Contextual and cultural factors underlying Americanization

the effects of cultural, geographical and religious factors on information seeking: a contextual study

this study investigates how contextual factors such as culture, geographical location and religious status may either encourage, determine or prevent information seeking behavior. the study applied both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection as a mixed-method. fifteen catholic clergymen from northern nigeria were interviewed and 109 participated in a survey. findings show that ...

Faith-placed cardiovascular health promotion: a framework for contextual and organizational factors underlying program success.

The objective of this study was to assess the literature on faith-placed cardiovascular health promotion in order to construct a framework of factors meant to facilitate effective program design. Data source was empirical studies on the contextual and organizational factors underlying faith-placed cardiovascular program performance. Study inclusion criteria were papers reported from 1984 to 200...

Representations underlying social learning and cultural evolution

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Going against the Herd: Psychological and Cultural Factors Underlying the ‘Vaccination Confidence Gap’

By far the most common strategy used in the attempt to modify negative attitudes toward vaccination is to appeal to evidence-based reasoning. We argue, however, that focusing on science comprehension is inconsistent with one of the key facts of cognitive psychology: Humans are biased information processors and often engage in motivated reasoning. On this basis, we hypothesised that negative att...

The Seattle Compromise: Multicultural Sensitivity and Americanization