Raising awareness about water issues: the role of water symbolism and proverbs (CROSBI ID 193641)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Sindik, Joško ; Negusse Araya, Yoseph
engleski
Raising awareness about water issues: the role of water symbolism and proverbs
Sustainable water management is one of the global grand challenges of our time. Tackling this challenge through cor-rective actions would required the participation of the general public, a public with sound awareness of the challenge and commitment. One such awareness raising intervention could be through the use of water symbolism and proverbs , targeted to particular society. Water has the differing symbolism and levels of importance to people, depending of their personal characteristics and socio-demographic factors (e.g. gender, age, occupation, residence). Similarly, water prov-erbs can also demonstrate attitudes towards water among communities, ethnic groups and whole nations. Such mean-ings and symbolism could help determine attitude and be a powerful tool towards education. In this context, we de-scribe and propose a psychological Health Belief Model (HBM) as a way to explain behaviour and stimulate sustainable water management practice.
Health Behavior; Health Belief Model; Water Proverbs; Water Symbolism; Public Education
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Podaci o izdanju
5 (4A)
2013.
34-39
objavljeno
1945-3094
1945-3108
10.4236/jwarp.2013.54A006
Povezanost rada
Etnologija i antropologija