The Impact of Gender on Food Waste at the Consumer Level

Abstract Food waste is one of the main contributors to economic disparities, social inequalities and environmental pollution. Numerous studies have sought to understand the drivers of food waste at various stages in the food supply chain, including the consumption stage. Based on a quantitative analysis of 252 Romanian consumers, the present study shows that gender is an important factor that affects the individuals’ attitudes and behaviours in regard to food and a potential factor that could affect the amount of food wasted. The study found that attitudes towards food waste evolve as individuals age, and that, at each stage, women tend to be more concerned about the negative impact of food waste on social equity or the family budget than men. In addition, women were found to display behaviours in regard to food acquisition and preparation that can result in higher food waste in a larger degree than men, even though the study found no differences in the actual amount of food wasted by the two genders. The results of the study are important because they show the need to adapt the public awareness campaigns on food waste on the particularities of each gender across several age groups.

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A Mathematical Overview of the Monogamous Marriage in a Multiregion Framework: Modelling and Control

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society ◽

10.1155/2020/9385261 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Mustapha Lhous ◽

Omar Zakary ◽

Mostafa Rachik

Keyword(s):

Public Awareness ◽

Control Process ◽

Optimal Strategies ◽

Social Consequences ◽

Family Status ◽

Time Model ◽

Awareness Campaigns ◽

The Family ◽

And Control ◽

The Impact

The main objective of this paper is to develop a new mathematical model to study, analyze, and control the family status in several regions and to discuss the impact of the connectivity of regions and the mobility of residents on the marital status of the family, by adopting a multiregion discrete-time model. The modelling and the control process of the system that describes the case of monogamous marriages in a multiregion framework are considered. Two combined control strategies are proposed, which allow reducing the virgin and divorced individuals and increasing the number of married individuals in a specific region. The first control is considered as the impact of public awareness campaigns to educate virgin men and women about the benefits of marriage for the individual and the society; the second control characterizes the legal procedures, administrative complications, and the heavy financial and social consequences of divorces. The optimal control theory is applied to characterize such optimal strategies and determined numerically using a progressive-regressive discrete scheme to discuss the obtained results.

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FORMING A PERSON OF A JUVENILE OFFENDER WHO COMMIT CRIMES WITH PARTICULAR CRUELTY

Actual problems of native jurisprudence ◽

10.15421/391973 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 137-140

Author(s):

R. O. Bundz

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Delinquency ◽

Social Life ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Significant Group ◽

The Family ◽

Potential Factor ◽

Main Determinants ◽

Violent Offenses ◽

The Impact

Having traced the criminalization process for minors, it can be argued that more and more violent offenses have the extreme form of cruelty. It is proved that the most stable and significant part of violent crimes include deliberate murder, deliberate infliction of grave and moderate injury to health, robberies, forced robberies, forced rape, hooliganism, beatings, torture, etc. Such criminal acts constituting the criminological significant group are distinguished, primarily by such criteria as the method of action of an offender, the form of guilt and the object of the attack. The structure of juvenile delinquency is characterized mostly by mercenary, mercenary-violent and violent types of crimes. The crimes committed by young people are more impudent and aggressive compared to general crime. The number of crimes committed on the basis of drug addiction and alcoholism is especially increasing. It is stated that juvenile delinquency is usually of a group nature. It is established that the investigation of the causes of the crimes will not be complete without studying the causes and conditions of the personality of the offender. After all, the causes of the commission of crimes that directly induce or push a person to choose the wrongful conduct in a particular situation, are, so to speak, subjective, that is, inseparably linked with the subject of the crime. The main determinants of the formation of the identity of a juvenile offender who commit crimes with particular cruelty include: the negative impact of the family as a potential factor in the formation of the personality of a juvenile offender; child homelessness and neglect; unorganized leisure; alcoholization and narcosis of children's environment; manifestations of bullying among minors, etc. It is proved that the mechanism of influence of factors on crime is rather complex and, therefore, the influence of each of them can only be arbitrary, since the positive or negative impact of any aspect of social life depends on a specific combination of factors. The impact of criminogenic factors, and sometimes their consequences, lmanifests in the fact that they objectively contribute to crime.

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Conditions, Employment, Career Development and Well-Being of Refugee Researchers

Societies ◽

10.3390/soc11030071 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Ourania Tzoraki ◽

Svetlana Dimitrova ◽

Marin Barzakov ◽

Saad Yaseen ◽

Vasilis Gavalas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Well Being ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Home Setting ◽

The Public ◽

Work From Home ◽

The Impact

The ongoing ‘refugee crisis’ of the past years has led to the migration of refugee researchers (RRs) to European countries. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RRs often had to work from home and/or to continue their social, cultural and economic integration process under new conditions. An online survey carried out to explore the impact of the pandemic on the refugee researchers showed that RRs found it difficult to adapt their everyday working life to the ‘home’ setting. The majority have had neither a suitable work environment at home nor the appropriate technology. Although they stated that they are rather pleased with the measures taken by the public authorities, they expressed concern about their vulnerability due to their precarious contracts and the bureaucratic asylum procedures, as the pandemic has had a negative impact on these major issues. The majority of RRs working in academia seem not to have been affected at all as far as their income is concerned, while the majority of those employed in other sectors became unemployed during the pandemic (58%). Recommendations are provided to the public authorities and policy makers to assist RRs to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic on their life.

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Abstract P99: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Stroke Thrombolysis Rate and Delay to Thrombolysis Treatment in a Regional Stroke Centre in London, UK

Stroke ◽

10.1161/str.52.suppl_1.p99 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 52 (Suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Brian Drumm ◽

Paul Bentley ◽

Zoe Brown ◽

Lucio D’Anna ◽

Tsering Dolkar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Arrival Time ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Stroke Severity ◽

Time Intervals ◽

Neurological Outcomes ◽

Stroke Thrombolysis ◽

Prehospital Delays ◽

The Impact ◽

Stroke Centre

Introduction: There are reports of changes in the numbers of stroke admissions and time intervals to receiving emergency treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stroke thrombolysis rate and delay to thrombolysis treatment in a regional stroke centre in London, UK. Methods: COVID-19 testing began at our hospital on 3 March 2020. Clinical data for all acute stroke admissions were routinely collected as part of a national Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) and all thrombolysis data were entered into our local thrombolysis database. We retrospectively extracted the relevant patient data for the period of March to May 2020 (COVID group) and compared to the same period in 2019 (pre-COVID group). Results: Compared with pre-COVID, there was a 17.5% fall in total stroke admissions (from 315 to 260) during COVID; but there were no significant differences in the demographics, stroke severity, proportions with known time of onset, or median onset-to-arrival time. The thrombolysis rates amongst ischemic strokes were not significantly different between the two groups (59/260=23% pre-COVID vs. 41/228=18% COVID, p=.19). For thrombolysis patients, their stroke severity and demographics were similar between the two both groups. Median onset-to-needle time was significantly longer by 22 minutes during COVID [127 (IQR 94-160) vs. 149 (IQR 110-124) minutes, p=.045]; this delay to treatment was almost entirely due to a longer median onset-to-arrival time by 16 minutes during COVID (p=.029). Favorable early neurological outcomes post-thrombolysis (defined as an improvement in NIHSS by ≥4 points at 24 hours) were similar (45% vs. 46%, p=.86). Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on prehospital delays which in turn significantly increased onset-to-needle time, but without affecting the chance of a favorable early neurological outcome. Our data highlight the need to maintain public awareness of taking immediate action when stroke symptoms occur during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Public reassurance following a collective trauma event: a scoping review of the evidence to inform police practice

Policing An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management ◽

10.1108/pijpsm-11-2020-0177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Lyndal Hickey ◽

Louise Hams ◽

Lauren Kosta

Keyword(s):

Scoping Review ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

Future Research ◽

Collective Trauma ◽

Content Type ◽

Community Attitudes ◽

The Public ◽

Police Agencies ◽

The Impact

PurposeThis paper examines the empirical research on police reassurance following a collective trauma event (CTE).Design/methodology/approachUsing a scoping review methodology, this paper sought to establish the extent, range and nature of published literature on policing responses to collective traumatic events, and to identify key features of this form of direct practice. Included papers needed to focus on police responses oeassurance with the public related to events (pre-or post) that could be regarded as collective trauma events by nature or scale. Searches were conducted using the Web of Science, SCOPUS and PsychINFO databases for literature published between January 2000 and December 2019.FindingsFourteen articles met the inclusion criteria. The key themes identified: (1) measuring the impact of reassurance and community policing; (2) community attitudes to policing and social disorder/critical events; (3) police workforce responses to traumatic events; and (4) interventions to support police to respond to their community.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research needs to examine the elements that create a robust organisational infrastructure that can withstand the demands of policing in ordinary and extraordinary times. Fundamental to the studies in this review is the relationship between the police agencies and the community. The nature of this relationship and how it can be strengthened to ameliorate the negative impact of CTEs in communities needs further exploration.Originality/valueThis paper provides important findings that can inform future reassurance policing practice and research.

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IMPACT OF FACEBOOK ADDICTION DISORDER (FAD) ON STUDY HABITS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ADOLESCENTS

MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices ◽

10.52634/mier/2017/v7/i2/1422 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 195-207

Author(s):

Shivani Vashishtha ◽

Sona Ahuja ◽

Mani Sharma

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Age Groups ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Study Habits ◽

Study Habit ◽

Significant Negative Impact ◽

Facebook Addiction ◽

The Impact

With the present era being technology driven, social media has become an indispensable part of many people irrespective of their age. Among different age groups, the maximum users are adolescents and among different social networking sites (SNS), Facebook shares the major part of usage by them. Many adolescents are tending towards excessive usage of Facebook leading to its addiction. Does this addiction have negative influence on adolescents or it actually helps them to keep up with their counterparts and be socially connected to them for their betterment? This question is unanswered specifically when it concerns the impact that it has on the study habits and academic achievement of adolescents. The hypotheses were tested in order to explore the impact of six dimensions (mood modification, deficient self-regulations, salience, loss of control, withdrawal, and relapse) of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) using Bergens' Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS), developed by Andreassen (2012). The results are based on the survey conducted on 200 adolescents studying in different schools of India. The findings indicate that there is a significant negative impact of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) on study habits and academic achievement of adolescents. The major implication derived is that the higher the addiction to Facebook the study habit become poor and academic achievement decreases resulting in lower grades.

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Intervensi Rendahnya Cakupan Keluarga Berencana dengan Penyuluhan, Pembagian Brosur dan Pemasangan Spanduk

Shihatuna : Jurnal Pengabdian Kesehatan Masyarakat ◽

10.30829/shihatuna.v0i0.10360 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 34

Author(s):

Sri Wahyuni ◽

Martalena Br. S. Kembaren ◽

David Siagian

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Family Welfare ◽

Childbearing Age ◽

Dense Population ◽

The Public ◽

The Family ◽

Index Value ◽

Age Of Marriage ◽

The Village

Family planning is an increase in community awareness and participation through maturing the age of marriage, birth control, fostering family resilience, increasing family welfare to create a small, happy and prosperous family. Belawan II Village, Medan Belawan District, where most of the population lives as fishermen and laborers with a medium economic level, very dense population settlements, surrounded by wide beaches and lack of public awareness and knowledge about family planning to make family planning coverage in the village. This is still low, namely 40% of the total couples of childbearing age. From the results of the observations of the puskesmas in accordance with the indicators of healthy families, it was found that the family index value based on families participating in the family planning program was 33%. The intervention carried out to overcome this problem was to provide counseling about family planning, distribution of posters and installation of banners as a form of family planning campaign. Counseling was carried out to 73 heads of families. All the families who attended were very enthusiastic about participating in the counseling. The distribution of posters and banners is done to serve as a reminder to the public about the importance of family planning. The results of the evaluation of this activity indicate a change in public knowledge about family planning.

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CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER: EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCE OF CAREGIVING FOR A CHID WITH MEDICAL COMPLEXITY

Paediatrics & Child Health ◽

10.1093/pch/pxy054.139 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. e55-e56

Author(s):

Jessica Teicher ◽

Natalie Weiser ◽

Danielle Arje ◽

Julia Orkin

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Description ◽

Medical Educator ◽

Holistic View ◽

The Family ◽

Medical Complexity ◽

The Impact ◽

Caregiver Burnout

Abstract BACKGROUND Children with medical complexity (CMC) represent a growing population in the paediatric healthcare system. CMCs’ multiple health needs, illness severity, and fragility lead to a high degree of caregiver burnout, parental employment loss, and other social and financial consequences. Healthcare providers must consider a holistic view of the family, including consideration of social determinants of health [SDOH]: socio-economic status, employment, quality of housing, availability of social support, and access to healthcare services. This study addresses a gap in current research by exploring how caring for a CMC exacerbates social inequalities, and how these challenges may be mitigated. OBJECTIVES 1. What are the SDOH impacting CMC and their families? 2. How do families report the impact of their child’s medical complexity on their social circumstances? DESIGN/METHODS A qualitative description approach was used to enable rich data collection through semi-structured interviews until thematic saturation was reached. Nine interviews were conducted with CMC caregivers who were chosen by purposeful sampling. The interview guide was developed by expert consultation and iteratively refined. Ethics approval and written consent were obtained. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Three team members independently coded the interviews for recurrent themes to inform qualitative content analysis. RESULTS Caregiving for a CMC is all-consuming, requiring parents to take on roles including planner, medical professional, medical educator, and advocate. Parents of CMC report three major areas negatively impacted by caregiving: 1) physical and mental health; 2) personal relationships; and 3) finances. Additionally, three themes emerged describing enablers for resiliency: 1) the CMC’s health status when well or stable in hospital; 2) acceptance of one’s limitations as a caregiver and of the family’s ‘new normal’; and 3) broad supports including medical, personal, financial, and educational. CONCLUSION The wellbeing of CMC families is impacted by medical and social factors. An interdisciplinary model of care may offset some of the caregiver’s advocacy and medical educator responsibilities. Paediatricians can support families of CMC by providing comprehensive care for all components of the child’s health status, and by including routine assessment of the family’s SDOH. Finally, explicit discussion about parental expectations and caregiver burnout helps foster a positive therapeutic relationship with the family.

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Smoking Ban: A Long-term Analysis of the Malta Paradox in a Population of over 400,000 Subjects

International Cardiovascular Forum Journal ◽

10.17987/icfj.v1i4.50 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 184 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Caroline Magri ◽

Robert Xuereb ◽

Sandra Distefano ◽

Neville Calleja ◽

Victor Grech

Keyword(s):

Hospital Admissions ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Age Groups ◽

Admission Rate ◽

Coronary Heart Disease Mortality ◽

Smoking Ban ◽

Annual Data ◽

Public Areas ◽

Coronary Syndromes ◽

The Impact

Objectives: The introduction of laws that make indoor public areas and workplaces smoke-free has resulted in a significant reduction in the incidence of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Malta was the second European country to introduce the smoking ban legislation in April 2004. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of the smoking ban in Malta on ACS morbidity and mortality. Methods: The number of ACS hospital admissions and the number of cardiovascular deaths were retrospectively analysed. The annual data for 5 years prior to and following the introduction of the Tobacco Act were obtained according to age-groups for both genders. Poisson regression analyses were performed to assess for decline in ACS admission and cardiovascular death. Results: The ACS admission rate increased throughout the 5 years following the introduction of the smoking ban. There was no change in mortality rate in the 5 years following the legislation, except in 2007 when a small but significant decline was noted. Conclusions: The Malta smoking ban did not have a significant impact on cardiovascular mortality and ACS admissions rates, indicating the need for proper enforcement of the public smoking ban and increase in public awareness regarding the adverse effects of smoking. Key words: Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Prevention; Smoking.

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Einstellungen zur familialen Solidarität im Alter: Eine vergleichende Analyse mit türkischen Migranten und Deutschen

Journal of Family Research ◽

10.20377/jfr-162 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 29-52

Author(s):

Marie Carnein ◽

Helen Baykara-Krumme

Keyword(s):

Age Groups ◽

Theoretical Background ◽

Acculturation Gap ◽

Immigrant Generation ◽

Family Solidarity ◽

Private Households ◽

The Family ◽

Background Data ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact

The study examines the attitudes toward family solidarity and filial care obligations among Turks of the first and second immigrant generation as compared to Germans. The focilie on the impact of ethnic-cultural and socio-structural predictors, respectively, and whether patterns change across different age groups. Processes of intergenerational transmission and acculturation in migration constitute the theoretical background. Data from the Generations and Gender Survey 2005 and 2006 are used, including respondents in private households in Germany aged 18 to 79 years of the main sample, and the migrant sample, conducted on same-aged Turkish citizens in Germany. It was found that the family solidarity potential is far higher among Turkish migrants than among Germans. These differences persist in the second generation and in all age groups. Socio-structural predictors are of little relevance. The analyses indicate strong transmission processes between family generations: There ist little evidence of an “acculturation gap”. Zusammenfassung Die Studie untersucht das familiale Solidaritätspotenzial für pflegebedürftige Eltern bei türkischen Migranten der ersten und zweiten Generation und kontrastiert es mit jenem der deutschen einheimischen Bevölkerung. Die zentralen Fragen lauten, welche Rolle ethnisch-kulturellen bzw. sozialstrukturellen Einflussgrößen zukommt und ob sich die Muster über verschiedene Altersgruppen hinweg verändern. Den theoretischen Hintergrund bilden Diskussionen um Transmissions- und Akkulturationsprozesse in der Migration. Auf Grundlage der Daten des Generations and Gender Survey 2005 und 2006, der die 18 bis 79-jährige Wohnbevölkerung in Privathaushalten Deutschlands sowie in einer Zusatzerhebung ergänzend die türkischen Staatsangehörigen berücksichtigt, kann gezeigt werden, dass das familiale Solidaritätspotenzial bei türkischen Migranten wesentlich stärker ausgeprägt ist als bei Deutschen. Die Unterschiede bleiben in der nachfolgenden Generation und über alle Altersgruppen hinweg bestehen. Sozialstrukturelle Merkmale sind von geringer Bedeutung. Die Befunde zeigen, wie stark die Transmissionsprozesse zwischen den Generationen sind: Es gibt wenig Hinweise auf einen intergenerationalen „acculturation gap“.

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