An analysis of purchase intentions toward organic food on health consciousness and food safety with/under structural equation modeling

Hsu, S. Y.; Chang, Ching‐Ping; Lin, Tyrone T.

doi:10.1108/bfj-11-2014-0376

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“…Previous studies lack strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods, and a number of studies have revealed that consumers’ choice of organic food depends on the perceived benefits of organic food [25,35,36]. Researchers have found that health is one of the most prominent motives for organic food consumption [25].…”

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The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students

Yang¹,

Luo²,

Chiang³

2017

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundeHealth literacy is gaining importance for maintaining and promoting health. Studies have found that individuals with high eHealth literacy are more likely to adopt healthy eating, exercise, and sleep behaviors. In addition, previous studies have shown that various individual factors (eg, frequency of seeking information on health issues, degree of health concern, frequency of eating organic food, and students’ college major) are associated with eHealth literacy and health-promoting lifestyles. Nevertheless, few studies have explored the associations among individual factors, eHealth literacy, and health-promoting lifestyles among college students. Moreover, there is a lack of studies that focus on eHealth literacy as a predictor of psychological health behaviors.ObjectiveTo examine the associations among various individual factors, eHealth literacy, and health-promoting lifestyles.MethodsThe eHealth Literacy Scale is a 12-item instrument designed to measure college students’ functional, interactive, and critical eHealth literacy. The Health-promoting Lifestyle Scale is a 23-item instrument developed to measure college students’ self-actualization, health responsibility, interpersonal support, exercise, nutrition, and stress management. A nationally representative sample of 556 valid college students in Taiwan was surveyed. A questionnaire was administered to gather the respondents’ background information, including the frequency of seeking information on health issues, the frequency of eating organic food, the degree of health concern, and the students’ major. We then conducted a multiple regression analysis to examine the associations among individual factors, eHealth literacy, and health-promoting lifestyles.ResultsThe study found that factors such as medical majors (t550=2.47-7.55, P<.05) and greater concern with health (t550=2.15-9.01, P<.05) predicted college students’ 4-6 health-promoting lifestyle dimensions and the 3 dimensions of eHealth literacy. Moreover, critical eHealth literacy positively predicted all 6 health-promoting lifestyle dimensions (t547=2.66-7.28, P<.01), functional literacy positively predicted 2 dimensions (t547=2.32-2.98, P<.05), and interactive literacy predicted only the self-actualization dimension (t547=2.81, P<.01).ConclusionsThis study found that participants who majored in medical fields had greater concern with their health and frequently sought health information, exhibited better eHealth literacy, and had a positive health-promoting lifestyle. Moreover, this study showed that college students with a higher critical eHealth literacy engaged better in health-promoting activities than those with functional and interactive literacy.

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The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students

Yang¹,

Luo²,

Chiang³

2017

J Med Internet Res

148

136

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“…Some studies identified the determinants of organic food purchase such as knowledge, attitudes and price consciousness towards organic products [12,13]. In addition, many studies showed the conversion to organic farming can have a potential to improve the water quality dominated by agricultural land use [14][15][16].…”

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Do Consumers of Environmentally Friendly Farming Products in Downstream Areas Have a WTP for Water Quality Protection in Upstream Areas?

Lee

Nguyen

Kim

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Abstract:In South Korea, the Soyang Lake is an important source of drinking water to the metropolitan areas including Seoul. However, water quality problems in the Soyang Lake have still remained due to chemical contaminations attributed to conventional farming practices in the upstream areas. Based on a downstream consumer survey using a contingent valuation method, this study estimated the expected willingness to pays (WTPs) for water quality improvement through the conversion to environmentally friendly farming (EFF). The results showed that the estimated annual mean WTP is KRW 36,115 per household. The aggregated WTPs of downstream respondents in the Soyang Lake are sufficient to compensate for the income losses of upstream EFF farmers in highland farming areas. In addition, we found that the downstream citizens who recognize the label for EFF products and who intend to purchase EFF products in the future have a significant impact on WTPs for water quality improvement.

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“…Economic growth, urbanisation, globalisation and trade liberalisation has significantly impact consumers' food choices and preferences. The increasing consumers' demand towards organic food products are mainly due to food safety concern (Hsu, Chang & Lin, 2016;Wee, Ariff, Zakuan & Tajuddin, 2014), health benefits (Mohamad, Rusdi & Hashim, 2014) and environmental concern (Sia, Ooi, Chong, Lim & Low, 2013).…”

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What Motivates Consumers to Purchase Organic Food in Malaysia?

Lian¹

2017

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The aim of this study is to investigate the consumer motivational factors that influence their attitude to purchase of organic food in Malaysia. Consumer motivational factors involved past experience, health consciousness and personal values were examined in this study. Data from 421 organic food consumers were obtained through a survey conducted in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya or better known as Klang Valley, Malaysia. The structural equation modelling was used for data analysis and four hypotheses were tested. The findings showed that all four hypotheses were accepted. Health consciousness had the greatest positive influence on consumer attitude of organic food, followed by past experience and personal values. Purchase of organic food products was significantly affected by consumer attitude of the products. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First and from a theoretical perspective, it offers both development and validation of Theory of Planned Behaviour and Hierarchy of Effect model. Second and from a pragmatic perspective, the findings proposed useful information to organic food providers in developing and implementation of effective strategies to enhance consumption of organic food.

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An analysis of purchase intentions toward organic food on health consciousness and food safety with/under structural equation modeling

Cited by 194 publications

References 56 publications

The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students

The Associations Among Individual Factors, eHealth Literacy, and Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among College Students

Do Consumers of Environmentally Friendly Farming Products in Downstream Areas Have a WTP for Water Quality Protection in Upstream Areas?

What Motivates Consumers to Purchase Organic Food in Malaysia?

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