scholarly journals Illegal commercial promotion of products competing with breastfeeding

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Borges da Silva ◽  
Maria Inês Couto de Oliveira ◽  
Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini ◽  
Enilce De Oliveira Fonseca Sally
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Infant Formulas ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Baby Bottles ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
The Law ◽  
South Zone

OBJECTIVE: To assess if the commercialization of infant formulas, baby bottles, bottle nipples, pacifiers and nipple protectors is performed in compliance with the Norma Brasileira de Comercialização de Alimentos para Lactentes e Crianças de Primeira Infância e de Produtos de Puericultura Correlatos (NBCAL – Brazilian Code of Marketing of Infant and Toddlers Food and Childcare-related products). The commercial promotion of these products is prohibited by the Law 11,265. METHOD: Cross-sectional study conducted in 2017 through a census of all pharmacies, supermarkets and department stores that sold products covered by NBCAL in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Health professionals trained at NBCAL used structured electronic form for direct observation of establishments and for interviews with their managers. We created indicators to evaluate commercial practices and performed descriptive analyses. RESULTS: A total of 352 commercial establishments were evaluated: 240 pharmacies, 88 supermarkets and 24 department stores, of which 88% sold products whose promotion is prohibited by NBCAL. Illegal commercial promotions were found in 20.3% of the establishments that sold the products we investigated: 52 pharmacies (21.9%), four supermarkets (7.5%) and seven department stores (33.3%). The most frequent commercial promotion strategies were discounts (13.2%) and special exposures (9.3%). The products with the highest prevalence of infractions of NBCAL were infant formulas (16.0%). We interviewed 309 managers of commercial establishments; 50.8% reported unfamiliarity with the law. More than three-quarters of the managers reported having been visited at the establishments by commercial representatives of companies that produce infant formulas. CONCLUSION: More than a fifth of commercial establishments promoted infant formulas, baby bottles and nipples, although this practice has been banned in Brazil for thirty years. We think it is necessary to train those managers. Government agencies must monitor commercial establishments in order to inhibit strategies of persuasion and induction to sales of these products, ensuring mothers’ autonomy in the decision on the feeding of their children.

scholarly journals Illegal Commercial Promotion of Products That Compete with Breastfeeding (P22-002-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Boccolini ◽  
Karine da Silva ◽  
Maria Inês de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Infant Formula ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Infant Formulas ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Baby Bottles ◽  
Breast Milk Substitutes ◽  
Milk Substitutes ◽  
Promotion Strategies

Abstract Objectives To evaluate if infant formulas, baby bottles, nipples, pacifiers, and nipple protectors are marketed in compliance with the Brazilian Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (NBCAL). Methods A cross-sectional study conducted in 2017 through a census of all pharmacies, supermarkets and department stores that commercialized products covered by NBCAL in the Southern Zone of Rio de Janeiro. NBCAL- trained health professionals used a structured electronic form for direct observation of the establishments and for interviewing those responsible. Six indicators have been developed for the evaluation of commercial practices and descriptive analyzes have been carried out. Results 352 commercial establishments were evaluated: 240 pharmacies, 88 supermarkets, and 24 department stores, of which 88% sold products whose promotion is prohibited by NBCAL. The illegal commercial promotion was found in 20.3% of those who marketed the products investigated: 52 pharmacies (21.9%), four supermarkets (7.5%) and seven department stores (33.3%). The most frequent commercial promotion strategies were discounts and special exhibitions. The products with the highest prevalence of infractions to NBCAL were infant formulas. 309 people in charge of the commercial establishments were interviewed, more than half reporting not knowing about the Law. Visits of merchant representatives of infant formula manufacturers were reported by more than three-quarters of them. Conclusions More than a fifth of the commercial establishments were promoting infant formula, baby bottles, and nipples, despite the prohibition of this practice in Brazil for thirty years. Training of those responsible for the commercial establishments is necessary. Government agencies should carry out supervision of commercial establishments in order to curb strategies to persuade and induce sales of these products, guaranteeing mothers autonomy in the decision on feeding their children. Funding Sources CNPq and FAPERJ.

scholarly journals Compliance of infant formula promotion on websites of Brazilian manufacturers and drugstores

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Isabella Scatamacchia Cordeiro Ferraz Prado ◽  
Ana Elisa Madalena Rinaldi
Keyword(s):  
Infant Formula ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Infant Formulas ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Infant Foods ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
The Law ◽  
Almost All

OBJECTIVE: To verify the compliance with Law No. 11,265/2006 in the promotion strategies for infant formula in Brazilian websites of manufacturers and drugstore networks. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2017. We analyzed the compliance to attributes of the Law No.11,265/2006 (Law for Marketing of Foods for Infants and Toddlers, Feeding Bottles, Teats and Pacifiers) in five websites of infant formula manufacturers and nine websites of drugstore networks. The main attributes assessed were: the presence of drawings or representations of children, the presence of warning statements displayed in conspicuous and prominent spaces informing if products are intended for infants aged under or over 6 months, the adequate display of infant formulas/similar products, and the presence of pop-ups with other infant formulas or links to websites for children’s products. All compliances and non compliances verified were described in absolute and relative frequencies. RESULTS: We verified that 80% of the websites of infant formula manufacturers displayed advertisements for other children’s food products. The main non compliance in infant formula manufacturer’s websites was the absence of warning statements about products intended for infants over 6 months of age. Only 33% of the drugstores’ websites complied with Law No. 11,265/2006. The main non compliances in these websites were the absence of warning statements on products intended for infants over 6 months of age (100%), the presence of pop-up advertisements for other infant foods (77%) and the presence of advertisements for other children’s food products (92%). CONCLUSION: We identified non compliances with the Law No. 11,256/2006 in almost all websites of infant formula manufacturers and in all the websites of drugstore networks. Most promotion strategies were found at drugstore websites, which are the main channels for online sales.

scholarly journals Public Perceptions of Legal Aspects of Price Tagging of Balinese Betutu Chicken

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Simon Nahak ◽  
Agus Darma Yoga ◽  
Mirsa Umiyati
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Survey Sample ◽  
The Law ◽  
Level Of Understanding

This study aims to determine community perceptions about the legal aspects of price tagging in Balinese chicken Betutu sales. The population of this study was housewives in Banjar Anyar, Sumertha Kelod Village, East Denpasar District, Denpasar, Bali. This study used a survey sample (cross sectional study). The variables of this study are: (1) The importance of giving price tags; (2) Without the label violating the law; (3) The constitution on the sale of goods. Based on the analysis, the results of this study indicate that as much as 65% of respondents consider the price tagging important in sales and 3.9% of the 103 respondents consider that the price tagging in selling Balinese chicken Betutu is less important. Meanwhile, at the level of understanding without labels violating the law, 55.3% of respondents did not know that without a label in selling Balinese chicken betutu was against the law and only 14.6% of respondents knew that without a label in selling Balinese chicken Betutu was against the law. At the level of understanding of the laws on the sale of goods, 77.7% of respondents did not know about the laws on selling goods and only 4.9% of respondents knew about the laws on selling goods. Based on these results it can be concluded that there are still many people who do not know the importance of labeling a business product and the legal aspects of labeling a business product.

scholarly journals Characteristics of patients seeking outpatient smoking cessation treatment before and after the implementation of a smoke-free law in Valencia (Spain): a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e035319
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Víctor Guadalupe-Fernández ◽  
Ludwing Florez Salamanca ◽  
Patricia Guillem Saiz ◽  
Javier Guillem Saiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Smoking Cessation Treatment ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Cessation Treatment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Law

ObjectiveExplore potential changes in the characteristics of patients requesting smoking cessation treatment at an outpatient setting in Spain before and after Law 42/2010 was enacted.DesignThis is a cross-sectional study with convenience sampling. The information was obtained from the medical records of patients receiving smoking cessation treatment from January 2008 to December 2014.SettingHospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia.Participants423 patients who sought smoking cessation treatment 36 months before or 48 months after the enactment of the law.ResultsAfter the enactment of a comprehensive smoke-free law in Spain, the patients seeking smoking cessation treatment were older (p=0.003), had lower values of exhaled CO (p<0.0001), lower number of previous attempts to quit (p=0.027) and more history of medical problems related to smoking (p=0.002).ConclusionOur findings support the idea that society–nation level interventions could have an impact at the individual level, reflected by the change of patients’ characteristics. It seems that the Law 42/2010 mobilised certain group of patients to seek treatment.

scholarly journals Public Perceptions of Legal Aspects of Price Tagging of Balinese Betutu Chicken

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Simon Nahak ◽  
Agus Darma Yoga ◽  
Mirsa Umiyati
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Survey Sample ◽  
The Law ◽  
Level Of Understanding

This study aims to determine community perceptions about the legal aspects of price tagging in Balinese chicken Betutu sales. The population of this study was housewives in Banjar Anyar, Sumertha Kelod Village, East Denpasar District, Denpasar, Bali. This study used a survey sample (cross sectional study). The variables of this study are: (1) The importance of giving price tags; (2) Without the label violating the law; (3) The constitution on the sale of goods. Based on the analysis, the results of this study indicate that as much as 65% of respondents consider the price tagging important in sales and 3.9% of the 103 respondents consider that the price tagging in selling Balinese chicken Betutu is less important. Meanwhile, at the level of understanding without labels violating the law, 55.3% of respondents did not know that without a label in selling Balinese chicken betutu was against the law and only 14.6% of respondents knew that without a label in selling Balinese chicken Betutu was against the law. At the level of understanding of the laws on the sale of goods, 77.7% of respondents did not know about the laws on selling goods and only 4.9% of respondents knew about the laws on selling goods. Based on these results it can be concluded that there are still many people who do not know the importance of labeling a business product and the legal aspects of labeling a business product.

Does a Graduate Course in Fluency Disorders Make a Difference?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn R. Klein ◽  
Barbara J. Amster
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fluency Disorders ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Communicative Disorders

Abstract A study by Yaruss and Quesal (2002), based on responses from 134 of 239 ASHA accredited graduate programs, indicated that approximately 25% of graduate programs in the United States allow students to earn their degree without having coursework in fluency disorders and 66% of programs allow students to graduate without clinical experience treating people who stutter (PWS). It is not surprising that many clinicians report discomfort in treating PWS. This cross-sectional study compares differences in beliefs about the cause of stuttering between freshman undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course in communicative disorders and graduate students enrolled and in the final weeks of a graduate course in fluency disorders.

Confidence toward vaccination as reported by parents of children admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

Vacunas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. AlGoraini ◽  
N.N. AlDujayn ◽  
M.A. AlRasheed ◽  
Y.E. Bashawri ◽  
S.S. Alsubaie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional
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