scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Food Safety Oversight: Implications in Canada and Coping Strategies

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2241
Author(s):  
Sylvain Charlebois ◽  
Janet Music
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Western World ◽  
Systemic Risks ◽  
The Future ◽  
Safety Systems ◽  
And Coping

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created enormous societal disruptions in the Western world, including Canada, with serious implications for food safety. Since the start of the pandemic, many scholars have investigated the issue of food safety through different lenses. In this review, two research thrusts were identified, the epidemiology of the virus and food safety oversight. Both were challenged by the pandemic in Canada and elsewhere. In this paper, we first present how Canada experienced the pandemic. We then present how epidemiology and food safety oversight were affected by the virus and how the spread exposed gaps in Canada’s food safety system. We explain how Canada was not adequately prepared to face the food safety challenges posed by SARS-CoV-2. The review ends with an explanation on how risk perceptions will be altered by the pandemic in Canada and how food safety systems will adjust to better anticipate systemic risks in the future.

scholarly journals Attitudes to time and coping-strategies of farming entrepreneurs

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 08039
Author(s):  
Vlada Pishchik
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
The Future ◽  
Older Farmers ◽  
And Coping

Farmers and especially their psychological state are not often objects of research. We used the following methods: the questionnaire “Attitudes to time” by Nutten (in Muzdybayev’s modification); the questionnaire SACS – “Strategies for overcoming stressful situations” (Hobfoll, 1994); the questionnaire of problems assessment in the activities of the farmers; the questionnaire “Crisis”, developed by us. The questionnaire “Crisis” was used to identify three groups of level of well-being. The sample consisted of farmers: 50 people. The results showed that the attitudes to time of young farmers have a positive, interesting, full of hope past; the present is negative, terrible, unsuccessful, significant; the future is positive, full of hope, active and saturated. The attitudes to time of older farmers are the following: the positive, pleasant, difficult, eventful past; the present is meaningful, positive, hopeful; the future is interesting, positive, bright, full of hope. The level of well-being in both groups is estimated at the average one. Coping strategies in the group of young farmers are - getting in touch, in the group of senior managers - indirect-actions; in both groups ‒ finding social support. The assessment of the problems of farming activity revealed two key problems - insufficient funds and lagging modernization.

Food traceability systems, consumers’ risk perception, and purchase intention: Evidence from the “4-label-1-Q” approach in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Chen Hsu ◽  
Yu-Fu Huang ◽  
Trias Mahmudiono ◽  
Hsiu-Ling Chen
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Food Traceability ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
The Future

Many food safety issues have occurred in Taiwan during the past decade. Therefore, in 2016, the Taiwan government proposed the “Five rings of food safety” policy to comprehensively protect consumer food supply. Among these policies, the “4-labels-1-Q” approach was adopted to ensure the selection of “retrospective foods” with traceable labels. Hence, this study investigated the association between the degree of recognizing the “4-label-1-Q” food traceability system and risk perceptions, in addition to whether a consumer’s purchase intention of fresh foods with food labels changed after enlightenment using an educational film on food labels. In this study, the subjects were defined as the family's main food purchasers. Subsequently, 290 valid questionnaire interviews and film educational materials were administered in Tainan markets and stores. Results showed that risk perception for labeling was significantly affected by label knowledge. Alternatively, age, educational level, and the degree of risk perception influenced purchase intention. Results also showed that after administering the video intervention, the label knowledge and purchase intention increased significantly. However, film education after adjustment for age, educational level, income, and purchase places insignificantly affected risk perception, especially for those who had lower educational levels, including those over the age of 65. First, the public’s trust can be boosted through label education among age groups using different channels and methods. Therefore, in the future, encouraging the sale of labeled foods in traditional markets would be a useful strategy. Second, the age, educational level, income, and risk perception of the participants significantly affected the purchase intention. Thus, in the future, this study can be a reference for designing risk communication strategies and promoting traceable agricultural products.

Experiencing the Food Safety Regime: Compliance, Market Access, and Coping Strategies of Indian Fishery Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (conf) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Jayasekhar Somasekharan ◽  
K.N. Harilal ◽  
K.P. Chandran ◽  
Sajan Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Market Access ◽  
And Coping

Life Patterns and Coping Strategies in High and low Creative Women

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-110
Author(s):  
Marilyn Partridge Rieger
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
High Status ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sources Of Support ◽  
And Coping

Part of a 21-year follow-up, this inquiry focused on the female subjects in a longitudinal predictive validity study of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Women identified as High or Low Creatives were compared on three aspects: (a) creative achievements; (b) educational history and career development; and (c) lifestyle, sources of support and coping strategies. During the initial investigation, conducted by E. Paul Torrance, children enrolled in two Minneapolis schools were tested annually from 1958–1964 on the TTCT. The subjects of this study were 83 women, ranging in age from 23 to 34, who participated in the original testing and who responded 21 years later to two questionnaires. The questionnaires elicited information such as current marital and family status, educationl and career history, sources of support and domestic coping strategies, as well as long-range personal goals and satisfaction with present life. Checklists and other items designed to measure high school and post-high school creative achievements and aspirations for the future were included. The subjects were categorized as High or Low Creatives based on a creativity index calculated from their scores on the TTCT over a three year period (grades 3–5). Women whose creativity index fell above the median were classified as High Creatives (N =42); those whose index fell below the median, as Low Creatives (N =41). The descriptive data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed by percentages or means and standard deviations and chi squares were computed to compare High and Low Creatives. When appropriate, comparisons were made with data from the Torrance longitudinal study of creative high school students. Multiple regression procedures were used to analyze the relationship of selected background variables with five measures of adolescent and adult creative performance: quantity of high school creative achievements; quantity of post-high school creative achievements; quantity of self-actualizing, publicly unrecognized creative activities; quality of creative achievements; and creativeness of aspirations for the future. The predictive validity of the TTCT as a measure of creative potential is clearly demonstrated. The women identified as High Creatives in elementary school have been fulfilling that potential as adults to a significantly higher degree than the Low Creatives, as measured on all five measures of adult creativity utilized. By using the composite creativity index to predict the combined creativity criteria, a canonical correlation of .69 was obtained. A great many other differences were found between the groups. The High Creatives seem to maintain a stronger sense of personal independence. They were more likely to be unmarried (never married, or divorced), to marry at a later age, and to have fewer children than the Lows. Educational differences also were indicated: the Highs were more likely to have an undergraduate degree, and they completed an M.A. or professional degree such as law, medicine or Ph.D. more than twice as often as the Lows. Career commitment was strikingly intense in both groups, but particularly among the High Creatives. Not only do 95% of the Highs work for pay, they are much more likely to be in high status jobs: 68% are in professional or managerial level positions, in contrast to 46% of the Low Creatives. Significant differences in family and career patterns also were found, with Highs choosing to concentrate on career responsibilities only or to handle career and family roles simultaneously, and Lows tending to focus exclusively either on career or on family roles. Substantial differences in domestic coping strategies also were indicated: although women continue to bear primary responsibility in the domestic sphere, the High Creatives were opting for more egalitarian, less sex-typed sharing of domestic tasks than the Low Creatives.

scholarly journals Agent-based Modeling of a Self-Organized Food Safety System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kashif Zia ◽  
Dinesh Kumar Saini ◽  
Arshad Muhammad ◽  
Umar Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
System A ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
Area Of Concern ◽  
Safety Systems ◽  
S Model

"The wisdom of crowd'' is so often observed in social discourses and activities around us. The manifestations of it are, however, so intrinsically embedded and behaviorally accepted that an elaboration of a social phenomenon evidencing such wisdom is often cheered as a discovery; or at least an astonishing fact. One such scenario is explored here, namely conceptualization and modeling of a food safety system, a system directly related to social cognition. Food safety is an area of concern these days. Models representing the food safety systems are recently published to study the effect of interactions between important entities of the system. For example, Knowles’s model finds conditions leading to a more efficient and dependable system of entities like consumers, regulators and stores with specific focus on regulators behavior and their impact on the food safety. The first contribution of this paper is reevaluation of Knowles’s model towards a more conscious understanding of ``the wisdom of crowd'' effects on inspection and consuming behaviors. The second contribution is augmenting of the model with social networking capabilities, which acts as a medium to spread information about stores and help consumers find stores which are not contaminated. Simulation results reveal that stores’ respecting social cognition improve effectiveness of the food safety system for consumers and stores both. Simulation findings also reveals that an active society has a capability to self-organize effectively even in the absence of any regulatory compulsion.

Food safety in urban China: Perceptions and coping strategies of residents in Nanjing

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenzhong Si ◽  
Jenelle Regnier-Davies ◽  
Steffanie Scott
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Food System ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
The One ◽  
And Coping

Food safety has become an increasingly pressing sociopolitical issue in China due to the outbreak of food safety scandals since the 2000s. Existing studies have highlighted the socio-economic context of this issue, its drivers and implications. Yet, few studies have examined the perceptions of food safety conditions and strategies undertaken by consumers in their daily lives to cope with the challenge. Based on a city-wide survey of 1210 households and 36 interviews in Nanjing, China, this research adopts an ‘everyday’ perspective of analysis to investigate Nanjing residents’ perceptions of, and strategies to cope with, the food safety challenge. Perceptions include the severity of the food safety problem, the least safe foods, as well as causes and responsibilities. Coping strategies include various approaches to food access and food preparation. This article also compares the validity of potential sources of trust in food. On the one hand, the study demonstrates how the structural changes in China’s food system (i.e. chemical intensive food production and elongated food supply chains) constitute the major problems and causes of food safety issues. On the other hand, it reveals the considerable latitude within which Nanjing residents proactively exercise their agency when facing food safety challenges.

scholarly journals Relationship of psychological characteristics of the perception of illness and the coping strategies of patients with coronary artery disease with the indicators of their purpose-in-life orientation

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
A V Solodukhin ◽  
O A Trubnikova ◽  
A V Seryy ◽  
M S Yanitskiy ◽  
O L Barbarash
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Ischemic Heart Disease ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Ischemic Heart ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Relationship Of

Aim. To study the relationship of the perception of illness and coping strategies in patients with ischemic heart disease before coronary artery bypass grafting with purpose in life orientation. Methods. The study included 108 males aged 45 to 73 years with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease. Clinical and psychological diagnostics included the study of the patient's perception of illness using the Personal Questionnaire of the Bekhterev Institute, the coping strategies were assessed with the Ways of Coping scale developed by Lazarus and Folkman. To study the purpose in life orientation (formation of goals in life, the level of self-realization of a person, meaningfulness and saturation of life in the past and present, plans for the future), the «Purpose-in-Life Test» by D.A. Leont'ev was used. Results. The study showed the predominance of adaptive variants of the perception of illness and moderate use of both productive and unproductive coping strategies in the studied group, as well as the preservation of aims and guidelines for the future in the situation of preparing for coronary bypass surgery. A positive relationship was found between the indicators of general meaningfulness of life, dedication, satisfaction with the process of activity and achievement of results with the indicators of adaptive variants of the perception of illness and productive coping behavior. Low levels of overall meaningfulness of life, inability to set goals and achieve them, as well as lack of satisfaction from past events, are associated with high rates of maladaptive variants of the perception of illness and the choice of unproductive coping strategies. Conclusion. A high level of purpose in life orientation in patients with ischemic heart disease can lead to the formation of adaptive variants of the perception of illness variants and productive coping strategies, whereas a low level of purpose in life orientation probably leads to the risks of the formation of maladaptive perception of illness variants and coping strategies.

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