scholarly journals Rural Food Environment, Caregiver Influence and School-Aged Children’s Unhealthy Food Choice: New Evidence From Rural China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajie Li ◽  
Wanzhen Ma ◽  
Tongtong Yu
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Parenting Attitudes ◽  
Rural Caregivers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Rural Parents

Abstract Background A large number of unhealthy foods with low nutrition content and safety issues exist in the rural food consumption environment of China. Guiding rural children to avoid eating unhealthy foods through family intervention has become much more critical. However, when current rural caregivers are once left behind by their parents and lack of family education in their childhood, how would they affect their children’s unhealthy food choices? The purpose of this study is to highlight the new evidence of current rural caregivers’ influences on children’s unhealthy food choices in China. Methods Based on a survey of 5611 pairs of rural school-aged children and their caregivers in seven provinces, the significant effects of caregivers’ types, parenting attitudes, and socio-demographic characteristics on children’s unhealthy food choices were evaluated through an ordered probit model. Results This study found that rural parents did not perform positive influence than rural grandparents as conventionally believed. When the caregiver type changing from parents to grandparents, the percentage of children who mildly accept unhealthy foods increased 6.94%, while the percentage of children who moderately and severely accept unhealthy foods decreased 6.48% and 0.46%, respectively. In addition, this study underscored the significance of caregivers’ neglectful parenting attitudes on the impact of children’s unhealthy eating behavior. When caregivers’ parenting attitudes changing from doting attitude to neglectful attitude, the percentage of children who mildly accept unhealthy foods decreased 9.75%, while the percentage of children who moderately and severely accept unhealthy foods increased 8.77% and 0.99%, respectively. Conclusions Our study proposes new evidence that the current rural parents’ inherent intention and preference for those unhealthy foods formed in their childhood would be much higher than rural grandparents and might have performed a significantly negative influence on their children. Our findings also have policy implications for health promotion professionals who look for intervention targets of caregivers to improve their health education effectiveness for children. For the health education toward rural caregivers, instead of focusing on the caregiver types, segmenting those rural caregivers with neglectful parenting attitude would be the key step to identify the intervention targets.

ESG Scores and Bank Performance During COVID-19

2022 ◽  
pp. 241-260
Author(s):  
Gamze Ozturk Danisman
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Bank Stock Returns ◽  
Bank Stock ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Extended Time Period

This chapter examines the impact of ESG scores on bank stock returns as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors use a sample of 73 publicly listed banks from 15 developed European countries. They perform the analysis using two different periods that cover the pandemic: the first major wave period of COVID-19 (February-April 2020) and an extended period (February 2020-April 2021). The findings reveal the negative influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank stock returns during the first wave of the pandemic. They further find that, during the first wave, stock returns of banks with higher ESG scores were more resilient to the pandemic. However, when they use the extended time period (from February 2020-April 2021), the influence of both COVID-19 and ESG scores becomes insignificant. The chapter's findings have important policy implications during unprecedented crisis times such as COVID-19.

scholarly journals Effects of Diabetes on The Output of Farmer and Its Policy Implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Syed Asif Ali Naqvi ◽  
Bilal Hussain ◽  
Syed Ale Raza Shah ◽  
Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Working Efficiency

This study investigated the impact of diabetes on work performance of different farming communities from Punjab, Pakistan. This study was based on cross-sectional data. A representative sample of 374 farmers was collected from five selected districts. Three types of respondents were analyzed in the study e.g.,laborer, small and large growers. Poisson and logistic regression techniques were used for the sake of analysis. According to the investigated results for thelabor category, respondents with more age, less qualification, low earning per month (Rupees), and having positive record of family diabetes, would havemore leave per month. In the same way, findings for small farmers revealed that education, family size, family with diabetic records, marital status and availability at farm (hour/day) were significant. In case of third category, study outcome highlighted that age, education, marital status, having positive record offamily diabetes and number of hours spent at farm would be positively correlated with the reduction in working efficiency at farm due to diabetes. It can beconcluded that diabetes have negative influence on the work performance of selected farming groups.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Consumers' Intention to Use Shared-Mobility Services in German Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Garaus ◽  
Christian Garaus
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Physical Risk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
German Cities

One sector that severely suffers from the outbreak of the coronavirus is carsharing (i.e., short-term car access). The downswing of the carsharing industry may not only experience negative economic consequences but also ecological ones. Carsharing has the potential to reduce emissions, occupied space, and congestion and hence can actively contribute to mitigating climate change. As Bill Gates strikingly states: “Covid-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse.” For this reason, it is important to understand which underlying mechanisms drive carsharing usage during the Covid-19 pandemic. The current research has the overall objective to provide deeper insights into the mediating mechanisms that explain carsharing usage intention during the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, we draw on signaling theory to explore how different claims (environmental claims, safety claims) that prompt two different opposing underlying processes (perceived ecological benefits, perceived physical risk) influence carsharing usage intention. An online experiment employing a 3 (environmental claim vs. safety claim vs. no claim) × 2 (high information diagnosticity vs. low information diagnosticity) between-subjects design with participants acquired by the online panel platform Clickworker was conducted in April 2020. Fictitious labels and fictitious advertisements served as stimulus material and constituted the five experimental conditions. The data were analyzed by a multicategorial moderated mediation analysis and a multivariate analysis of covariance. Results reveal that environmental claims can stimulate perceived ecological benefits, which, in turn, positively affect carsharing usage intention. Interestingly, our research demonstrates that safety claims cannot decrease perceived physical risk in the context of Covid-19 and carsharing. Nevertheless, perceived physical risk has a (marginal) negative influence on carsharing usage intention and hence should not be discarded altogether. The findings of this article offer new insights into the mental processes that guide consumer decision-making during the coronavirus crisis and also offer important policy implications by highlighting the relevance of environmental claims during the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the negative influence of perceived physical risk on carsharing usage intention points to the need for alternative measures to reduce users' risk perceptions.

scholarly journals Profitability of commercial banks revisited: new evidence from oil and non-oil exporting countries in the MENA region

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nermeen Abdullah ◽  
Yong Tan
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Financial Openness ◽  
Bank Profitability ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence

This paper investigates the determinants of commercial bank profitability in oil and non-oil countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from 11 countries over the period 2004–2014. Since banks are under no obligation to fill reports to Bankscope database, irregular reporting banks are omitted from the sample and the model is re-estimated using only regular reporting banks, and a comparative analysis between total banks’ sample and regular reporting banks’ sample is provided. Using the two-step system GMM and fixed effects models, the results indicate that credit risk is negative and highly significant when irregular reporting banks are omitted from the sample, particularly in the non-oil group, unlike the oil countries case, which indicates that adding irregular reporting banks to the sample could lead to bias in some estimated coefficients if they constitute a considerable percentage of the total banks’ sample. Diversification is a key determinant for profitability in oil countries. No enough evidence to support the impact of financial inclusion and financial openness on bank profitability. In addition, the global financial crisis has significantly affected bank profitability in oil countries. Several policy implications are provided to the bank management to follow based on each country group.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the Change in Lifestyle: Bodyweight, Time Allocation, and Food Choices

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10552
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Li ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Ping Qing ◽  
Wuyang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Food Purchase ◽  
The Impact

We analyze the dynamic changes in individuals’ lifestyle during the COVID-19 outbreak and recovery period through a survey of 1061 Chinese households. Specifically, we are interested in individuals’ bodyweight, time allocation and food choices. We find that COVID-19 is associated with weight gain, less time spent on exercise and more time on entertainment. The proportion of online food purchase and snack purchases also shows an upward trend. This study provides useful implications on the impact of COVID-19 and its associated lockdowns on individuals’ lifestyle and offers foresights for countries in different stages of the pandemic. It explains how encouraging exercise, managing new food purchase venues, and reducing the intake of unhealthy food such as snacks may also need to be considered in dealing with the aftermath of COVID-19.

Public space of the trustworthiness of sociological knowledge: The case of electoral research

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
OLEKSANDR STEGNII
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
Sociological Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Approval Ratings ◽  
The Impact

The paper analyses specific features of sociological data circulation in a public space during an election campaign. The basic components of this kind of space with regard to sociological research are political actors (who put themselves up for the election), voters and agents. The latter refer to professional groups whose corporate interests are directly related to the impact on the election process. Sociologists can also be seen as agents of the electoral process when experts in the field of electoral sociology are becoming intermingled with manipulators without a proper professional background and publications in this field. In a public space where an electoral race is unfolding, empirical sociological research becomes the main form of obtaining sociological knowledge, and it is primarily conducted to measure approval ratings. Electoral research serves as an example of combining the theoretical and empirical components of sociological knowledge, as well as its professional and public dimensions. Provided that sociologists meet all the professional requirements, electoral research can be used as a good tool for evaluating the trustworthiness of results reflecting the people’s expression of will. Being producers of sociological knowledge, sociologists act in two different capacities during an election campaign: as analysts and as pollsters. Therefore, it is essential that the duties and areas of responsibility for professional sociologists should be separated from those of pollsters. Another thing that needs to be noted is the negative influence that political strategists exert on the trustworthiness of survey findings which are going to be released to the public. Using the case of approval ratings as an illustration, the author analyses the most common techniques aimed at misrepresenting and distorting sociological data in the public space. Particular attention is given to the markers that can detect bogus polling companies, systemic violations during the research process and data falsification.

Should Attitudinal Views toward Innovation Development Play a Role in Policy in Peripheral EU Regions?: New Evidence from Vouchers Program in Northern Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137
Author(s):  
Sean M. McDonald ◽  
Remi C. Claire ◽  
Alastair H. McPherson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Eu Regions ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence

The impact and effectiveness of policies to support collaboration for Research & Development (R&D) and Innovation is critical to determining the success of regional economic development. (O’Kane, 2008) The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the level of success of the Innovation Vouchers Program operated by Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) from 2009 to 2013 and address if attitudinal views towards innovation development should play in a role in future policy design in peripheral EU regions. 

TO THE QUESTION OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF ARTIFICIAL PLANTATIONS OF PITSUNDSKAYA PINE IN THE SEASIDE AREA OF GELENDZHIK

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Derevenets ◽  
Elizaveta Derevenets
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Standard Technique ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Exhaust Gases ◽  
The Road ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Federal Highway ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Gelendzhik is the resort town, there aren't a lot of industrial enterprises here. The main pollutant is transport. The work purpose is the assessment of a condition of the artificial landings of a pine located along the Federal highway "Don" and landings, which is nearly the sea coast. Researches were conducted to a standard technique of the General vital state (A. S. Bogolyubov). The assessment of a condition of pines was carried out during 6 years: from 2010 to 2015. For carrying out research we used 6 experimental grounds on the Markotkhsky spine and 2 control grounds within the town. We investigated 24 trees on each platform, middle age of the trees were 30 - 40 years. Results. 1. The condition of trees in the pine forests located in immediate proximity with the Federal highway "Don" (No. 1, 2, 3) is unsatisfactory. As even weak influences of the majority of atmospheric gaseous pollutants (sulphurous gas, nitrogen oxides, etc.) give effect of a necrosis and hloroz of pine needles, the condition of pines is connected with technogenic pollution. So near the Federal highway "Don" the air environment is strongly polluted by exhaust gases. Information of 2012 confirm that negative influence of the route on Markotkh's vegetation decreases at reduction of load of the route. 2. On the sites located above on a slope (No. 4,5,6) thanks to remoteness and the wind mode intensity of influence of pollutants is lower and a condition of pines the quite satisfactory. 3. Trees on the sites located near the sea (No. 7,8) are in a good shape. Small deterioration of a state is noted in very droughty years. Conclusion. Results of six years' research show that the condition of the plantings which are in close proximity with the road worsens. It is explained by increase in intensity of the movement on the road, especially during a resort season. Gelendzhik is the city with a good ecological shape, but the damage to environment is already caused. If not to take measures, we can lose a unique part of the nature in the future, recreate it will be impossible. Measures of reduction of negative impact of exhaust gases were offered. Results of researches are transferred to ecological department of the City administration of Gelendzhik.

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