2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

DEFINITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF: Community: It is the group of people, having intimacy, informal relations, common culture, and living together in specific geographical boundaries. (Paul B. Horton 1992) Community Health: “It is science & art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized efforts” (Winslow 1920) Community Health Nursing: Community [...]

22. LEGAL INSTITUTIONS

A) LEGAL INSTITUTIONS: They are the binding force on whole social order and controlling agencies for other social institution. They provide legal framework for the proper function of all other institution. Some Examples of Legal Institution are as under: Supreme Court. High Court. Civil Court. Session Courts. Military Summary. Police station. Jails. Jirga. Union Council. [...]

21. RECREATION INSTITUTIONS

A) RECREATION INSTITUTIONS: The recreation institutions stands for an interrelated set of roles and norms that. Full fill the needs of a society in the field of recreation. Recreation means network of activities in which people are engaged in for pleasure and relaxation. Some common forms of recreation are: Amusement e.g., drama, movies etc… Hobbies. [...]

20. ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS

A) ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS: It is a set of norms relating to production & distinction of goods and services.The economy means the dominant form of economic activity present in a society e.g. Collecting and hunting economy. Nomadic –post oral economy. Settled agricultural economy. Modern urban industrial economy. a) CAPITALISM: It is an economic system in which [...]

19. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

A) POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: It may be defined as, a set of norms pertaining to the distribution of power and authority concerning the management and control of society to bring order in life. The political institutions provide stability and progress of country. The Important Aspects of Political Institutions are as follow: Political behaviour. Pressure group. Public [...]

18. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

A) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: The educational institutions play significant role in the development of a country the moulds the attitude and behaviour of the individual in a certain name in a particular situation. B) TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: Formal Education. Informal Education. General Education. Technical Education. Conventional Education. Person-Centred Education. Progressive Education. Conservative Education. Prejudiced Education. Liberal [...]

17. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

A) RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS: Religious institution is a system of belief & practices influencing human events where man is helpless to explain them.Religious institutions are very useful for the moral and spiritual development of a country. B) STRUCTURE OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION: BELIEFS: The belief is a sensation of brain and belongs to faith but no reason. [...]

16. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

A) SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Social institutions are “An institution is an organized way of satisfying human needs permanently”. The sate of habits associated attitudes and ideas which developed as the best way of satisfying any basic need formed the structure of the social institution. B) ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL INSTITUTATION: An institution for a society is like [...]

15. ETHNOCENTRISM

A) DEFINITION: It can be defined as “A belief that ones own group, race, society and culture are superior to other groups, race, society and culture”. Man has a tendency to believe that his own ways are batter then those of the other and judges other cultures and societies by his own standard. ADVANTAGES & [...]

14. CULTURE

A) CULTURE: A culture is a sum of total learned behaviour, traits, values, belief, language, laws and technology, characteristics of the member of a particular society.Culture is the cultivated behaviour i.e. the totality of mans learned experience, socially transmitted to one generation to another.Culture is a behaviour acquired through social learning. B) ELEMENTS OF CULTURE: [...]

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