Promoting healthy eating habits among youth according to their preferences: Indications from a discrete choice experiment in Tuscany

Corazza, Ilaria; Pennucci, Francesca; Rosis, Sabina De

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.03.014

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“…members of a social group referred to as Generation Z. The literature on the subject considers them to be intense Internet users (Corazza et al, 2021). They easily found their way through the pandemic by switching to other purchasing channels.…”

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Being a product consumer during the COVID-19 pandemic: profile of the Polish consumer in the organic dairy market

Wojciechowska-Solis

Śmiglak-Krajewska

2022

BFJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to determine the profile of dairy product consumers in the organic market.Design/methodology/approachThe study was based on a survey questionnaire developed by the author and administered to a total of 1,108 respondents. The statistical analysis (including descriptive statistics, the analysis of the discriminative function and the Chi2 test was performed with the use of Statistica 13.1 PL. The respondents’ gender was the factor behind the differences in how they behaved.FindingsThe consumers indicated the channels they rely upon to find information on organic dairy products; in addition to trusting the opinions of their family members and experts, they also use web platforms. Further, they specified their preferred locations for buying favorite products during the pandemic: specialized organic food shops, large distribution chains and online stores.Practical implicationsThese outcomes will help in identifying target consumer segments and information channels for specific information and advertising messages. They also form an important resource for developing some potential strategies which the supply chain stakeholders could implement to promote organic consumption of dairy products.Originality/valueThis study identifies consumers’ preferred dairy products; motives for purchasing organic dairy products; barriers that consumers believe exist in the market; sources of knowledge about products purchased by consumers; and consumers’ preferred channels for purchasing organic dairy products. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study of dairy product consumers in the organic market in Poland.

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Being a product consumer during the COVID-19 pandemic: profile of the Polish consumer in the organic dairy market

Wojciechowska-Solis

Śmiglak-Krajewska

2022

BFJ

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“…Social media content is an important source of information for young consumers in a developing market (PL). Additionally, studies conducted in Tuscany, Italy, a region rich in healthy eating traditions, show that the young generation take into account the opinions of family members, friends and news from social media, the most frequently [90]. However, there were differences between the responses, as UK respondents stated they were less influenced by social media in the study.…”

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Comparison of the Purchasing Behaviour of Polish and United Kingdom Consumers in the Organic Food Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wojciechowska-Solis

Kowalska

Bieniek

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The main objective of the study was to compare young consumer purchasing behaviour towards organic food in Poland (PL) and the United Kingdom (UK), countries with different levels of organic market maturity. The study was conducted by means of an online survey questionnaire during the COVID-19 pandemic between December 2020 and February 2021. The sample consisted of 862 PL and 161 UK consumers. 31% of PL respondents and 58.4% of UK respondents indicated they purchase organic products. Descriptive statistics, the Mann–Whitney U test and the two proportion Z test were used for statistical analyses. The results indicate that young consumers pay particular attention to the freshness and quality of consumed products. Concern for their own health and that of their loved ones, as well as the desire to eat better-quality products were the main motivations for the respondents to purchase organic products. Organic vegetables and fruits, eggs, dairy products, and meat and meat products, were among the most frequently purchased products in the studied cohorts. Experts (e.g., a dietitian, physician) were declared to be the first source of information concerning food products for young consumers. Next, family members were indicated. Social media content (PL respondents) and information from websites managed by institutions (UK respondents) were mentioned as the third source. UK consumers preferred short supply chains. The present study can be used by government bodies and companies to select the most effective communication channels for education and advertising and to develop effective commercial strategies aimed at young consumers.

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“…For instance, discrete choice analyses on regional administrative data could be carried out through the proper methodology to investigate how travel distances, waiting times and the provision of minimally invasive surgery influence patients’ choices in Tuscany 33 63. Also, discrete choice experiments could be performed as quasi-experimental studies to intercept individual preferences by administering—after a randomisation process—surveys to patients and/or clinicians in which they are invited to choose between different hypothetical scenarios according to several attributes considered and identified as the main determinants of their choices 64 65…”

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Regional practice variation in pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Tuscany, Italy: a retrospective cohort study on administrative health data

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ObjectivesTo explore determinants of practice variation in both access, and quality and efficiency of surgical care for pelvic organ prolapse (POP).Design and settingA retrospective cohort study employing administrative health data from the Tuscany region, Italy.ParticipantsAll women over 40 years hospitalised for apical/multicompartmental POP reconstructive surgery (excluding anterior/posterior colporrhaphy without concomitant hysterectomy) from January 2017 to December 2019.OutcomesWe first computed treatment rates just for women residing in Tuscany (n=2819) and calculated the Systematic Component of Variation (SCV) to explore variation in access to care among health districts. Then, using the full cohort (n=2959), we ran multilevel models for the average length of stay and reoperations, readmissions and complications, and computed the intraclass correlation coefficient to assess the individual and hospital determinants of efficiency and quality of care provided by hospitals.ResultsThe 5.4-fold variation between the lowest-rate (56/100 000 inhabitants) and the highest-rate (302/100 000) districts and the SCV over 10% confirmed high systematic variation in the access to care. Higher treatment rates were driven by greater provisions of robotic and/or laparoscopic interventions, which showed highly variable usage rates. Both individual and hospital factors influenced quality and efficiency provided by hospitals, but just low proportions of variation were explained by hospital and patient characteristics.ConclusionsWe found high and systematic variation in the access to POP surgical care in Tuscany and in quality and efficiency provided by hospitals. Such a variation may be mainly explained by user and provider preferences, which should be further explored. Also, supply-side factors may be involved, suggesting that wider and more uniform dissemination of robotic/laparoscopic procedures may reduce variation.

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Promoting healthy eating habits among youth according to their preferences: Indications from a discrete choice experiment in Tuscany

Cited by 13 publications

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Being a product consumer during the COVID-19 pandemic: profile of the Polish consumer in the organic dairy market

Being a product consumer during the COVID-19 pandemic: profile of the Polish consumer in the organic dairy market

Comparison of the Purchasing Behaviour of Polish and United Kingdom Consumers in the Organic Food Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Regional practice variation in pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Tuscany, Italy: a retrospective cohort study on administrative health data

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