Download or read book Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Seniors Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing Intentions at Farmers Markets written by Crystal Middleton and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined senior citizens' fresh fruit and vegetable purchasing intentions at farmers' markets using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Results showed that attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control were correlated with intention to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets. Multiple regression analysis indicated that attitude and perceived behavioral control most strongly predicted intentions to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets. When comparing the means of seniors with Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program coupons and seniors without coupons, the only construct that was significantly different between the two groups was perceived behavioral control. Results of this study may be useful to senior programs and those in the food and nutrition field because it gives insight on factors that influence fruit- and vegetable-purchasing intentions.
Download or read book Understanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program education Participation at Rural Farmers Markets written by Emily Ann Loehmer and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low consumption of fruits and vegetables due to various barriers among food insecure populations presents a significant health risk across all ages. Nutrition education is available to low-income populations, but due to the complexity and variety of influences that determine dietary behavior, increasing nutrition knowledge as a singular approach does not successfully result in behavior change. This may be supported by low Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) redemption rates at farmers markets. There is a lack of data using the Theory of Planned Behavior to assess intentions to purchase fruits and vegetables by SNAP-Ed participants at farmers markets in Southern Illinois. There is also a lack of research on the interest in using social media for nutrition education on fruit and vegetable consumption in low-income populations throughout Southern Illinois. A cross-sectional survey was used to understand SNAP-Ed participants’ intentions to purchase fruits and vegetables at farmers markets, as well as their interest in receiving and using online nutrition education through various social media applications. A survey instrument was distributed to low-income participants of various SNAP-Ed nutrition classes hosted by the University of Illinois-Extension throughout the 16 southernmost counties of Illinois. The survey analyzed constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior and relationships with intentions using regression analysis. Additionally, questions regarding social media usage were used to determine what technologies and social media applications are most commonly used among the sample, and any interest in receiving nutrition education through such applications. A total sample of n=189 SNAP-Ed participants completed the survey. The study found that attitude regarding fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets was the strongest predictor of intent to purchase fruits and vegetables for SNAP-Ed participants who receive SNAP benefits. Second, online nutrition education focused on fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets may be more generalizable regarding certain socio-demographic factors for SNAP-Ed participants who receive SNAP benefits. Third, results from the study demonstrate that 76.9% of respondents had Internet access, which is higher than current national rates for Internet accessibility in rural areas. Therefore, it is important to consider an increased Internet accessibility beyond at-home broadband coverage, which may include public libraries, work, school, or on a Smartphone. The most important socio-demographic characteristic to consider regarding social media use was age in the context of generations (Millennials, Working Adults, Seniors). Overall, SNAP-Ed participants were most likely to exhibit interest in nutrition education from text messages, email, or on Facebook. SNAP-Ed participants would like to receive online nutrition education via email (30.1%), Facebook (24.7%), and text messaging (21.0%). Online nutrition education in the form of email, Facebook, and text messaging would be the most successful in terms of recruitment and interaction for SNAP-Ed participants. Therefore, using social media to deliver nutrition education may be an effective supplement to reinforce the current classroom curriculum used in SNAP-Ed programming. Findings from this study support the use of online nutrition education through social media applications as an avenue to increase fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets in the Southern Illinois Mississippi Delta Region.
Download or read book Farmers Market Shopping Behaviors and the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Intake written by Sarah Grace Perkins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Explaining Consumers Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Food Using Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model written by Tong Wu and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic food has witnessed rapid growth for more than two decades, while local food has gained popularity in recent years. This thesis was dedicated to investigate the motivations behind the intention and purchasing behavior of organic and local foods consumers employing an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model. Additionally, a Food Fashion Involvement (FFI) scale was developed to assist in explaining intention and WTP for trendy food. Eleven experimental sessions were conducted in Newark, Delaware using a sample of 128 subjects recruited from the surrounding region. Each session included several rounds of experimental auctions and questionnaires. Sweet corn and strawberry jams were chosen as experimental products respectively representing fresh and processed categories. Generally, participants exhibited the highest WTP for organic, followed by local food. For the analysis, two methods were adapted, factor analysis and tobit regression. Factor analysis was conducted on outcome beliefs and evaluation items. Latent factors were identified for consumers' perception of organic and local. Tobit regression models were constructed using intention and WTP as the dependent variables and social demographics, the FFI scale and the TPB items as independent variables. Results of the tobit regression suggested FFI scale to be a constructive predictor of intention and WTP, especially for fresh produce. Variables of the TPB demonstrated different significance across eight models, and General Attitude and Perceived Availability were found to have the most explanation power. In order to add more dimension to the study, models were compared from three angles, including intention versus WTP, organic versus local and fresh versus processed. Results implied that a high intention did not necessarily lead to a high WTP, vice versa. Additionally, the TPB model could predict organic purchasing intentions better than the local version. Models for fresh products also demonstrated more significance than the processed ones.
Download or read book Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences written by Michele Ver Ploeg and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directed the U.S. Dept. of Agr. to conduct a 1-year study to assess the extent of areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, identify characteristics and causes of such areas, consider how limited access affects local populations, and outline recommend. to address the problem. This report presents the findings of the study, which include results from two conferences of national and internat. authorities on food deserts and a set of research studies. It also includes reviews of existing literature, a national-level assessment of access to large grocery stores and supermarkets, analysis of the economic and public health effects of limited access, and a discussion of existing policy interventions. Illus.
Download or read book Assessing the Impact of Post purchase Barriers on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption written by Maia Kurnik and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This secondary analysis identifies and describes the impact of self-reported barriers between purchasing produce at farmers markets and consuming that produce at home. This analysis also compares demographic characteristics between participants who did report barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and those who did not. Finally, we examine differences in self-reported fruit and vegetable shopping behaviors and consumption between participants who did or did not report barriers, and compare these to the USDA 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This is a secondary analysis of data collected during an evaluation of the 2013 Fresh Bucks Program, a fruit and vegetable incentive program available at Seattle farmers markets. The original evaluation collected data from a convenience sample of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants who chose to participate in the Fresh Bucks Program. The Fresh Bucks evaluation surveyed participants at three time points: 1) before they shopped, 2) after they shopped on the same day, and 3) one-to-two months later by phone. Our analysis used data collected from all three of the surveys. These three surveys asked questions related to the purchase, preparation, and consumption of fruits and vegetables. For this analysis, we divided participants into those who reported barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and those who did not. Differences between the two groups were assessed with student-t and Fisher's exact tests. Barriers and solutions reported by participants were categorized and reported by themes. Of 70 participants, 35 did not report barriers and 35 did report at least one barrier. The most common barriers to full consumption of all produce were purchasing too much produce at once and that the produce spoiled before it could be eaten. Sixty-nine respondents indicated that they consumed more than half or all of their produce, and there was no statistically significant difference in full consumption of all produce those who reported some barriers and those who did not report barriers. The group that did not report barriers reported a significantly greater number of children per household (p=0.02), and were more likely to report that they knew how to prepare all items they purchased (p
Download or read book Local Food Systems Concepts Impacts and Issues written by Steve Martinez and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remaking the North American Food System written by C. Clare Hinrichs and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the resurgence of interest in rebuilding the links between agricultural production and food consumption. With examples from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Quebec, this work offers a North American perspective attuned to trends toward globalization at the level of markets and governance and shows how globalization affects specific localities.
Download or read book Nutrition Education written by Isobel Contento and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of nutrition education is to address the numerous personal and environmental influences on food choices and assist individuals in practicing healthy behaviors. Nutrition Education, Second Edition provides students with a simple, straightforward model to easily design effective nutrition education. Using a six-step process, it integrates theory, research, and practice, providing advice on designing, implementing, and evaluating theory-based nutrition education.
Download or read book Growing Better Cities written by Luc J. A. Mougeot and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM also has titles in French and Spanish.
Download or read book Cities Farming for the Future written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Postharvest Handling written by Nigel H. Banks and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-02-21 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consideration of the interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach. Postharvest Handling is unique in its application of this systems approach to the handling of fruits and vegetables, exploring multiple aspects of this important process through chapters written by experts from a variety of backgrounds.Newly updated and revised, this second edition includes coverage of the logistics of fresh produce from multiple perspectives, postharvest handing under varying weather conditions, quality control, changes in consumer eating habits and other factors key to successful postharvest handling.The ideal book for understanding the economic as well as physical impacts of postharvest handling decisions.Key Features:*Features contributions from leading experts providing a variety of perspectives*Updated with 12 new chapters*Focuses on application-based information for practical implementation*System approach is unique in the handling of fruits and vegetables
Download or read book The World of Organic Agriculture written by Minou Yussefi-Menzler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the worlds foremost experts. For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added. Published with IFOAM and FiBL
Download or read book The Demand for Health written by Michael Grossman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body of health economics literature. It is well past time to bring this important work back into print. Grossman bases his approach on Gary S. Becker's household production function model and his theory of investment in human capital. Consumers demand health, which can include illness-free days in a given year or life expectancy, and then produce it through the input of medical care services, diet, other market goods and services, and time. Grossman also treats health and knowledge as equal parts of the durable stock of human capital. Consumers therefore have an incentive to invest in health to increase their earnings in the future. From here, Grossman examines complementarities between health capital and other forms of human capital, the most important of which is knowledge capital earned through schooling and its effect on the efficiency of production. He concludes that the rate of return on investing in health by increasing education may exceed the rate of return on investing in health through greater medical care. Higher income may not lead to better health outcomes, as wealth enables the consumption of goods and services with adverse health effects. These are some of the major revelations of Grossman's model, findings that have great relevance as we struggle to understand the links between poverty, education, structural disadvantages, and health.
Download or read book Social Psychology and Health written by Derek R. Rutter and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, based upon a conference of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, examines the prevailing methods being used in social psychological research on health and safety. It compares the Health Belief Model with the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
