Cultural determinants of food attitudes in anosmic patients

Appetite ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 104563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pellegrino ◽  
Thomas Hummel ◽  
Rosa Emrich ◽  
Rakesh Chandra ◽  
Justin Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Determinants

Cultural Determinants of Food Attitudes in Anosmic Patients

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pellegrino ◽  
Thomas Hummel ◽  
Rosa Emrich ◽  
Rakesh Chandra ◽  
Justin H. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sensory Attributes ◽  
German Population ◽  
Sense Of Smell ◽  
Food Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Smell Loss

The decrease in food enjoyment is a major factor why patients suffer from depression when having anosmia, or total loss of smell. While we have some knowledge about how food preferences and attitudes change with dysosmia, these findings are limited because other factors such as culture are not factored in. It is likely that the culture in which an anosmic patient identifies with will influence how their smell loss impacts their relationship with food. This study examined the current attitudes within the United States and Germany towards foods, focusing on the comparison between anosmic patients (N = 53) and those with a healthy sense of smell (N = 121). A survey was used to collect free responses for liking on a variety of foods (N = 15) that were also rated for their overall liking – resulting in over 7500 reasons to like a food. Additionally, individuals rated and ranked their liking for sensory attributes in relation to their enjoyment of food. Free responses were classified into categories and subcategories, the frequency of those responses were then compared across groups. The patient population of each culture gave lower importance to aroma and flavor; however, the U.S.A. patient population showed a larger decrease from their healthy counterparts. Furthermore, anosmic patients from the U.S.A. showed less overall liking towards the food stimuli compared to their healthy counterparts, while no such effect observed among the German population. Reasons to enjoy a food were largely explained by the culture, and patients within a culture took on different compensation strategies which we use to explain their effectiveness.

Looking at Innovation through CCT Glasses: Consumer Culture Theory and Google Glass Innovation

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Pace
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Diffusion ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
New Product ◽  
Google Glass ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Consumer Culture Theory

Today innovation can be so radical and futuristic that common models of innovation diffusion might not be enough. The success of an innovation relies on the functional features of the new product, but also on how consumers shape the meaning of that innovation. Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) can help managers by focusing on the cultural determinants of consumer behaviour. The work provides a preliminary analysis of how consumers elaborate the cultural platform that will determine the degree of success of the upcoming innovation Google Glass.

The Epidemiology of Noise Sensitivity in New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 482-489
Author(s):  
Daniel Shepherd ◽  
Marja Heinonen-Guzejev ◽  
Kauko Heikkilä ◽  
David Welch ◽  
Kim N. Dirks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Noise Sensitivity ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
High Deprivation ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
And Task

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Sensitivity to noise, or nuisance sounds that interrupt relaxation and task-related activities, has been shown to vary significantly across individuals. The current study sought to uncover predictors of noise sensitivity, focussing on possible social and cultural determinants, including social position, education, ethnicity, gender, and the presence of an illness. <b><i>Method:</i></b> Data were collected from 746 New Zealand adults residing in 6 areas differentiated by social position. Participants responded to questions probing personal characteristics, noise sensitivity, illness, neighbourhood problems, and noise annoyance. It was hypothesized that those in high-deprivation areas and/or experiencing illness report higher levels of noise sensitivity. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Approximately 50 and 10% of the participants reported being moderately or very noise sensitive, respectively. Significant predictors of noise sensitivity included age, length of residence, level of social deprivation, and self-reported illness. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> There is evidence of social determinants of noise sensitivity, including social position and residential factors.

scholarly journals Betegjogok etnikai metszetben

2016 ◽  
Vol 157 (18) ◽  
pp. 712-717
Author(s):  
Ágnes Lukács ◽  
Helga Judit Feith
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Religious Socialization ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Psychological Mechanism ◽  
Perception Of Health

Introduction: The perception of health and sickness are culturally determined and, therefore, ethnic and religious socialization forms attitudes toward the medical system. During everyday practice, patients’ rights and obligations, which are based on the norms of the major society, confront Roma minority norms. Aim: The aim of the authors was to explore the main interferences of patients’ rights and obligations during the medical care of the Roma. Method: The authors analyzed the results of medical anthropology, health sociology, and the experience obtained from more than 40 courses about patients’ rights. Results: Cultural determinants, effects of the lower socioeconomic status and social-psychological mechanism equally form the situations of healthcare and the observance of patients’ rights and obligations. Conclusions: Most of the misunderstandings between healthcare workers and Roma patients stem from the lack of knowledge about cultural differences. Therefore, transcultural approach and Romani studies should be significant part of graduate and postgraduate courses in the field of medical education. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(18), 712–717.

THE INDIGENOUS REDEMPTION OF LIBERAL UNIVERSALISM

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIM ROWSE
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of History ◽  
Global History ◽  
Charles Eastman ◽  
Intellectual Heritage ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Liberal Imperialism

Accounts of liberalism as an ideology of European imperialism have argued that when liberals discovered that colonized people were, in various ways, intractable, they questioned and then abandoned the postulated universal human capacity for improvement; the racial and cultural determinants of native “backwardness” seemed stronger than any universal susceptibility to the civilizing projects of liberal imperialism. While the intellectual trajectory of some canonical liberals illustrates this decline in liberal universalism, some colonized intellectuals—while acknowledging distinctions of race and people-hood—adhered to the universalist optimism of liberalism. In pursuit of a global history of liberalism, this essay examines writings by Peter Jones, Charles Eastman, Zitkala-Sa, Apirana Ngata and William Cooper to illustrate a robust indigenous universalism. Drawing on the intellectual heritage of Christianity and universal (or “stadial”) philosophy of history, these intellectuals affirmed emphatically that their people were demonstrating the capacities to be subjects of liberal civilization.

Sociodemographic and cultural determinants of mood disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Migita M. D’cruz ◽  
Santosh K. Chaturvedi
Keyword(s):  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Cultural Determinants
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