scholarly journals Come and Get It! A Discussion of Family Mealtime Literature and Factors Affecting Obesity Risk1–3

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Martin-Biggers ◽  
Kim Spaccarotella ◽  
Amanda Berhaupt-Glickstein ◽  
Nobuko Hongu ◽  
John Worobey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Family Meal ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Abstract The L.E.A.D. (Locate, Evaluate, and Assemble Evidence to Inform Decisions) framework of the Institute of Medicine guided the assembly of transdisciplinary evidence for this comprehensive, updated review of family meal research, conducted with the goal of informing continued work in this area. More frequent family meals are associated with greater consumption of healthy foods in children, adolescents, and adults. Adolescents and children who consume fewer family meals consume more unhealthy food. School-aged children and adolescents who consume more family meals have greater intakes of typically underconsumed nutrients. Increased family meal frequency may decrease risk of overweight or obesity in children and adolescents. Frequent family meals also may protect against eating disorders and negative health behaviors in adolescents and young adults. Psychosocial benefits include improved perceptions of family relationships. However, the benefits of having a family meal can be undermined if the family consumes fast food, watches television at the meal, or has a more chaotic atmosphere. Although these findings are intriguing, inconsistent research methodology and instrumentation and limited use of validation studies make comparisons between studies difficult. Future research should use consistent methodology, examine these associations across a wide range of ages, clarify the effects of the mealtime environment and feeding styles, and develop strategies to help families promote healthful mealtime habits.

Economic Sanctions in Flux: Enduring Challenges, New Policies, and Defining the Future Research Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-477
Author(s):  
Bryan R Early ◽  
Menevis Cilizoglu
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Policies

Abstract Policymakers employ economic sanctions to deal with a wide range of international challenges, making them an indispensable foreign policy tool. While scholarship on sanctions has tended to focus on the factors affecting their success, newer research programs have emerged that explore the reasons for why sanctions are threatened and initiated, the ways they are designed and enforced, and their consequences. This scholarship has yielded a wealth of new insights into how economic sanctions work, but most of those insights are based on sanctions observations from the 20th Century. The ways that policymakers employ sanctions have fundamentally changed over the past two decades, though, raising concerns about whether historically derived insights are still relevant to contemporary sanctions policies. In this forum, the contributors discuss the scholarly and policy-relevant insights of existing research on sanctions and then explore what gaps remain in our knowledge and new trends in sanctions policymaking. This forum will inform readers on the state of the art in sanctions research and propose avenues for future research.

Unit Manager's Role with Family Members of Clients in Complex Continuing Care Settings: An Untold Story

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Sepali Guruge ◽  
Katherine McGilton ◽  
Linda Yetman ◽  
Heather Campbell ◽  
Ruby Librado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Closing The Loop

ABSTRACTMost literature on staff-family relationships has come from studies of long-term care settings, has focused mainly on the families' perspectives on factors affecting their relationships with staff, and has included scant findings from the staff's perspective. No studies that examined staff-family relationships in complex continuing care (CCC) environments from the perspective of staff were found in the literature. A qualitative study that draws on a grounded theory approach was conducted to explore staff-family relationships in CCC, and the findings presented in this article illuminate the unit manager's role. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with nine unit managers and a follow-up focus group with five unit managers who work in three CCC facilities. Three categories reflecting the unit manager's role with family members of clients in CCC settings were derived: establishing supportive entry; building and preserving relationships; and closing the loop. Implications of the findings for practice and future research are presented.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Fast Food Restaurant Image in Peshawar: Moderating Role of Customer Personality Traits

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Henrietta Nagy ◽  
Safdar Sana ◽  
Wisal Ahmad ◽  
Ragif Huseynov ◽  
Muhammad Farooq Jan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Restaurant Management ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Moderating Role

Relating unique identity of product with consumer buying behavior is not so straight forward. Many factors need to be studied in order to investigate this relationship. This study was conducted to see the direct effects of various marketing elements including brand name, service quality, food price and the ambient factors on customer perception about the restaurant image as well as the moderating influence of consumers’ personality traits on such relationship. Data was collected from two hundred and forty customers in six well known restaurants of Peshawar in order to examine the hypothesized relationships. The findings of the study support the hypothesized relationship between the study variables and hence all the hypotheses of the study are supported. The study findings particularly the moderating role of personality traits of restaurant customers’ in building customers’ restaurant perception is of immense importance for academicians in general and restaurant management in particular. The study also presents valuable future research directions which will further this inquiry in future.

Avatars, Humanoids, and the Changing Landscape of Assessment and Intervention for Individuals with Disabilities across the Lifespan

2015 ◽  
pp. 168-194
Author(s):  
Emily Hotez
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Interactive Technologies ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Computer Scientists ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
Shed Light

In recent years, there has been a burgeoning field of research on the applications of virtual reality and robots for children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of developmental disabilities. The influx of multidisciplinary collaborations among developmental psychologists and computer scientists, as well as the increasing accessibility of interactive technologies, has created a need to equip potential users with the information they need to make informed decisions about using virtual reality and robots. This chapter aims to 1) provide parents, professionals, and individuals with developmental disabilities with an overview of the literature on virtual reality and robot interventions in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; and to 2) address overarching questions pertaining to utilizing virtual reality and robots. This chapter will shed light on the far-reaching potential for interactive technologies to transform therapeutic, educational, and assessment contexts, while also highlighting limitations and suggesting directions for future research.

scholarly journals Barriers and Facilitators to the Uptake of New Medicines into Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Medlinskiene ◽  
Justine Tomlinson ◽  
Iuri Marques ◽  
Sue Richardson ◽  
Katherine Stirling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract Background: Implementation and uptake of novel and cost-effective medicines can improve patient health outcomes and healthcare efficiency. However, the uptake of new medicines into practice faces a wide range of obstacles Earlier reviews provided insight into determinants for new medicine uptake (such as medicine, prescriber, patient, organization, and external environment factors), but the methodological approaches used had limitations (e.g., single author, narrative review, narrow search, no quality assessment of reviewed evidence).This systematic review aims to identify barriers and facilitators affecting the uptake of new medicines into clinical practice and identify areas for future research. Method: A systematic search was undertaken within seven databases. Eligible qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies focused on adult participants (18 years and older) requiring or taking new medicine(s) for any condition, in the context of healthcare organizations and identified factors affecting the uptake of new medicines. The methodological quality was assessed using QASTDD tool. A narrative synthesis of reported factors was conducted using framework analysis and conceptual framework was utilised to group them. Results: A total of 66 studies were included. Most studies (n=62) were quantitative and used secondary data (n=46) from various databases, e.g., insurance databases. The identified factors had a varied impact on the uptake of the different studied new medicines. Differently from earlier reviews, patient factors (patient education, engagement with treatment, therapy preferences), cost of new medicine, reimbursement and formulary conditions, and guidelines were suggested to influence the uptake. Also, the review highlighted that health economics, wider organizational factors, and underlying behaviours of adopters were not or under explored. Conclusion: This systematic review identifies additional factors affecting new medicine use not reported in earlier reviews, which included patient influence and education level, cost of new medicines, formulary and reimbursement restrictions, and guidelines. Further research employing determinant frameworks or implementation theories is needed to gain a better understanding of factors, especially patient, prescriber, and organizational, affecting the uptake of new medicines into clinical practice.Registration: PROSPERO database (CRD42018108536)

scholarly journals Use of Irrigation Technologies for Citrus Trees in Florida

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly T. Morgan ◽  
Lincoln Zotarelli ◽  
Michael D. Dukes
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
The United States ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Evapotranspiration Estimation ◽  
Irrigation Technologies

Florida is the most important center of processed citrus (Citrus spp.) production in the United States, and all of the crop is irrigated. Irrigation systems include low-volume microirrigation, sprinkler systems, and subsurface irrigation. This review details the relative irrigation efficiencies and factors affecting irrigation uniformity such as design and maintenance. A wide range of soil moisture sensors (e.g., tensiometers, granular matrix, and capacitance) are currently being used for citrus in the state. The use of these sensors and crop evapotranspiration estimation using weather information from the Florida Automated Weather Network in irrigation scheduling are discussed. Current examples of scheduling tools and automated control systems being used on selected fruit crops in Florida are provided. Research data on the effect of irrigation scheduling, soluble fertilizer injection, and soil nutrient movement, particularly nitrate and the use of reclaimed water in Florida, are also reviewed. Concluding this review is a discussion of the potential for adoption of irrigation scheduling and control systems for citrus by Florida growers and future research priorities.

scholarly journals Adolescent-Reported Latino Fathers’ Food Parenting Practices and Family Meal Frequency Are Associated with Better Adolescent Dietary Intake

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 8226
Author(s):  
Aysegul Baltaci ◽  
Silvia Alvarez de Davila ◽  
Alejandro Omar Reyes Peralta ◽  
Melissa N. Laska ◽  
Nicole Larson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Linear Mixed Model ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Meal Frequency ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Family Meal

Most studies of food-related parenting practices, parental meal involvement, and adolescent dietary intake have focused on maternal influences; studies of paternal influences, particularly among marginalized groups, are lacking. This study examined lower-income, Latino fathers’ food parenting practices and involvement in planning meals, buying/preparing foods, and family meal frequency, separately and in combination, to identify relationships with adolescent food intake. Baseline data were used from Latino adolescents (10–14 years, n = 191, 49% boys) participating with their fathers in a community-based overweight/obesity prevention intervention. Fathers reported sociodemographic characteristics. Adolescents reported frequency of fathers’ food parenting practices, fathers’ food/meal involvement, and family meals and participated in 24 h dietary recalls. The analysis included regression models using GLM (generalized linear mixed model) and PLM (post GLM processing) procedures. Most fathers were married, employed full-time, and had annual incomes below USD 50,000. Favorable fathers’ food parenting practices were associated with adolescent intake of more fruit and vegetables and fewer sugar-sweetened beverages, sweets/salty snacks, and less fast food (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01). No independent effects of family meal frequency or fathers’ food/meal involvement were observed on adolescent dietary outcomes. Additional analyses showed favorable food parenting practices in combination with frequent family meals were associated with adolescents having a higher intake of fruit (p = 0.011). Latino fathers can have an important positive influence on adolescent dietary intake.

scholarly journals Use of Irrigation Technologies for Vegetable Crops in Florida

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Dukes ◽  
Lincoln Zotarelli ◽  
Kelly T. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Crop Irrigation

Major horticultural crops in Florida are vegetables, small fruit, melons, and tree fruit crops. Approximately half of the agricultural area and nearly all of the horticultural crop land is irrigated. Irrigation systems include low-volume microirrigation, sprinkler systems, and subsurface irrigation. The present review was divided into two papers, in which the first part focuses on vegetable crop irrigation and the second part focuses on fruit tree crop irrigation. This first part also provides an overview of irrigation methods used in Florida. Factors affecting irrigation efficiency and uniformity such as design and maintenance are discussed. A wide range of soil moisture sensors (e.g., tensiometers, granular matrix, and capacitance) are currently being used in the state for soil moisture monitoring. Current examples of scheduling tools and automated control systems being used on selected crops in Florida are provided. Research data on the effect of irrigation scheduling and fertigation on nutrient movement, particularly nitrate, are reviewed. Concluding this review is a discussion of potential for adoption of irrigation scheduling and control systems for vegetable crops by Florida growers and future research priorities.

Culinary taste and the legitimate cuisines

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 651-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taru Lindblom ◽  
Pekka Mustonen
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Home Cooking ◽  
Eating Out ◽  
Nationally Representative

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study a wide range of culinary tastes and their legitimacy in a contemporary urban context. The authors aim at finding out which cuisines are the most popular and to what extent this popularity translates into eating out. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data (n=1715) gathered among young adults residing in Helsinki (aged 25-44) measuring preferences and restaurant visits for 19 cuisine types. Measures for expressed legitimacy and actualised legitimacy for all the 19 cuisine types. Findings – The most preferred cuisine types are pizza, other Italian fare and traditional Nordic fare, including home cooking. The most visited restaurants by cuisine type are pizza, fast food and Italian. However, the most legitimate (both expressed and actualised) cuisines are Korean, African, fine dining and French. Several dissonances were found between stated likes and actual consumer behaviour. The results suggest that although fast food bears a stigma as socially unacceptable cuisine, it is, nonetheless, very frequently eaten in the restaurants. Research limitations/implications – As the data account only for a fraction of the population, limited by both age and region, it would be relevant for future research to investigate this on a larger scale in order to make (inter)nationally representative conclusions. Originality/value – A research design taking into account such a wide range of cuisine types has not been presented before.

scholarly journals Companies’ Perspectives on Factors Affecting Consumer Satisfaction in Fast-Food Restaurant using Fuzzy AHP

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Suzanawati Abu Hassan ◽  
Nur Aqilah Hassan ◽  
Teoh Yeong Kin ◽  
Norpah Mahat ◽  
Anas Fathul Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Fast Food Restaurant ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Customer Expectations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fast Food Restaurants

In today's world, the fast-food restaurant has become a popular sort of eatery. The fast-food industry's expansion is always changing in response to customer requests in order to meet their needs. As a result, clients have a wide range of fast-food restaurants to choose from in order to satiate their hunger. Clients' contentment with restaurants will influence not just the image of the establishments, but also the services offered by their employees as they strive to entertain and deliver the best possible service to their paying customers. However, the competition between the restaurants have caused certain restaurants to gain lower profits as the customers’ satisfaction is not fulfilled for certain factors. Price, food quality, service quality, restaurant atmosphere, promotion, customer expectations, and brand are all elements to consider. This study was conducted to analyse the importance of factors in customer satisfaction in a fast-food restaurant in Perlis. In this study, the method applied is the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to rank the factors that have a high impact on customer satisfaction. The selected fast-food restaurants were McDonald (McD), Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza, Marrybrown, and Subway. The primary data collected through the questionnaire were analysed by experts, the manager of the fast-food restaurant selected. The findings show that in a fast-food restaurant, the quality of service with 0.2188 of normalized weight is the most important factor in customer satisfaction, and the price with 0.0436 of normalized weight is the least significant. The role of the manager and the staffs were thus evidently more important in customer satisfaction than the price offered.

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