of maximum service to the University of Miami. We provide the much-needed nurturing and affirming environment for social and psychological change as students recover from substance use disorders and process addictions, enabling a student in recovery to embrace a normative collegiate experience, and serve as a catalyst for a culture shift on campus. We maintain that the science of abstinence-based approaches to recovery is meaningful and will not be discounted, and all pathways to recovery are welcomed. Finally, we can #recoveroutloud, because of #collegiaterecovery !
Currently, there are over 150 active Collegiate Recovery Programs across the United States, supported by the Association of Recovery in Higher Educatio.
21 for a Reason by Bernards Twp. Municipal Alliancedesignsquared
A compelling presentation with statistics and facts to why the New Jersey drinking age is set to 21 years of age. Very informative and helpful for any Teenage or Parent.
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Findings Used to Make Public Health Planning and Policy Decisions
Unit 4 - HA560
March 28, 2016
There has been increased concern among policy makers, scientists and communities that health is greatly affected by a number of factors that occur in a person’s lifetime and in multi levels. Prevention is sententious to curb occurrence of any disease within the population, and it has to come first even if access to quality healthcare services is provided. To adequately promote health and prevent diseases, certain policies and factors need to be addressed mostly factors that are related to health behaviors.
Social psychology is all about understanding individuals’ behavior specifically in a social setting. Basically, social psychology focuses on factors that influence people to behave in certain ways in presence of others. The two greatest contributors in the field of social psychology were Allport (1920) and Bandura (1963). To begin with, according to Allport; he argued that the interaction of individuals with others or the presence of social groups can encourage the development of certain behaviors (Kassin, 2014). This is what Allport referred to as social facilitation, in his research he identified that an audience will facilitate the performance of an actor in a well learnt and understood task; however the performance of the same actor will decrease in performance on difficult tasks which are newly learnt, and this is contributed by social inhibition. The second contributor in the field of social psychology is Bandura (1963), in his work he developed a notion that behavior in the social world could be possibly modeled, and this is what he referred to as social learning theory. He gave his explanation with three groups of children who were watching a video where in the video an adult showed aggressiveness towards a “bobo doll” and the adults who displayed such behavior were awarded by another adult or were just punished. Therefore Bandura found that children who saw the adult being rewarded were found to be more likely to imitate that adult’s behavior.
Certain theories plays important roles in health assessment, and a theory is defined as a collection of concepts in specific area of concern or interest in the world that need explanations, intervening and prediction. Theories need to be backed up with evidence that tend to explain why things will happen in relation to current situations, and followed with some actions to turn situations in certain desirable ways. Health assessment can be defined as a plan of care that recognizes specific person’s health needs and how such needs will be addressed by healthcare system or any other health institutions (Jarvis, 2008). Generally, health assessment is the evaluation of health status through examination of physical and psychological concerns after looking at the health history of the victim assess ...
Benefits and Challenges of Generating Community ParticipationChantellPantoja184
Benefits and Challenges of Generating Community Participation
Leonard A. Jason
DePaul University
This article conveys important and useful information that practitioners can apply in their day-to-day
professional lives by including citizen– consumer– client participation in their work. Three collaborative
action projects are described that yielded significant benefits both for local communities and broader
policy. These interventions, which were on topics as diverse as tobacco use among youth, recidivism
among substance abusers, and chronic fatigue syndrome, were greatly enhanced by the involvement of
citizens. The case studies are presented in such a way that the reader has a sense of how, when, and in
what ways the interventions were collaborative as well as what the outcomes have been vis-à-vis public
policy. The article is intended to encourage professional psychologists to collaborate more fully with
community groups in efforts to expand and improve behavioral health services and policies.
Keywords: citizen participation, public policy, collaboration, community psychology
You might ask why practitioners would be interested in activity
involving community members in their work. With busy practices,
multiple obligations, and an increasingly hectic work world, add-
ing another set of responsibilities might seem to be burdensome
and even counterproductive. Yet, it is very possible that our work
could be immeasurably enriched by obtaining greater involvement
from citizens– consumers– clients. In fact, such work might even
make for more relevant assessments and interventions as well as
better relationships and cooperation with community partners and
local organizations. These types of rich collaborative efforts could
even help bring added attention, publicity, and even public policy
benefits. In fact, whether you are implementing individual-level
interventions at the local level or larger-scale public health projects
at the community or state level, you probably are going to be
involved in making some decisions regarding behavioral health
policies.
In this article, some of the benefits and challenges of mobilizing
citizen participation will be reviewed. Clearly, these collaborations
have important implications for practitioners. For example, it is
possible that bringing community members into our work might
help us better prioritize the needs and interests of our clients and
participants (Chataway, 2001). In addition, a relationship based on
meaningful citizen involvement may be a critical factor for the
sustainability of community efforts (Altman, 1995). In a sense,
there are multiple worthy rationales for citizen participation, in-
cluding its potential in sensitizing, prioritizing, and sustaining
intervention and research efforts, and these collaborative efforts
might also ultimately help us even influence public policy. But
before dealing with these very practical matters, let me first de-
scribe some basic terms that involve the co ...
Social and Behavioral Sciences & Public HealthChap.docxwhitneyleman54422
Social and Behavioral
Sciences & Public
Health
Chapter 4
Slide show developed by:
Richard C. Krejci, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Health
Columbia College of SC
2.8.2016
Introduction
• What are some examples of how social or
cultural influences affect health?
• How Is Public Health related to the Social and
Behavioral Sciences?
• How does Socioeconomic Status affect health?
• What other social factors explain the differences
in health and response to disease?
• What are some of the common obstacles in
helping others to change Health Behaviors?
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Introduction
• Why are some individual Health Behaviors
easier to change than others?
• How can individual behaviors be changed?
• What stages so Individuals go through in making
behavioral change?
• How can behaviors within a group be changed?
• How can we combine individual, group, and
social efforts to implement behavioral change?
Social Influence on Health
You travel to a country in Asia and find that
the culture affects most parts of life including
health. From the food they eat and their method
of cooking to their attitudes toward medical care
and their beliefs about the cause of disease and
the ability to alter it through public health and
medical interventions, this country is profoundly
different from the United States.
Social Influence on Health
You are trying to help your spouse quit smoking
cigarettes and your kids from starting. You know that
gentle encouragement and support on a one-to-one
basis are essential but are often not enough since
cigarettes cause addiction that produces withdrawal
and long term cravings. Like most addictions, quitting
requires a combination of individual motivation,
support from family and friends, and sometimes use
of medications. But you wonder: do warning labels
on cigarettes, taxes on cigarettes, and no smoking
zones in public places make any difference?
Social Influence on Health
Your efforts to convince teenagers to avoid
smoking or at least stop smoking focuses on
giving them the facts about how cigarettes cause
lung cancer, throat cancer, and serious heart
disease.
You are frustrated at how little impact you have
had and are surprised that others are more
successful by focusing on immediate impacts
such as stained teeth and bad breadth as well as
the loss of control that goes along with addiction
to nicotine.
Behavioral/Environmental Influences
on Health
Suppose that every day on your way to work,
you pass the same young homeless man on the
same corner. You notice that over the past few
weeks he has been coughing, and you figure he
must have a cold.
Today when you walk by his usual place on the
corner, he is not there, but someone has left a sign
that reads, “Rest in peace, Ramón.” You are
surprised, especially because he was so young..
Evidence-based kernels for community change and preventionDennis Embry
A paradox exists in community prevention of violence and drugs. Good research now exists on evidence-based programs, yet extensive expenditures on prevention have not produced community-level results. Various multiproblems are quite prevalent in the United States, such as violence, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), conduct problems, learning disabilities, depression, and other mood problems. Various studies have observed that intuitively appealing community-based coalitions and best practice requirements have not produced prevention gains as hoped for by many. Calls for more money, fidelity, or dose seem unlikely to succeed. Other alternatives may be possible. Most of the best practices aimed at preventing these community problems are composed of evidence-based kernels, which act on core principles of prevention (risk and protective factors). What is not widely known is that the evidence-based kernels are powerful in their own right. Evidence-based kernels are irreducible units of behavior-change technology, and they can be put together into behavioral vaccines (daily practices) with powerful longitudinal prevention results. Kernels and behavioral vaccines are simple, and they are not programs or curriculum in the conventional sense. This article presents examples of evidence-based kernels and behavioral vaccines that can be promoted easily across whole communities or states using social marketing principles. Widespread propagation of evidence-based kernels and behavioral vaccines could have a significant impact on communities and their prevention norms, providing low-cost alternatives and practical models for community psychology, public health, and policy makers. Behavioral kernels and vaccines can add needed precision to prevention science and community psychology.
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Research paper proposal
Two cognitive domain articles:
The first cognitive domain article is Evaluating a Selective Prevention Programme for Binge
Drinking Among Young Adolescents: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
● Study goals: substance abuse is danger for the teenager, but having a prevention
programme can reduce the danger from substance abuse.
● Subjects: substance abuse prevention programme for alcohol-related risks to
cognitive functions teenager.
● In the results, I found that teenages who are heavy abuse of alcohol seems have
the risk development of cognitive abilities; and teenagers who abuse alcohol will
develop higher damage cognitive functions than in adult.
● A possible campus resources to address the issue is wellness & health
promotion-Alcohol Consultations. In the campus Alcohol Consultations, it
provide the individual alcohol consultation to increase the cognition of alcohol
damage for human development.
The second cognitive domain article is Cognitive Predictors of Problem Drinking and AUDIT
Scores Among College Students.
● Study goals: within substance abuse, what’s the differences in cognitive processes.
● Subjects: substance abuse is relate to a range of differences in cognitive processes.
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● In the results, I found that alcohol user develop attentional bias and impulsive decision
than the others who are not a alcohol drinker; And the heavy alcohol abuser are likely to
develop the cognitive disability over twice than the non alcohol abuser.
● Overall, in San Jose State University, a possible campus resources to address the issue is
Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC). SHAC as an advisory body has provide
quality advisory services for student to address the health problems on different domains.
Two social domain articles:
The first social domain article is Prevention and Treatment of College Student Drug Dse: A
Review of the Literature.
● Study goal: to discover how the individual will get influence from the peer
interaction through the social.
● Subjects: social influences.
● In the results, I found that peer who abuse alcohol and drug will influence and
cause the higher rate of the people around them on abuse; And social norms
divided into two parts, which are descriptive norms and injunctive norms. These
two norms are shows the individual will get influence from the misperceive of
others action, thus affecting their own behavior.
● A possible campus resources to address the issue is Health and Wellness Related
Groups (Peer Health Educators).
The second social domain article is Peer Associations for Substance Use and Exercise in a
College Student Social Network.
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September 7, 2016
Far too many people across the country are left dead, injured, or traumatized by community violence. Communities can be safer when neuroscience, public health strategies, and collective advocacy are aligned in practice and policy. This event convened experts to discuss the best next steps to fostering a broad science-informed advocacy movement to effectively address community violence.
Panelists
- Michelle Bosquet Enlow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Associate in Psychology, Boston Children's Hospital; Affiliated Faculty, Harvard University Center on the Developing Child
- Shannon Cosgrove, MPH, Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Fatimah Loren Muhammad, Director, Trauma Advocacy Initiative, Equal Justice USA
- Charles Homer, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Moderator: Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Petrie-Flom Center; Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Teaching Faculty in the Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program and for the Doctoral School Psychology Program, William James College; Faculty at the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; and Senior Associate for the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Learn more on the website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/battling-blood-in-the-streets.
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Final Project Theory and Topic Selection
Student’s name
The selected topic is to determine why teenagers struggle to fit in their social groups. Some engage in harmful behaviors such as substance use, drinking and smoking just to fit in their social groups. Despite some behaviors having negative effects to their health and wellness, they go to great lengths just to fit. The two selected theories to enhance our understanding of why teenagers behave in certain ways are social identity theory and observational learning theory. The social identity theory tries to explain intergroup behavioral patterns perceived by individuals. Individuals feel they need to be associated with certain groups. They feel they need to be accepted in society thus need social identity. This theory will enhance our understanding why teenagers get engaged in certain harmful behaviors to be accepted by their peers and identify with them.
Observational learning posits that people observe, retain and imitate specific behavioral patterns. They later display behavior and traits similar to those of others in society. This can help illustrate how teenagers who join bad groups end up copying the harmful behaviors they see. Spending time with peers who engage in harmful behavior like drinking is likely to trigger one to replicate such behavior. It all starts with observing then retaining and later replicating what they see.
These two theories enhance understanding of why teenagers behave in certain ways enabling psychologists to develop treatment approaches and public health programs to help teenagers resist joining harmful behaviors. They have powerful influence on our understanding of different aspects of mental health and overall well-being.
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Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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How to Split Bills in the Odoo 17 POS ModuleCeline George
Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
2. What are social norms? Social norms are the expected behaviors of a society Social norms are different in every culture They may be true or false
3. What came before social norms? the predominant methods of deterring drug and alcohol use was: 1.Scare Tactic -this approach tried to scare individuals with negative consequences such as physical and emotional to deter use
4. How do social norms affect us? Most people want to fit into society Social norms influence the way we act and think If we think that an act is acceptable we are more likely to do the same It perpetuates delinquent behavior and bad decision making
5. Founders of social norms Alan David Berkowitz & H. Wesley Perkins Together in 1986 they published the first major study on social norms and drinking They found that the most effective method of changing behavior is changing perception
6. How are social norms evaluated? evaluated through survey Initial survey given to evaluate actual use v. perception Social norms campaign is rolled out Second survey is given to evaluate change Change in behaviors can be seen on police reports Campus crime reports
7. Social Norm Studies ESU is currently conducting a social norms survey on residential freshmen to evaluate perceived norms. One recent study was able to evaluate 28,000 students over 44 college campus’ survey compares actual drinking/drug use to perceived use studies prove social norms dramatically drinking and drug use East Stroudsburg University
8. Media effect on social norms Negatively impacts social norms Movies such as animal house and old school portray college students as raging alcoholics who do nothing but party Reduction in negative portrayal could reduce delinquent acts
9. How do we change social norms? I DON’T NEED TO DRINK TO HAVE FUN I LOVE TO BINGE DRINK Change the way that people think Social Norms Campaign can be powerful if backed up with strong information and proper marketing Make drinking and drug use less acceptable in society
10. Conclusion Effective social norms campaigns are able to reduce the rate of drinking and drug use As a result of this the number of assaults, injuries, date rape, and other such delinquent behavior is drastically decreased Quality of life is improved an community gains a more realistic perception of themselves
11. What percentage of ESU students have never used marijuana? According to the 2007 Core Alcohol & Drug Survey 62.8% have never used marijuana 0-15 15-30 30-45 45-60 60-75 75-90 90-100
12. Questions Are you affected by social norms? Who is responsible for creating social norms? What can you do to change social norms? What other methods can be used to change delinquent behavior? ? ? ?
