Mr. Sweeney acknowledged problems.
The Red Cross acknowledged problems.
Mr. Obama acknowledged problems, but he minimized them.
Acknowledging problems allows realistic solutions.
As noted by Klinkman [ 117], in contrast to patients presenting in mental health settings, patients in primary care may not acknowledge psychosocial or behavioral problems and may not want or expect intervention.
In addition, individuals may be reluctant to acknowledge alcohol problems or want to deal with them.
In fact, refusing to acknowledge these problems may impede behaviour change science by promoting partial, and thus incorrect, application of psychological theory and disseminating questionable methods for inferring the effectiveness of psychological principles.
Prelow, et al. [ 44] suggest that for certain behaviors greater levels of a specific problem may be needed before Hispanics willingly acknowledge a problem.
Secondly, even if the family does acknowledge a problem, they may be less willing to spend their limited resources in terms of money, time, energy and opportunity costs, on health care for a girl than on a boy.
Both reports acknowledge unexpected problems.
