Government Campaigns Research Articles

A Study of Consumer Awareness Regarding Health Issues Caused by Consumption of Cold Drinks in Ahmedabad City

This study explores consumer awareness regarding health issues caused by the consumption of cold drinks in Ahmedabad city. The research examines associations between age, reasons for cold drink consumption (e.g., taste, habit, socializing), and the occurrence of health problems such as diabetes, digestive issues, and dental problems. It also investigates how consumers gather information about the health impacts of cold drinks, with a focus on sources such as social media, family/friends, schools, and health professionals. The findings reveal weak associations between age and reasons for consumption, suggesting that cold drink preferences are not strongly age-dependent. However, digestive issues are more significantly associated with cold drink consumption compared to other health risks like diabetes and dental problems.The study also highlights the importance of labeling and natural ingredients in influencing consumer choices, as well as the role of government campaigns in raising health awareness. Practical implications include the need for targeted public health campaigns, clearer product labeling, and promoting healthier beverage alternatives. The findings suggest that age-specific interventions, especially leveraging social media for younger consumers, can be effective in raising awareness and promoting healthier behaviors. Future research should explore psychological and behavioral drivers, evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions, and investigate long-term health impacts to provide deeper insights into cold drink consumption patterns and their health consequences

Food, glorious food! The intersection of food cultures and creative tourism in Brunei

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to apply the theoretical frameworks of resource-based view (RBV) and Social Creativity to elucidate insights related to food cultures and creative tourism in the context of Brunei. This addresses an important gap in the literature to unpack how food cultures and creative tourism can become a vehicle for the diversification of a country’s reliance on oil and gas as primary industries.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach was taken in this research, utilising both primary and secondary data such as social media posts, media reports and semi-structured interviews to shed light on an emerging niche market in Brunei tourism.FindingsThe research revealed the entrepreneurial mindset of local food chefs and enthusiasts in showcasing Bruneian heritage and cultures, supported by government campaigns and technological advances. This lends further evidence that food cultures and creative tourism can be a lever for a national economic diversification strategy and can be validated elsewhere.Research limitations/implicationsThis is one of the first studies to investigate the intersection of the RBV and Social Creativity to advance the theory and practice of tourism in South East Asia.Practical implicationsThe intersection of food cultures and creative tourism within Brunei is dovetailed into the theoretical frameworks of the RBV and Wilson’s Social Creativity Framework. This is evidenced in a diversification strategy emerging from the case study of Brunei, where food is earmarked as a heritage resource and leverages individual, and in particular, young people’s creativity to generate a niche tourism market for the country.Social implicationsThe paper illuminates the role of technology as a vehicle for the discourses of creativity, reflexivity, education and economy to flourish. Through co-created content on social media, food heritage and creative tourism experiences are foregrounded and assisted by the entrepreneurs in reaching their desired audiences. Arguably, such tools helped the country alleviate the devastating impacts of COVID-19 and thrust domestic food tourism experiences into the spotlight, like other destinations.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to investigate the intersection of the RBV and Social Creativity to advance the theory and practice of tourism in South East Asia.

Hypertension Hindrance: Unraveling the Impact on Bangladesh’s Economic Development

"In Bangladesh, hypertension, sometimes referred to as hypertension, has become a serious public health concern that is having a considerable negative impact on the nation’s ability to prosper economically. Bangladesh’s expanding economy has advanced significantly in many areas during the past few decades. Concerns have been expressed concerning the influence of hypertension on the nation’s overall wellbeing due to its rising prevalence. This study examines the complex nature of Bangladesh’s hypertension epidemic, considering both economic and medical factors. This study mainly based on secondary data, using the narrative review paper as a guide, observed at the epidemiological trends of hypertension in Bangladesh, emphasizing its upward tendency across all age groups and socio-economic classes. After that, saw at the financial effects of hypertension, including the direct expenses of medical care and treatment as well as the indirect costs of decreased productivity and higher mortality. This financial burden may impede a nation’s efforts to achieve sustainable development. Additionally, investigate the determinants of hypertension in Bangladesh, taking into consideration dietary practices, genetic predisposition, lifestyle factors, and access to medical treatment. The important factors influencing the prevalence of hypertension are also explored, including socio-economic inequalities and urban-rural divisions. Designing successful interventions and policies requires an understanding of these drivers. Finally, communicated about possible methods for lowering the prevalence of hypertension in Bangladesh, highlighting the need of early detection, prevention, and health promotion. The study’s findings indicated that Bangladesh’s economic progress is hampered by hypertension. As we support expanding economic development, the importance of governmental policies, healthcare infrastructure, and public awareness campaigns in tackling these developing health concerns was taken into consideration. The study will underline how urgent it is to address high blood pressure as a significant impediment to Bangladesh’s economic development. This study intends to offer insights that help guide evidence-based policies and initiatives to enhance the country’s economic and health well-being by thoroughly examining the sources and effects of this understanding"

Unethical Practices within Medical Science

The falsifying research, medical fraud, patient exploitation, breaches of confidentiality, accepting kickbacks, and providing faulty care, all these unethical practices have become a trend in the field of medicines. To learn and overcome the existence of such ill practices that are on its way to completely jeopardise the trust of people on the health care professionals , we have investigated the common malpractices, their reasons and occurrence rate, the ways to lessen their further existence through an integrative network-based approach. For this , we have studied various research that aimed the same purpose and we have invited participants to provide their invaluable opinions. A total of 99 respondents from medical and non medical field had participated in questionnaires regarding their experience on the ill practices in the medical field as well as they were asked to attach some suggestions on how to change this system. Different and contrasting experiences and opinions were received through survey and this had a huge impact on our research making it a very trustworthy on . We observed various respondents saying various reasons behind the occurrence of the malpractices like illegal abortion ,excessive medication, unnecessary surgeries for financial gain, negligence etc. The opinions were recorded through the survey and through them awareness programs, public and government campaigns can be run targeting especially on those causes which have the most number of occurrences and eventually a better medical environment can be created through the involvement of every category of people .

How is vaping promoted in an illegal market? A qualitative study of Singaporeans’ social media encounters

BackgroundAlthough Singapore has completely banned vaping, it is heavily promoted on social media. This study explored vaping-related social media content that Singaporeans are exposed to, and how it shapes vaping-related...

Redefining Religious Moderation Education for Urban Muslim Youth

Religious moderation has been a government policy since 2015, aimed at countering radicalism and extremism. However, the hierarchical implementation of the program has led to the labeling of "moderate" and "conservative", and the policy's understanding remains unclear among the community, especially the middle class and youth. Despite the government's campaign, intolerance persists. This research aims to review the religious moderation policy and explore how urban Muslim youths could contribute to religious moderation education. The method involves in-depth interviews with urban Muslim youths in Manado and Semarang and critical analysis of relevant documents. The findings suggest that urban Muslim youths prioritize religious moderation through intensive dialogue and gatherings. Current educational practices should incorporate these informal approaches to be more effective. The inclusion of urban Muslim youths in religious moderation education appears to be a promising way to encourage religious moderation in Indonesia. This highlights the need for religious moderation implementation to be responsive to public aspirations.

Applying the theory of planned behavior with optimistic bias to understand food safety behaviors of young and middle-aged highly educated Brazilian consumers

Foodborne diseases are commonly linked to food handled in household kitchens, and comprehension of consumers' food safety behaviors is essential for addressing this issue. This study evaluated young and middle-aged highly educated Brazilian consumers' intention to perform food safety behaviors while handling food at home, applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) extended version with optimistic bias (OB) as a new predictor. Nine hundred and eighteen young and middle-aged highly educated consumers from Brazil responded to an online questionnaire based on the TPB with the addition of OB. The extended version explained 27% of the variance in intention (adj. r2 = 0.27, p < 0.001), while results from the original TPB model showed 25% of the variance (adj. r2 = 0.25, p < 0.001). All predictors (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and OB) positively and significantly influenced behavioral intention. The extended version of the theory is a useful instrument for understanding consumers' intention to perform food safety behaviors. Moreover, Brazilian consumers’ beliefs should be considered in marketing and governmental campaigns to increase food safety.

#No_Hajj_without_Permit: A Qualitative Analysis of Reactions to the KSA Government Campaign to Make the Pilgrimage a Success

#No_Hajj_without_Permit: A Qualitative Analysis of Reactions to the KSA Government Campaign to Make the Pilgrimage a Success

CHILD STUNTING: REVEALING THE LACK OF CONCERN OF NATIONAL MEDIA IN INDONESIA

Campaigns carried out by the Ministry of Health and other government collaborations will not be successful without mass media broadcasts. Hence a phenomenon occurs that there is still a lack of discussion regarding the media raises the issue of stunting in the media. Thus this study aims to find out how concerned the media is in news portals regarding child stunting issues in Indonesia. The theory which is used in this study is the theory of health communication and online reporting. This study uses a post-positivistic paradigm, a digital media content analysis method with a qualitative approach. The data collection technique captures big data regarding stunting news in the news portal during November 2022 on National Health Day. The results of the study show that the online news portal with high awareness is tribunnews.com around 528 news out of 750 news. The most widely published issue is the government's commitment to reduce the stunting rate in Indonesia and the government's campaign programs as evidence of a concrete movement to increase public awareness regarding the prevention and treatment of stunting in society. The benefits of this research are expected to further strengthen the insights of researchers both in terms of expertise and scientific competence of researchers.

Impact of governmental social media campaigns on citizens’ attitudes towards Kuwait’s vision 2035

Purpose This study aims to examine the attitudes of the Kuwaiti public towards governmental campaigns on social media (GCSM) regarding the country’s Vision 2035. Specifically, it investigates the effect of GCSM on three attitudinal dimensions (i.e. cognitive, emotional and behavioural). Design/methodology/approach This study is designed using random sampling. Responses from 630 social media users were obtained using a survey questionnaire (Appendix). The results of data analysis indicate that GCSM had a positive impact on the attitudes of participants towards Vision 2035. Findings Based on the findings, recommendations are outlined to increase the efficiency of GCSM. This study is unique because no other study has examined the attitudes of Kuwaiti citizens towards GCSM or investigated the effects of these campaigns on citizens’ attitudes in terms of cognitive, emotional and behavioural components. The results can assist decision makers in identifying the effectiveness of such campaigns and taking measures accordingly. Originality/value This research provides a new evaluation of the role of virtual campaigns in Kuwait. It highlights the crucial and increasing role of virtual campaigns on citizens’ attitudes Towards Kuwait’s Vision 2035, and it found that virtual campaigns should be used as an addendum to conventional political campaigns in Kuwait.

Administrative Authority-driven Public Engagement: A Case Study of Local Government’s Commendation Governance in China

In recent years, China’s central government has focused strategically on motivating local governments to allocate more administrative resources to enhance performance in non-economic areas, such as environmental and cultural services. As a governance practice, the central government has initiated “evaluation and commendation” campaigns among local governments. The main governance objective of these local government campaigns is to solicit public engagement, including public participation, support, and actions. Based on a case study of the campaign to establish a National Civilised City, this paper presents the local government’s governance logic, operating mechanism, and governance performance in soliciting public engagement in “evaluation and commendation” activities. We find that in “evaluation and commendation” campaigns, characterised by short-term authority commendation incentives and shortage of governance resources, the local governments adopted the unusual governance mechanism of “administrative authority-driven public engagement”, using both flexible and mandatory strategies. The flexibility strategy leads to the active participation of citizens, but the mandatory strategy makes public engagement stay at the superficial level, characterised by surface-level cooperation and inner rejection, causing partial exclusion and separation between the government and the public, in turn exhibiting a “ratchet effect” in governance performance.

‘Arm your community’: Ideology in vaccine advertising campaigns across countries

This paper represents a comparative study that explores the governmental vaccine advertising campaigns that were authorised by two English-speaking and two German-speaking countries – namely Australia, Britain, Austria and Germany – within the context of the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The data set in question comprises 40 vaccination posters issued by each country’s respective government between January 2021 and July 2022, all of which were displayed in public spaces. The study aims to explore how national governments use their ideological foothold to persuade their respective populations to take action against the virus by getting vaccinated, thus demonstrating how ideology and persuasion are interrelated in governmental vaccine campaigns across countries. In terms of methodology, this comparative study employs primarily methods of Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA). The strategies identified in the four countries under investigation concentrate largely on two key strategies: (1) providing a sense of community and solidarity; (2) issuing warnings and eliciting a sense of fear. The discourses of the German-speaking countries gravitate towards the discursive strategy of community, with Austria constituting a notable exception. In contrast, the Anglophone discourse in Britain and Australia employs strategies involving fear and warning, although their campaigns differ in terms of the intensity of the discourse they employ.

Britain, Iraq, and the Politics of Genocide: The 1963 Ba’ath Government Campaign Against the Kurds

ABSTRACT The Kurds of Iraq were the victims of a claimed genocide during the rule of the Ba’ath regime in Iraq in 1963. The Iraqi Ba’ath Party first came to power in February of 1963 and was ousted in November of that year; between June and October, it conducted military offensives against the Kurdish minority in Iraq in the name of destroying the Kurdish autonomy movement, then spearheaded by the nationalist Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). No estimated numbers exist on how many people were killed in that period, but an array of international and other reports, presented in this research, concurrently stated that the Iraqi government’s mass violence against the Kurds amounted to genocide. These included private recognition by the relevant UK diplomats and officials. This article examines the foreign policy of the UK in relation to that reported genocide. It explores how the Cold War, regional interests, and a long-held aversion to Kurdish desires for self-rule led Britain not only to overlook the mass violence perpetrated by the Ba’ath government against Iraq’s Kurdish minority in 1963 but also to support the regime. This policy was adopted in the face of credible information available to British officials reporting the Iraqi actions as a genocide. Britain continued to take the public position that the Kurdish issue in Iraq was an internal Iraqi matter while simultaneously seeking to foster good relations with the Ba’ath government by providing it with arms and diplomatic protection and seeking to undermine the Kurdish autonomy movement. Thus, a case study in the politics of genocide and how politics determines the response to these is investigated.

College student government elections and the espousal of neoliberalism in campaign and platform discourse

In this critical discourse analysis, we examined 18 college student government campaign platforms from 9 institutions in the state of Florida. We used neoliberalism as a conceptual framework to examine platforms and, in particular, the way(s) students running for office described neoliberal agendas, policies, and thought. Findings revealed concern for student finances and increasing student fees, proposed private sector solutions, an unacknowledged political climate, communications trends, and notable differences by institution type.

Ce que nous faisons, et ce que l'on nous fait. Les luttes politiques universitaires

In France, successive Ministers of the Interior systematically come to the defense of the police. By contrast, their colleagues in Higher Education and Research don't hesitate to join in attacks on academics. This is how Frédérique Vidal ended up in 2021 echoing the polemics launched the year before by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and then by the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer. However, the campaign against “Islamo-leftism” was preceded by other offensives against higher education and research: university autonomy was thus challenged … in the name of autonomy. As the reforms have progressed, higher education and research have been subjected to an authoritarian neoliberal regime, under the leadership of managers rather than colleagues, in a logic of competition that is supposed to guarantee excellence at the service of the economy. Just like a company, isn't the CNRS run by a CEO? Today, the takeover of ESR is inseparably ideological and economic. Thus, the increase in university fees for non-Europeans has used xenophobia to promote a neoliberal conception of studies. The threats to the academic world cannot be understood without articulating these distinct but intertwined logics. How can we tell the story of the attacks we are suffering, without erasing the struggles we are waging? For there is a great risk, in taking power as the object, of underestimating the role of counterpower that academics can still play in a country that is heir to a tradition of the “intellectual” as a figure of commitment. On the one hand, the multiple offensives of successive governments, whether directed at university policy or academics, have met with considerable resistance. Far from being reduced to inaction, the academic world is mobilizing strongly. But it's not just a question of reaction. On the other hand, the governmental campaigns themselves must be understood as forms of reaction against the politicization of academics: far from being passive victims, they play an active role. This is precisely the reason why ministers try to bring them into line: in France, the university is not isolated from society, as a campus can be. Critical knowledge circulates with social movements. In other words, campaigns targeting the academic world are proof that it is not without political importance. It's a form of recognition of the role it plays and can play. Anti-university politics today can be understood as a game of action and dreaction.

P-437 Breaking the taboo on infertility and access to medically assisted reproduction through better information: a desire shared by young European adults

Abstract Study question What are the social representations of young Europeans of infertility and medically assisted reproduction (MAR)? Summary answer Young people generally expressed a desire for better representation of infertility and access to MAR in their country in order to normalise this subject. What is known already There is a lack of research on the representations, knowledge and opinions of people not directly concerned with infertility issues on infertility and the use of assisted reproductive technologies. However, other research with those concerned already shows the strong taboo that this subject represents in various societies and the difficulties that accompany these pathways, to which the young people interviewed refer. Study design, size, duration The European Project B²-InF aims to analyze, from a sociocultural, gender and legal perspective, the information, representations and expectations in the field of MAR in 8 European countries (Albania, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia, Switzerland), by interviewing young adults (18-30 years old) on their knowledge and expectations regarding MAR and by analyzing the information provided by fertility centres. Participants/materials, setting, methods The B²-InF team conducted and analysed 98 interviews with young people living in 8 European countries (10 to 15 interviews per country), using thematic analysis software (NVivo and AtlasTi). Their selection is based on an intentional sampling to obtain a diversity of profiles in terms of gender, sexual orientation, conjugal status, geographical origin in the country. The interviews were conducted in the national language by members of the research team before being translated into English. Main results and the role of chance Young people representations of infertility and medical assisted reproduction (MAR) are often similar regardless of the country they come from. They identify infertility as a social taboo, especially for women and in some rural areas. For this reason, according to them, recourse to MAR techniques remains largely unmentionable, an act that remains in the intimate sphere and cannot be shared. However, there are differences between countries, with a greater or lesser focus in the discourse on the traditional family or the reproductive rights of LGBT people. But whatever the form of parenthood around which the denunciation of a taboo is formulated, it always generates the desire for greater national communication around infertility and access to MAR techniques. The challenge for the interviewees is thus to promote the normalisation of these subjects, which would help to facilitate use of MAR. In their view, this objective should be achieved through greater information and transparency about existing knowledge on infertility and MAR, that is with the dissemination of less technical and commercial information than that conveyed by the clinics. They expect governmental information campaigns, including dedicated websites, social networks, dedicated courses from school to university, as well as informative leaflets in different health centres. Limitations, reasons for caution Few interviews were conducted per country (10-15) and the disparity of profiles is not always homogeneous between these countries. Nevertheless, this difference also provides information on the different countries concerned, particularly in terms of the representativity of specific social groups (rural, transgender or homosexual people for example). Wider implications of the findings The analysis of these interviews from a gender, legal and sociocultural perspective allowed the B²-InF team to propose national and international guidelines for policy makers and medical centres in order to improve information on infertility and MAR. Trial registration number not applicable

An optimal approach for supply and demand management with the consideration of cattle herd structure management: A case study of medium-size dairy cooperative in Thailand

Thailand is one of the countries with the economy depends primarily on an agriculture sector. As a result of the government campaign, the country's milk consumption has been continually increasing. Cow milk is produced by farmers of private organizations and dairy cooperatives. A medium-sized dairy cooperative with only a pasteurization plant is in the interest of this study, with the majority of farmer members being smallholders. According to the preliminary study, one of the primary issues is a lack of systematic management of the total cattle herd structure, which results in either an overabundance or a shortage of milk. This research proposes a novel way to supply management that is responsive to the demand for products at any given time, as well as a simplified herd structure management, by resolving the problem in a medium-sized dairy cooperative in Thailand using Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP). Based on historical cooperative data and secondary technical farming data, the experimental results of Lingo19 demonstrated that a focused dairy cooperative can increase its total profit and improve the systematic relationship between supply and demand by maintaining the optimal cooperative herd structure.

Effectiveness of Metaphorical Communication in Government Campaign on Digitization

The study aims to investigate the influence of persuasive metaphorical communication on citizens’ attitude, attachment and adoption of digital services based on the government’s logo and tag line in a campaign to promote digitization. The hierarchy of effects model is used to determine the effectiveness of metaphorical communication for the digitization campaign. Structural equation modelling is used on a sample of 301 Indian citizens. The results show that the hierarchy of effects approach is supported by the data. Emotional attachment has a mediating effect on citizens’ attitude towards the campaign and their intention to adopt the services. The moderating effect of gender is also found to be significant. Further, it is seen that professionals are more involved with the metaphorical campaign than students. Therefore, policymakers may consider the greater use of metaphors in their strategy for publicity of welfare schemes and as a tool for propagating socially and economically relevant messages. The paper contributes to the effectiveness of persuasive communication in emerging economies’ government campaigns.

Knowledge Gaps, Cognition and Media Learning: Designing Tailored Messages to Address COVID-19 Communication Inequalities

Various health and crisis studies have demonstrated support for the existence of knowledge gaps—a hypothesis suggesting that information will reach those in the lower socioeconomic status last, worsening health disparities. At the point at which COVID-19 vaccines were becoming widely accessible, the present study surveyed 651 Black Americans to understand vaccine hesitancy, intentions, and media learning variations after exposure to different types of social media posts about the COVID-19 vaccine. Although exposure to any of the message conditions in our study resulted in a decrease in vaccine hesitancy, we found mixed support for the knowledge gap hypothesis. Results show that lack of knowledge because of socioeconomic status is not a key factor driving vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans. Instead, public communication (government) campaigns may consider focusing on strategies to target Black American communities by age to improve media learning, and consider increasing social control and communal message functions to increase cognitive processing of pro-vaccine messages, and over the longer term, influence COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake.

Understanding COVID: Collaborative Government Campaign for Citizen Digital Health Literacy in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The strategy "Understanding COVID" was a Public Health campaign designed in 2020 and launched in 2021 in Asturias-Spain to provide reliable and comprehensive information oriented to vulnerable populations. The campaign involved groups considered socially vulnerable and/or highly exposed to COVID-19 infection: shopkeepers and hoteliers, worship and religious event participants, school children and their families, and scattered rural populations exposed to the digital divide. The purpose of this article was to describe the design of the "Understanding COVID" strategy and the evaluation of the implementation process. The strategy included the design and use of several educational resources and communication strategies, including some hundred online training sessions based on the published studies and adapted to the language and dissemination approaches, that reached 1056 people of different ages and target groups, an accessible website, an informative video channel, posters and other pedagogical actions in education centers. It required a great coordination effort involving different public and third-sector entities to provide the intended pandemic protection and prevention information at that difficult time. A communication strategy was implemented to achieve different goals: reaching a diverse population and adapting the published studies to different ages and groups, focusing on making it comprehensible and accessible for them. In conclusion, given there is a common and sufficiently important goal, it is possible to achieve effective collaboration between different governmental bodies to develop a coordinated strategy to reach the most vulnerable populations while taking into consideration their different interests and needs.