'broader societal context' is correct and a commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to the larger, overall societal or cultural environment in which something is occurring. Example: "To fully understand the impact of this government policy, we must consider it within the broader societal context of increasing income inequality and social unrest."
But however we understand mental distress, there can be no doubt that it exists within a broader societal context.
The question about privacy should be put into broader societal context.
The project sought to elucidate how transformations in the broader societal context affect work cultures and scientific practices in the academic life sciences.
In the broader societal context, social sustainability refers to 'an ideal state of well-being which might be expected to occur when social, economic and environmental interactions foster inter-generational equality and longitudinal equilibrium' (Author 2013a: p2245).
This evolution is linked to a progressive widening of the scope of usage of these systems, from an initial more limited application to risk assessment, to the subsequent inclusion of functionality enabling their utilization in the context of risk management, and more recently, to their explicit casting in the broader societal context of risks and decisions, from a risk governance perspective.
In a detailed case study where coastal and marine cultural ecosystem services were set within a broader societal context, DDMV was undertaken through three iterative workshops involving a single group of participants representing local residents and different interests across the public, private and third sectors.
We have used the theory of the meanings society developed at the Research Group for Media and Communications (FMC) at Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC) as a broad societal context systematically in every Futures Clinique we have moderated.
Science must exist within the broader cultural and societal context.
As Bensimon's study illustrates, the broader institutional and societal context must be taken into account.
These factors also relate to the broader family and societal context in which patients live.
The index was structured into three main sections: External collective: Themes relating to the broader societal and organisational context.
