Professional responsibility to the communities in which they work and live

Article Abstract:

Professionals including social workers, play important roles in the community in which they live and perform their professions. Professionals, who also act as educators, should be equipped with certain characteristics. These include profound knowledge, sound occupational skills, unquestionable ethical standards and sound culture. Professionals should always seek the welfare of the constituents and be committed to the goal of the community. Thus, they should be able to identify the problems of the members of the community, provide possible solution and cooperate in resolving them.

Evaluation, Social workers, Professional workers, Professional employees, Professional socialization

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Social factors and selective technology adoption: the case of integrated pest management

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The adoption of new technologies appears to be selective and dependent on social factors. The case of integrated pest management (IPM) among pear growers in California indicates that farmers adopt only those components of the IPM program that best suit their circumstances and reject others or adopt them at a lesser degree. The different levels of adoption cannot be solely attributed to lack of information or economic resources. Other social factors such as the influence of agricultural extension, market strategy, farm diversity, education and farm type are also considered.

Research, Planning, Technology, Pests, Agricultural systems, Integrated pest management

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Preventing AIDS in communities of color: anthropology and social prevention

Article Abstract:

Medical anthropologists should shift its focus from individual models to a social prevention approach in addressing the over-representation of minorities in groups exposed to AIDS. Socio-cultural and political economic theoretical frameworks should be considered in developing social prevention and intervention models. Some practitioners believe that the isolation of decision making patterns can lead to the control of social and relational factors that have contributed to the spread of the disease.

Health aspects, Social aspects, Minorities, AIDS (Disease), Medical anthropology

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