Understanding framings and perceptions of spillover

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Tweneboah Lawson ◽  
Fidelia Ohemeng ◽  
Jesse Ayivor ◽  
Melissa Leach ◽  
Linda Waldman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Zoonotic Disease ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Bats provide many ecosystem services and have intrinsic value. They also act as host reservoirs for some viruses. Several studies have linked zoonotic diseases to bats, raising questions about the risks bats pose, especially to people living close to bat roosts. Through a series of case studies undertaken in three communities, the purpose of this paper is to explore the various ways in which framings and perceptions of bats can influence a potential spillover of bat-borne viruses to humans in Ghana. It assesses the social, cultural and economic factors that drive human-bat interactions and posits that understanding the socio-economic contexts in which human-bat interactions occur is key to the success of future communication strategies. Design/methodology/approach Primary data collection methods included participatory landscape mappings, transect walks, focus group discussions and questionnaire surveys. Findings Perceptions of bats vary and are influenced by personal beliefs, the perceived economic benefits derived from bats and the location of bat roosts. Activities that put people at risk include bat hunting, butchering and consumption of poorly prepared bat meat. Those who live and work close to bat roosts, and bat hunters, for example, are more at risk of bat-borne zoonotic disease spillover. Disease risk perceptions were generally low, with high levels of uncertainty, indicating the need for clearer information about personal protective practices. Originality/value The results of the study may well inform future risk communication strategies as well as help in developing effective responses to zoonotic disease risk, disease outbreaks and the conservation of bats in communities.

Vulnerability to food insecurity in rural Punjab, Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (9) ◽  
pp. 2088-2101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid Bashir ◽  
Steven Schilizzi ◽  
Rohan Sadler ◽  
Ghaffar Ali
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Value At Risk ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Conditional Value At Risk ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Period Data ◽  
Food Deficiency

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the vulnerability to food insecurity in rural Punjab, Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Primary data of 1,152 households were collected. The extent of food deficiency was measured using dietary intake assessment method (seven days). Value at Risk (VaR) and conditional Value at Risk (cVaR), a method widely used for risk analysis in financial institutes, were applied to assess the vulnerability to food insecurity. Findings In total, 23 percent of the sample households were measured as food deficient. The VaR and cVaR results identified that the lowest 3 percentiles (up to 30 percent) were at risk to become food deficient without any seasonal shortages. In case of shocks, up till sixth percentiles (60 percent) will be as at risk of food deficiency. This study suggests that multi-period data, at least quarterly, are required to predict vulnerability. It is suggested that a blanket policy is not a good approach. Once the most vulnerable households are identified, a targeted approach must be opted. Originality/value Generalizing the results of one week’s calorie calculations may produce biased results that may mislead the policy process. A multi-period data collection is costly and cumbersome. The application of VaR and cVaR helps overcome this issue. Furthermore, this is one of the initial studies to apply these methods to food security analysis.

Segmentation of Chinese parents based on food risk perception dimensions for risk communication in rural area of Sichuan province

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 2444-2461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajie Li ◽  
Nan Li ◽  
Lang Luo ◽  
Yanan Ren
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Risk Dimensions

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate risk dimensions affecting food risk perceptions and to develop effective risk communication strategies based on their risk perceptions dimensions. The reason for writing this paper is that applying single risk communication strategy for public often fails because food risks are systemic risks and public perceptions toward them consist of multiple dimensions. Launching an effective risk communication need to investigate the perception dimensions of the target audience. Design/methodology/approach A total of 2,673 parents of 3-14-year-old children from the rural area of Sichuan province in China were chosen as target audience. Based on the survey conducted about parents’ food risk perceptions, this study used factor-cluster analysis method to segment parents to sub-clusters with significantly different risk perception dimensions. Parents’ representative demographic characteristics within each cluster were further identified through cross-tabs analysis with χ2 tests. Findings All the parents could be segmented into four sub-clusters, namely, sensitive parents, dependent parents, familiarity-oriented parents and institutional distrust parents, according to their risk perception difference on five dimensions. A series of risk communication strategies were specifically designed for each cluster based on their risk perception features as well as demographic characteristics. Originality/value The insight derived from this study described a deeper image of public risk perceptions and provided suggestions for risk communication launchers to pinpoint the risk perception as well as perception dimensions of the target audience and accordingly develop effective risk communication strategies.

Tajikistan will try to balance Russia and China

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Silk Road Economic Belt ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
Ukraine Crisis

Subject Tajikistan's options for joining Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. Significance Russia hopes that the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which came into force on January 1, will include Tajikistan. The EEU currently comprises Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia, with Kyrgyzstan set to join in May. Moscow is eager to pursue expansion of the EEU as its relations with the West deteriorate as a result of the Ukraine crisis. Russia is also believed to be seeking to put a check on China, whose 'silk road economic belt' will see billions of dollars invested in Central Asia. However, the economic benefits of EEU membership for Tajikistan are debatable and could put at risk its increasingly important relationship with China. Impacts EEU membership risks continuing a trend of significant numbers of Tajikistanis being dependent on working in Russia. EEU success will depend on the extent to which Russia is able to act as a destination for merchandise exports. As Russia's economy slows, the prospect of hundreds of thousands of Tajikistani workers returning home will rise, as will instability risk.

“Warning! You’re entering a sick zone”

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott S.D. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Contagious Diseases ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
Modes Of Governance

Purpose Traditional public health methods for tracking contagious diseases are increasingly complemented with digital tools, which use data mining, analytics and crowdsourcing to predict disease outbreaks. In recent years, alongside these public health tools, commercial mobile apps such as Sickweather have also been released. Sickweather collects information from across the web, as well as self-reports from users, so that people can see who is sick in their neighborhood. The purpose of this paper is to examine the privacy and surveillance implications of digital disease tracking tools. Design/methodology/approach The author performed a content and platform analysis of two apps, Sickweather and HealthMap, by using them for three months, taking regular screenshots and keeping a detailed user journal. This analysis was guided by the walkthrough method and a cultural-historical activity theory framework, taking note of imagery and other content, but also the app functionalities, including characteristics of membership, “rules” and parameters of community mobilization and engagement, monetization and moderation. This allowed me to study HealthMap and Sickweather as modes of governance that allow for (and depend upon) certain actions and particular activity systems. Findings Draw on concepts of network power, the surveillance assemblage, and Deleuze’s control societies, as well as the data gathered from the content and platform analysis, the author argues that disease tracking apps construct disease threat as omnipresent and urgent, compelling users to submit personal information – including sensitive health data – with little oversight or regulation. Originality/value Disease tracking mobile apps are growing in popularity yet have received little attention, particularly regarding privacy concerns or the construction of disease risk.

scholarly journals Zoonotic disease risk perceptions in the British veterinary profession

2017 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Robin ◽  
Judy Bettridge ◽  
Fiona McMaster
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Zoonotic Disease ◽  
Veterinary Profession

scholarly journals Zoonotic disease risk perceptions and infection control practices of Australian veterinarians: Call for change in work culture

2013 ◽  
Vol 111 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Dowd ◽  
Melanie Taylor ◽  
Jenny-Ann L.M.L. Toribio ◽  
Claire Hooker ◽  
Navneet K. Dhand
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Zoonotic Disease ◽  
Work Culture

Developing broadband in frontier markets: opportunities and challenges in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Marolla Haddad ◽  
Carlo Maria Rossotto
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Market ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Broadband Market ◽  
The Right

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) can leverage broadband, as a frontier emerging market, to diversify the economy and promote growth, job creation and productivity. The objective is to analyze the challenges and opportunities of the broadband market and propose policies to boost its development and achieve medium to long-term economic benefits. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses qualitative and quantitative tools to study the legal and regulatory environment, market structure, competitive dynamics and available services and infrastructure in the KRI. The data and information analyzed were obtained through field research, primary data collection and consultation with government institutions, telecom operators and IT companies. Findings Obstacles to broadband development in the KRI are barriers to competition, the need for clearer and more transparent policies and regulations and a fragmented market. However, when the right conditions are in place, KRI has the potential to emerge as a regional hub for international broadband connectivity and significantly expand local broadband access. Originality/value This paper presents a first-of-its-kind baseline analysis of the telecom sector in the KRI. Very little information is available on the KRI market, which also has not been previously studied separately from the Iraqi market. Based on the fieldwork, the paper relies on region-specific data to analyze the particularity of the market and identify reforms within the prerogative of the regional government.

Impact of a country’s logistical capabilities on supply chain risk

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sreedevi ◽  
Haritha Saranga ◽  
Sirish Kumar Gouda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between environmental factors, risk perception and decision-making in risk management. Specifically, using attribution theory, the authors study the influence of macro-level logistical capabilities of a host country on a firm’s actual and perceived supply chain risk, and examine if this country-level factor and the firm level perception of risk affect a firm’s decision-making in risk management. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a combination of primary data from 932 manufacturing firms from 22 countries and secondary data from the logistics performance index (LPI), and empirically tests the conceptual framework using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Findings Key results reveal that a country’s logistical capabilities, measured using LPI, have a significant impact on managers’ risk perception. Firms located in countries with high LPI perceive lower risk in their supply chain both in the upstream and downstream, and therefore do not invest much in external integration, compared to firms in low LPI countries, and hence are exposed to high risk. Originality/value This is one of the first empirical studies linking a country’s logistical capabilities with supply chain risk perceptions, objective supply chain risk and supply chain risk management efforts of a firm using the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey database.

scholarly journals How to boost place branding leveraging on community relations

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 933-960
Author(s):  
Maria Palazzo ◽  
Linda Deigh ◽  
Pantea Foroudi ◽  
Alfonso Siano
Keyword(s):  
Place Branding ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Country Brand ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan

Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between community relations (CR) and the concept of place branding (PB) by analysing several companies in a developing sub-Saharan country – Ghana, and developing a framework that links the selected concepts together. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides an analysis based on a multiple case study approach, with an interpretivist analysis of secondary and primary data derived from archival documents and in-depth interviews of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and brand managers from purposefully selected cases of private financial institutions. The data gathered were qualitatively analysed to identify and interpret common themes about CR, PB and other relevant factors such as culture. Based on analysis of the qualitative data, a comprehensive framework for CR and PB was formulated. Findings Findings show that in the developing sub-Saharan country Ghana, the process of establishing a place brand is complex because of influences exerted on CR practices by culture, management agenda of private organisations, government intervention and the fragmentation of efforts to generate a coherent dialogue with numerous stakeholders. Practical implications The study shows that managers can leverage on an array of CR elements, including moral and ethical obligations of the company, provision of economic benefits, integration, common goals between the corporation and its communities, responsibility to stakeholders, proactive action, partnerships across sector lines and active leadership, to boost PB. Thus, this research will help policymakers, country brand managers and communication professionals in structuring a proper PB starting from the efforts made in the CR field. Originality/value This research can be considered one of the few studies undertaken with a view to understanding and developing a CR framework that links with PB in a developing country. The study identifies several important moderators of PB and factors influencing CR. All issues are approached from the study of PB that promotes economic, commercial and political interests at home and abroad.

Are you at risk? Perceptions of vulnerability to contagious and non-contagious diseases

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille D. Basilio ◽  
Kelli Byrnes ◽  
Angela G. Pirlott ◽  
Virginia S. Y. Kwan ◽  
Leona S. Aiken
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Contagious Diseases
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