Many problem issues raised during these discussions were related to human relations with the community and at workplace: finding a balance between distance and proximity with community members, acknowledging social hierarchies while remaining equitable, controlling staff behaviour without crystallizing antagonisms from staff and/or community members.
We must also promote gender equitable norms and behaviours and women's participation in decision-making.
Men and boys may be supported to reflect on the costs of hegemonic masculinity and the benefits of gender-equitable attitudes and behaviours, and to practise behaviours associated with the democratising of gender relations in the safe social spaces developed by an intervention (such as workshops, group meetings, retreats or sports camps).
Economic globalization forces in New Zealand have potentially affected nutrition and health both directly and indirectly in the case of milk, primarily by creating an environment which is neither equitable nor conducive to healthful behaviours.
Modern hunter-gatherer tribes have been found to punish selfish behaviour that violates an equitable order.
Creation of more complex formulas for capitation payments and blended-fee structures, although difficult, may reduce physician behaviours that adversely affect equitable service delivery [ 49].
In addition with the emphasis on achieving and maintaining universal coverage, many countries are undertaking ambitious LLIN distributions and thus require considerable support with regard to supply management, logistics, and behaviour change communication to ensure efficient, equitable distribution and utilization of the nets.
16 Our finding of equitable access is consistent with reports that the health-seeking behaviour of south Asians is similar to Europeans.
Institutions represent repeated patterns of behaviour, and may remain for decades not because they are the most efficient or equitable, but because the transaction costs of change (such as the financial cost of changing infrastructure, or the social cost of challenging existing norms and interests) are too high [ 12].
