Food Consumption Behavior of Pakistani Students Living in China: The Role of Food Safety and Health Consciousness in the Wake of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Khayyam, Muhammad; Shuai, Chuanmin; Qasim, Haroon; Ihtisham, Muhammad; Anjum, Raheel; Li, Jiaxin; Tikhomirova, Anna; Khan, Noor Mohammad

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.673771

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“…Others will stick towards myths of their own as the benefit of stable reward is their firsthand and selfish courage [67]. Therefore, only little effort is required to make policies favorable, such as subsidizing the projector by using public funds as this cause may attract several investors due to their self-interests [74][75][76].…”

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Potential Role of Technology Innovation in Transformation of Sustainable Food Systems: A Review

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Advanced technologies and innovation are essential for promoting sustainable food systems (SFSs) because these technologies can be used to answer some of the critical questions needed to transform SFSs and help us better understand global food security and nutrition. The main objective of this study is to address the question of whether technological innovations have an impact on the transformation of SFSs. There are certain innovations including agricultural land utilization, food processing, production systems, improvement in diets according to people’s needs, and management of waste products. This study provides an overview of new technologies and innovations being used with potential to transform SFSs. Applications of emerging technologies in digital agriculture, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and machine learning, drones, use of new physical systems (e.g., advanced robotics, autonomous vehicles, advanced materials), and gene technology (e.g., biofortified crops, genome-wide selection, genome editing), are discussed in this study. Additionally, we suggest eight action initiatives, which are transforming mindsets, enabling social licensing, changing policies and regulations, designing market incentives, safeguarding against undesirable effects, ensuring stable finance, building trust, and developing transition pathways that can hasten the transition to more SFSs. We conclude that appropriate incentives, regulations, and social permits play a critical role in enhancing the adoption of modern technologies to promote SFSs.

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“…Given the enormous role of inoculated healthcare workers in shaping the general population’s willingness to vaccinate against the disease, and as the availability of a vaccine does not essentially translate into its adoption, the current research thus aims to investigate the actual behavior of healthcare workers in Pakistan to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2. The review of relevant literature suggests that the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and health belief model (HBM) are the widely adopted socio-psychological frameworks to predict individuals’ health behavior ( Khayyam et al, 2021 ). The current research applies the theoretical framework of the TPB to examine the COVID-19 vaccination behavior of FHWs in Pakistan.…”

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“…Attitude is the psychological propensity that describes how an individual evaluates self-performance (favorable or unfavorable), which predicts the intention, and consequently the actual behavior ( Khayyam et al, 2021 ). Consequent to the TPB, when an individual holds positive attitudes toward a certain behavior, their willingness to engage in that behavior is relatively high ( Yzer, 2017 ).…”

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COVID-19 Vaccination Behavior Among Frontline Healthcare Workers in Pakistan: The Theory of Planned Behavior, Perceived Susceptibility, and Anticipated Regret

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Healthcare workers in Pakistan are still fighting at the frontline to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and have been identified as the earliest beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccination by the health authorities of the country. Besides, the high vaccination rates of frontline healthcare workers (FHWs) are essential to overcome the ongoing pandemic and reduce the vaccines hesitancy among the general population. The current research employed the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to investigate the COVID-19 vaccination behavior among FHWs in Pakistan as well as the predictors of such behavior. Following the epidemic control and prevention policies, a sample of 680 FHWs were accessed to fill in the questionnaire evaluating the components of the TPB. Moreover, the potential role of anticipated regret (AR) and perceived susceptibility (PS) on COVID-19 vaccination behavior was also assessed. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results revealed that the TPB components, as well as the AR, have positive associations with the COVID-19 vaccination behavior. The results further confirmed that PS positively affects the anticipated regret, attitude (ATT), and subjective norm (SN) to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2. The perceived susceptibility also has a positive association with COVID-19 vaccination behavior through the mediation of anticipated regret, ATT, and SN. Our findings highlighted the importance of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers, which can be applied to reduce vaccine hesitancy among the general public.

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“…Extensive research has been conducted on the evaluation indicator systems of food safety supervision efficiency. For instance, Khayyam et al ( 26 ) believe that the frequency of supervision actions and random inspection can provide a complete reflection of the scale of investments in food safety supervision. The study selected the supervision frequency, random inspection rate of food safety, and rate of administrative punishment as input indicators, and selected the rate of food poisoning and qualified rate of a product as output indicators.…”

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Digital Technology, Knowledge Level, and Food Safety Governance: Implications for National Healthcare System

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Exploring the intrinsic relationship between digital technology and the efficiency of food safety supervision contributes to a better understanding of the role of digital technology in food safety supervision and how to maximize its influence. This study employed sample data from 31 regions in China between 2015 and 2017 for an empirical analysis of the correlation between the two and to examine the moderating effects of the knowledge levels of food producers and consumers. The results show that the development of digital technology contributes to enhancing the efficiency of food safety supervision. In this process, the higher the knowledge level of consumers, the greater the positive promotional effect of digital technology. On the contrary, when the knowledge level of producers is higher, it is not conducive to enhancing the effect of digital technology on the efficiency of food safety supervision. The author holds the view that this is related to the fact that employees in the food production and manufacturing industry have insufficient moral and legal knowledge. This not only limits the effect of digital technology on enhancing the efficiency of food safety supervision, but also opens the door to illegal production for some unprincipled producers. The policy implications are that digital technology should be used to improve food safety supervision, the moral and legal knowledge of food producers should be improved, and consumers should be encouraged to use digital technology more in the pursuit of food safety. Implications for national healthcare system would be also discussed in our paper.

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Food Consumption Behavior of Pakistani Students Living in China: The Role of Food Safety and Health Consciousness in the Wake of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Cited by 21 publications

References 68 publications

Potential Role of Technology Innovation in Transformation of Sustainable Food Systems: A Review

Potential Role of Technology Innovation in Transformation of Sustainable Food Systems: A Review

COVID-19 Vaccination Behavior Among Frontline Healthcare Workers in Pakistan: The Theory of Planned Behavior, Perceived Susceptibility, and Anticipated Regret

Digital Technology, Knowledge Level, and Food Safety Governance: Implications for National Healthcare System

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