Mass Media Influence on Changing Healthy Lifestyle of Community People During COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Survey

We aimed to assess mass media influence on changing the healthy lifestyle behavior of people during the early phase of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Principal component analysis and stepwise multiple regression model showed that knowledge level, media credibility, and media check-in had the most considerable contribution to influencing community people’s healthy lifestyle.

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Mass Media Influence on Changing lifestyle of Community People During COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Cross Sectional Survey

10.21203/rs.3.rs-106338/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul I ◽

Md. Nazrul Islam ◽

Md. Sajjat Hossain ◽

Md. Tabiur Rahman Prodhan ◽

Mohammad Hasan Chowdhury ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Mass Media ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Test Theory ◽

Media Influence ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Lifestyle Behavior ◽

Community People ◽

Mass Media Influence

Abstract AimA huge amount of information associated with the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was circulated by mass media in Bangladesh. To date, there is no example on how the lifestyle of the community people in Bangladesh may influence mass media intervention during a pandemic. We aimed to assess mass media influence on changing the lifestyle behavior of people during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Subject and methodsAn online cross-sectional survey with a limited face-to-face interview among 2080 Bangladeshi respondents was conducted between March 26 and April 1, 2020. Datasets were analyzed through a set of statistical methods such as classical test theory assessment, principal component analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression model. ResultsThe results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between the composite lifestyle score and the social media is trustworthy during the COVID-19 pandemic (r=0.508, p < 0.01), while there was a negative relationship between the composite lifestyle score of the respondents and the daily online media platforms usage in COVID-19 period (r=−0.201, p < 0.01). The results also disclosed that knowledge level, media credibility, and media check-in had the largest contribution to influence the changing lifestyle of the community people. We also found that social media was highly used media as expected during the COVID-19 outbreak while the administrative action has little influence on the changing lifestyle behavior.ConclusionOur outcomes stress the significance of the reliability of information shared via mass media outlets and practical strategies to counter misinformation during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Nutritional and socio-economic determinants of cognitive function and educational achievement of Aboriginal schoolchildren in rural Malaysia

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114511001449 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 106 (7) ◽

pp. 1100-1106 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi ◽

Mohammed A. Mahdy ◽

Atiya A. Sallam ◽

W. A. Ariffin ◽

Abdulsalam M. Al-Mekhlafi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cognitive Function ◽

Household Income ◽

Maternal Education ◽

Educational Achievement ◽

Economic Status ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Multiple Regression Model ◽

Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stepwise Multiple Regression Model

A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among Aboriginal schoolchildren aged 7–12 years living in remote areas in Pos Betau, Pahang, Malaysia to investigate the potential determinants influencing the cognitive function and educational achievement of these children. Cognitive function was measured by intelligence quotient (IQ), while examination scores of selected school subjects were used in assessing educational achievement. Blood samples were collected to assess serum Fe status. All children were screened for soil-transmitted helminthes. Demographic and socio-economic data were collected using pre-tested questionnaires. Almost two-thirds (67·6 %) of the subjects had poor IQ and most of them (72·6 %) had insufficient educational achievement. Output of the stepwise multiple regression model showed that poor IQ was significantly associated with low household income which contributed the most to the regression variance (r2 0·059; P = 0·020). Low maternal education was also identified as a significant predictor of low IQ scores (r2 0·042; P = 0·043). With educational achievement, Fe-deficiency anaemia (IDA) was the only variable to show significant association (r2 0·025; P = 0·015). In conclusion, the cognitive function and educational achievement of Aboriginal schoolchildren are poor and influenced by household income, maternal education and IDA. Thus, effective and integrated measures to improve the nutritional and socio-economic status of rural children would have a pronounced positive effect on their education.

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Evolution of the Digital Society Reveals Balance between Viral and Mass Media Influence

Physical Review X ◽

10.1103/physrevx.4.031046 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Kaj-Kolja Kleineberg ◽

Marián Boguñá

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Media Influence ◽

Digital Society ◽

Mass Media Influence

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Exploring absolute and relative measures of exposure to food environments in relation to dietary patterns among European adults

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980018003063 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (06) ◽

pp. 1037-1047 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

MGM Pinho ◽

JD Mackenbach ◽

J-M Oppert ◽

H Charreire ◽

H Bárdos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dietary Patterns ◽

Dietary Pattern ◽

Fast Food ◽

Principal Component ◽

Healthy Food ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Spatial Access ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Food Retailers ◽

Healthy Dietary Pattern

AbstractObjectiveTo explore the associations of absolute and relative measures of exposure to food retailers with dietary patterns, using simpler and more complex measures.DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingUrban regions in Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands and the UK.ParticipantsEuropean adults (n 4942). Supermarkets and local food shops were classified as ‘food retailers providing healthier options’; fast-food/takeaway restaurants, cafés/bars and convenience/liquor stores as ‘food retailers providing less healthy options’. Simpler exposure measures used were density of healthy and density of less healthy food retailers. More complex exposure measures used were: spatial access (combination of density and proximity) to healthy and less healthy food retailers; density of healthier food retailers relative to all food retailers; and a ratio of spatial access scores to healthier and less healthy food retailers. Outcome measures were a healthy or less healthy dietary pattern derived from a principal component analysis (based on consumption of fruits, vegetables, fish, fast foods, sweets and sweetened beverages).ResultsOnly the highest density of less healthy food retailers was significantly associated with the less healthy dietary pattern (β = −129·6; 95 % CI −224·3, −34·8). None of the other absolute density measures nor any of the relative measures of exposures were associated with dietary patterns.ConclusionsMore complex measures of exposure to food retailers did not produce stronger associations with dietary patterns. We had some indication that absolute and relative measures of exposure assess different aspects of the food environment. However, given the lack of significant findings, this needs to be further explored.

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Stigma as a barrier to family planning use among married youth in Ethiopia

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932018000305 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 51 (4) ◽

pp. 505-519

Author(s):

Aparna Jain ◽

Hussein Ismail ◽

Elizabeth Tobey ◽

Annabel Erulkar

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Unmet Need ◽

Principal Component ◽

Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adolescent Groups ◽

Anticipated Stigma ◽

Youth Friendly Service

AbstractNearly 33 million female youths have an unmet need for voluntary family planning (FP), meaning they are sexually active and do not want to become pregnant. In Ethiopia, age at marriage remains low: 40% and 14% of young women aged 20–24 were married by the ages of 18 and 15, respectively. Despite increases in FP use by married 15- to 24-year-olds from 5% in 2000 to 37% in 2016, unmet need remains high at 19%. Supply-and-demand factors have been shown to limit FP use, yet little is known about how stigma influences FP use among youth. This study validates an anticipated stigma (expectation of discrimination from others) index and explores its effect on unmet need. A cross-sectional survey was implemented with 15- to 24-year-old female youth in Ethiopia in 2016. The analytic sample included married respondents with a demand (met and unmet need) for FP (n=371). A five-item anticipated stigma index (Cronbach’sα=0.66) was developed using principal component factor analysis. These items related to fear, worry and embarrassment when accessing FP. The findings showed that 30% agreed with at least one anticipated stigma question; 44% had an unmet need; 58% were married before age 18; and 100% could name an FP method and knew where to obtain FP. In multivariate regression models, youth who experienced anticipated stigma were significantly more likely to have an unmet need, and those who lived close to a youth-friendly service (YFS) site were significantly less likely to have an unmet need. Interventions should address anticipated stigma while focusing on social norms that restrict married youth from accessing FP; unmet need may be mitigated in the presence of a YFS; and the anticipated stigma index appears valid and reliable but should be tested in other countries and among different adolescent groups.

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