Perceived COVID-19-related stress drives home gardening intentions and improves human health in Taiwan

Wu, Chen‐Fa; Chou, Li-Wei; Huang, Hsi-Chih; Tu, Hung‐Ming

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127770

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“…What's more, it was found that high perceived stress was a risk factor of positive BI, meaning participants with higher perceived stress would exhibit less positive BI. This was consistent with previous researches that stress was influencing factors of working turnover intention (Lu et al, 2017), home-gardening intentions (Wu et al, 2022), and defensive medical behavior (Sun et al, 2022). During the epidemic, people faced a variety of stressors, including fears of infection and inadequate supplies Just as supplementary material indicated, the stresses of older people mainly come from the overall stress, living provisions, risk of COVID-19 infection, family dysfunction, children learning online, medical or medicine demand, economic income, negative information, cramped space, and working at home.…”

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confidence: 93%

Behavioral intentions and perceived stress under isolated environment

Lin,

Wu,

Ouyang

et al. 2023

Brain and Behavior

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BackgroundIsolation is a special environment that will affect the mental health and behavior of individuals. The current study was to explore the relationship between behavior intention (BI) and perceived stress in isolated environment during Shanghai Omicron pandemic.MethodsA cross‐sectional study was conducted between April 8 and 14, 2022. Three self‐reported questionnaires were used to evaluate quarantine duration, stress perception, and BI. A total of 1042 participants in Shanghai under quarantine at home were included by random sampling. Logistic regression and one‐way variance analysis were used to determine the risk factors related to BI.ResultsThe finding implicated negative BI was more reported by the population of males, with lower educational background, with jobs, and youngers. A negative association existed between perceived stress and BI (B = −1.004, p = .003, OR = 0.367, 95% CI = .191–.703). The proportion of positive BI decreased with quarantined duration, whereas the negative BI seemed vibrate upward then downward.ConclusionThere existed a significant effect of quarantined days on perceived stress with different BIs. High perceived stress was a risk factor of positive BI. This preliminary study has significance to understand the effect of compulsory measures on BI and for policies makers to take a psychosocial perspective to consider the effective pandemic intervention strategies.

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confidence: 93%

Behavioral intentions and perceived stress under isolated environment

Lin,

Wu,

Ouyang

et al. 2023

Brain and Behavior

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“…While there was no statistically significant change in identification of these motivations, the high proportion of respondents choosing them may indicate that these behaviors were providing stress reduction. This would be consistent with the widespread literature describing the ways that gardening mitigated pandemic-related stress ( 19–21 , 26 , 30–33 ), and are also consistent with stress reduction associated with pandemic fishing in Europe ( 46 ). A study in Vermont found higher stress in hunters and fishers than in gardeners ( 69 ).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…In parts of Europe, there was an approximately 10% increase in all types of home gardening ( 18 ). A study in Taiwan found that pandemic-related stress indirectly promoted intentions to garden ( 19 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Benin, a study found that access to gardens protected food security in rural and urban areas from pandemic associated impacts ( 24 ). Several studies found a widespread perception that gardening mitigated pandemic-related stress from lockdowns in parts of Europe, North and South America, Australia, China, and Taiwan ( 19–21 , 26 , 30–33 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Wild and backyard food use during COVID-19 in upstate New York, United States

Coffin-Schmitt,

Clements,

Marshall

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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IntroductionCOVID-19 acutely shocked both socio-economic and food systems in 2020. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on production and consumption of gardened produce, backyard poultry, wild game and fish, and foraged mushrooms, berries, and other plants in New York State, aiming to understand crisis influenced food choice and motivations, including food security.MethodsWe conducted an online, cross-sectional survey in October–December 2020 with a convenience sample of participants (n = 505) with an interest in gardening, poultry rearing, foraging, hunting, and/or fishing from six counties in upstate New York. We recruited through the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and other relevant email and social media pages.ResultsAcross the wild and backyard food production strategies, 4.0–14.3% of respondents reported engaging for the first time and 39.6–45.7% reported increased production (a little or a lot more), and 31.6–42.7% of respondents’ production was the same as the previous year. Consumption of foods produced was widespread, including fruit and vegetables (97.6% of producers also consumed), backyard eggs (92.7%), and foraged foods (93.8%). For meats, a majority consumed backyard poultry meat (51.2%), wild-caught fish (69.7%), and wild game they hunted (80.1%). The frequency of consumption of fruit and vegetables (average of 13.5 times/month) and eggs (16.4 times/month) was very high, while average consumption of poultry meat, foraged foods, fish, and wild game ranged from 3.1 to 5.8 times/month. The number of respondents who reported “have more control over food availability” as motivation to produce all wild and backyard foods increased from 2019 to 2020 (p < 0.05 - p < 0.001). There was also a significant relationship between experiences of COVID-19 related hardship (i.e., food insecurity, income loss) with gardening and poultry-rearing (p ≤ 0.05), but not with other production methods or with consumption of wild and backyard foods.DiscussionOur findings help to locate wild and backyard foods within COVID-19 impacted food environments, and describe food security as a particularly relevant motivation, among others, reported by respondents in 2020. Given this, New York State service providers can use these findings to tailor current future support for households exerting control over their own food environments with wild and backyard foods, allowing the state to be better prepared for future crises.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic is one global public health emergency that poses mass hospitalization and the death of countless people (Marques et al, 2021;Wu et al, 2022). Since the outbreak of COVID-19, in an attempt to effectively suppress the dissemination of the highly contagious coronavirus, on a global scale, most governments have implemented strict epidemic prevention policies, for instance, imposing longstanding mobility restrictions and social distancing measures (Erokhin and Gao, 2020;Laborde et al, 2020;Basu et al, 2021;Cerda et al, 2022;Godrich et al, 2022;Turnšek et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Home food gardening in modern cities: advances, issues, and future perspectives

Xu,

Lin,

Wang

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Against the backdrop of the unexpected COVID-19 epidemic, governments are facing significant challenges in mobilizing food resources, particularly fresh products. It is inevitable that there will be intermittent shortages of food during the pandemic. As a result, home food gardening has gained considerable attention from city residents and policymakers in modern cities. This is due to its potential to provide food during humanitarian emergencies and lockdown. Moreover, home food gardening is increasingly becoming a popular recreational activity in many countries, offering therapeutic benefits such as fostering social bonds through knowledge-sharing and fruit-sharing, improving mental and psychological well-being, promoting outdoor physical exercise, and strengthening the connection between humans and nature. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the latest advancements in home food gardening, including cultivated species, devices, technologies, and current issues. It also proposes perspectives based on current researches to serve as a reference for future research and development.

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Perceived COVID-19-related stress drives home gardening intentions and improves human health in Taiwan

Cited by 8 publications

References 59 publications

Behavioral intentions and perceived stress under isolated environment

Behavioral intentions and perceived stress under isolated environment

Wild and backyard food use during COVID-19 in upstate New York, United States

Home food gardening in modern cities: advances, issues, and future perspectives

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