Individualistic and Collectivist Approaches of Societies towards Pandemic Assault | Chapter 8 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

This study explores the fascinating connection between culture and societal responses to pandemics. A significant issue for public health is influencing how the broader public reacts to pandemics. The preventive actions (such as donning masks and minimizing group gatherings) that aid in mitigating the spread of pandemics have been shown to be inadequately implemented in various places during the most recent pandemic influenza, the 2009–10 H1N1 pandemic, and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Regional differences in public preventive intervention were observed; owing to cultural values variables.

Across the continents 209 COVID-19 pandemic-affected countries reportedly adopted standard preventive protocols for COVID-19, but the pandemic spread and onslaught showed different patterns in different countries. Humans have a natural tendency to maintain or not maintain physical distance from one another. This tendency stems from a nation's culture, which is ingrained in its national heritage and traditions. The current pandemic scenario offers a governmental and societal level opportunity to study how flexible and adaptable cultures are between pandemic responses. In this study, culture was defined using Hofstede's dimensions Individualism/Collectivism. An exploratory case-study methodology was taken after employing a post-positivist approach. The study findings indicated collectivism encourages faster and more effective COVID-19 responses and hence suggests cultural adjustments for the purpose of infectious disease preventive intervention.

 

Author(s)details:-

 

Gautam Kr. Ghosh (Social Scientist Associated and National Consultant)
Health Research Institute, Kolkata, & NACO, India.

 

Please See the book here :-  https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v1/8221E

Individualistic and Collectivist Approaches of Societies towards Pandemic Assault | Chapter 8 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

 

This study explores the fascinating connection between culture and societal responses to pandemics. A significant issue for public health is influencing how the broader public reacts to pandemics. The preventive actions (such as donning masks and minimizing group gatherings) that aid in mitigating the spread of pandemics have been shown to be inadequately implemented in various places during the most recent pandemic influenza, the 2009–10 H1N1 pandemic, and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Regional differences in public preventive intervention were observed; owing to cultural values variables.

Across the continents 209 COVID-19 pandemic-affected countries reportedly adopted standard preventive protocols for COVID-19, but the pandemic spread and onslaught showed different patterns in different countries. Humans have a natural tendency to maintain or not maintain physical distance from one another. This tendency stems from a nation's culture, which is ingrained in its national heritage and traditions. The current pandemic scenario offers a governmental and societal level opportunity to study how flexible and adaptable cultures are between pandemic responses. In this study, culture was defined using Hofstede's dimensions Individualism/Collectivism. An exploratory case-study methodology was taken after employing a post-positivist approach. The study findings indicated collectivism encourages faster and more effective COVID-19 responses and hence suggests cultural adjustments for the purpose of infectious disease preventive intervention.

 

Author(s) Details:

 

Gautam Kr. Ghosh (Social Scientist Associated and National Consultant)
Health Research Institute, Kolkata, & NACO, India.

 

 

Please see the book here:  https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v1/8221E

Individualistic and Collectivist Approaches of Societies towards Pandemic Assault | Chapter 8 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

 This study explores the fascinating connection between culture and societal responses to pandemics. A significant issue for public health is influencing how the broader public reacts to pandemics. The preventive actions (such as donning masks and minimizing group gatherings) that aid in mitigating the spread of pandemics have been shown to be inadequately implemented in various places during the most recent pandemic influenza, the 2009–10 H1N1 pandemic, and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Regional differences in public preventive intervention were observed; owing to cultural values variables.

Across the continents 209 COVID-19 pandemic-affected countries reportedly adopted standard preventive protocols for COVID-19, but the pandemic spread and onslaught showed different patterns in different countries. Humans have a natural tendency to maintain or not maintain physical distance from one another. This tendency stems from a nation's culture, which is ingrained in its national heritage and traditions. The current pandemic scenario offers a governmental and societal level opportunity to study how flexible and adaptable cultures are between pandemic responses. In this study, culture was defined using Hofstede's dimensions Individualism/Collectivism. An exploratory case-study methodology was taken after employing a post-positivist approach. The study findings indicated collectivism encourages faster and more effective COVID-19 responses and hence suggests cultural adjustments for the purpose of infectious disease preventive intervention.

Author(s) Details:

Gautam Kr. Ghosh
Health Research Institute, Kolkata, & NACO, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CPASSR-V1/article/view/15002

A Brief Discussion: Me, Religion and Culture | Chapter 10 | New Horizons in Education and Social Studies Vol. 6

 The spiritual realm that envelops us, me-the creative person, religion-the uncontainable cosmos, and culture-is the triad that guides the essay. Religion and culture reflect certain soft human dimensions that rationalists such as economists and politicians generally do not investigate. Human beings, who are the initiators and the motivators of such systems, carry out all superhuman systems of faith and worship. Individuality is imperative because imagination and innovation are conceived. As long as it maintains a complex balance between personal rights, duties and responsibilities, it should be promoted. The negative opinion of Marx on religion is rejected because it is clear that religion was and still is a critical response to very ancient human needs. People have been in search of mysteries, unhuman incidents and disastrous occurrences since the early days of civilization. The proper response was found to be God and his postulates. A key component of any social system is culture, which is the expression of human physical and spiritual achievement. It is also mistreated because it is intangible and is concerned with values other than money. Culture must begin at home, before looking to global arenas, to ensure progress and further expansion. Its advocates must learn to deal with the new risks that have arisen from the rapid development of technology. Today's world is shifting. Nothing is certain in the Post-modern period of the 21st Century. The only known thing at present is confusion. This condition allows religious individuals to pursue redemption from God and non-religious persons to promote escapism. Laypersons and talented individuals are split into people who are imaginative, reckless and egotistic. In this extraordinary transformation, which often looks like a revolt, both classes, the everlasting worshipers of religion, the advocates of multifaceted culture and the general public participate. The article concludes with a positive outlook and a hope that the Western Civilization will recover the leadership position of its world, provided the requisite restoration measures are taken.

Author(s) Details

Amos Avny
Senior Management and Strategy Consultant, Omnidev International, Israel.

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