Risk-taking related to road mobility of vulnerable users can be different from one country another, culture another. Vulnerable (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists), who are those whose exterior protections most lacking compared drivers cars or trucks, constitute almost half the individuals killed in accidents (WHO, 2015). Contexts, cultural values beliefs likely play a role risk taking (C...

It is widely held that intuitive dualism—an implicit default mode of thought takes minds to be separable from bodies and capable independent existence—is a human universal. Among the findings taken support universal dualism pattern evidence in which “psychological” traits (knowledge, desires) are judged more likely continue after death than bodily or “biological” (perceptual, physiological, sta...

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment proposed four categories of ecosystem services as regulating, provisioning, supporting and cultural. Of these, cultural have been the most difficult to quantify despite playing a key role in developing society’s ecosystems. By reviewing series case studies related derived from raptors, we examine relations between tangible ‘knowledge’ ‘beliefs’ part human soc...

BACKGROUND Individual health beliefs are likely to play a key role in how people respond to knowledge and information about the potential harm from smoking and alcohol abuse. The objectives of the study were to 1) explore whether functional beliefs and risk minimizing beliefs were associated with intention to quit smoking and confidence to quit smoking and 2) explore whether functional beliefs ...

We compared the relationship between gender role beliefs and antigay prejudice in Chile and the United States. Participants were Chilean and American university students. In Study 1, Chileans were more prejudiced than Americans, and men were more prejudiced than women. In Study 2, gender role beliefs mediated cultural and sex differences in prejudice. Chileans held more traditional gender role ...

Providing primary care to rural patients requires creativity, resourcefulness, and sensitivity. The NP's education in and exposure to cultural sensitivity can support delivery of care that is both patient-centered and ethnically-focused. Clinicians' knowledge about the cultural heritage of their constituency must include recognition of norms, beliefs, and practices. Knowledge of culture and its...

Culture is commonly regarded as a factor in pain behaviour and experience, but the meaning of the term is often unclear. There is little evidence that pain perception is modified by cultural or ethnic factors, but pain expression by children and interpretation by caregivers may be affected by the culture of the patient or the caregiver. The present paper examines some of the research regarding ...