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Uptake of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and Intention to Vaccinate Among Healthy Pregnant Women in Serbia: A Cross-Sectional Study on Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitudes
Ljiljana Markovic-Denic, Srboljub Milicevic, Jovana Todorovic, Vladimir Nikolic, Olivera Djuric, Vuk Marusic, Stefan Dugalic, Brankica Vasiljevic, Miroslava Gojnic-Dugalic
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Allergology Keywords: Human papillomavirus; vaccine; pregnancy; attitudes; knowledge
Online: 2 March 2021 (10:47:19 CET)
We aimed to assess awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of healthy pregnant women towards human papillomavirus (HPV), to estimate factors associated with a positive attitude towards HPV immunization and to assess the uptake of the vaccine among their children. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Belgrade, Serbia among pregnant women attending their regular gynecological check-ups at the 12th gestational week. Knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccine was assessed using a specifically designed 12-item and 5-item questionnaires. Out of total 265 included women, 79.3% had heard of HPV, and 37.5% knew that HPV vaccine exists. HPV vaccine knowledge score was associated with higher odds for a positive attitude towards vaccination of both female (OR = 4.10, 95% CI 1.50-11.29) and male (OR = 3.71, 95% CI 1.52-9.01) child. The number of children (OR = 1.32, 95% CI 1.04-1.67) and high vaccine knowledge score (OR = 1.64 95% CI 1.13-2.39) were independent predictors associated with willingness to vaccinate child against HPV. The gynecologist was the preferable point of reference for information seeking about the HPV vaccine. Despite relatively high HPV awareness and knowledge among pregnant women in Serbia, about one-third of them are HPV vaccine aware, and are willing to vaccinate their children against HPV.
Attitudes of Dentist Towards Communication Skills Learning
Sabika Saeed, Khalid Esmael, Fatima Jassim, Ashwin Shetty
Subject: Social Sciences, Accounting Keywords: Communication Skills; Dentist; Patient; Attitudes; Learning
The aim of the study was to determine the attitude of dentist toward learning communication skills and to recognize the factors influencing attitude toward learning communication skills. A cross-sectional study using a self-administered, 26-item, adapted Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) was carried out among dentist working in a public sector hospital in Qatar. Overall, two scores could be ascertained from the adapted CSAS: the mean positive attitude score (PAS) and negative attitude score (NAS). Non-parametric tests for statistical significance were utilized to assess relation between PAS and NAS scores and demographics. Fifty-nine dentists completed the survey giving an overall response rate of 53.6%. The mean (SD) PAS and NAS scores were 3.98 (SD=0.54) and 3.26 (SD=0.49) respectively. Female dentist was more positive towards learning communication skills than male. No statistically significant correlation was found between both PAS and NAS scores and respondents' age. Dentists' had both positive and negative attitudes towards learning communication skills. Considering the high NAS scores, it is recommended to introduce communication skills formal training sessions
Clinical Leadership and Management Perceptions of Inpatients with Obesity: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Danielle Hitch, Fiona Pazsa, Alison Qvist
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nursing & Health Studies Keywords: attitudes; clinicians; hospital; in-patient; obesity; perceptions
While obesity is recognized as a key global public health issue, there has been no research to date on the perceptions of care for people with this condition held by individuals in positions of organizational power. The aim of this study was therefore to describe the perceptions and experiences of clinical leaders and managers of providing care to inpatients with obesity at a metropolitan public health service. This study applied an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach to qualitative research, conducting interviews with 17 participants. Their perceptions of care for inpatients with obesity encompassed both their personal understanding as an individual, and their observations about the organizational, patient and carer perspectives. Three overall themes were identified: 1) The problem of inpatients with obesity, 2) Inpatients with obesity as sources of risk and 3) Personal and professional perceptions of inpatients with obesity. While clinical leaders and managers were aware of potential impact of stigma and weight bias on the care given to this cohort, elements of implicit bias, stereotyping, 'othering' and ambivalence were frequently present in the data. Ongoing efforts to improve care for patients with obesity must therefore include efforts to address perceptions and attitudes at all organisational levels of the workforce.
Southern African Social Work Students' Acceptance of Rape Myths: Results from an Exploratory Study
John Matthews, Lisa Avery, Johanna Nashandi
Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: Rape Myths; Africa; Social Work; Students; Attitudes
Despite numerous interventions to promote gender equality, sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest prevalence rates of non-partner sexual assault in the world, thus constituting a major social and public health issue in the region. As social workers frequently provide services to this population, an exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted to explore rape myth acceptance among undergraduate social work students studying in Namibia. Findings revealed the positive influence of social work education in reducing rape myth acceptance as well as highlighted the influence of age, gender, country of origin, self-identification as a feminist, and religiosity on rape myth acceptance among this population.
Public Understanding and Attitudes towards Meat Chicken Production and Relations to Consumption
Ihab Erian, Clive J. C. Phillips
Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: animal welfare; attitudes; chicken; knowledge; consumption; poultry
Little is known about public knowledge of meat chicken production and how it influences attitudes to birds' welfare and consumer behaviour. We interviewed 506 members of the public in SE Queensland, Australia, to investigate this. Knowledge was assessed from 15 questions, and low scores were supported by respondents' self-assessed report of low knowledge levels and agreement that their knowledge was insufficient to form an opinion about which chicken products to purchase. Older respondents and single people without children were most knowledgeable. There was uncertainty about whether chicken welfare was adequate, particularly in those with little knowledge. There was also evidence that lack of empathy towards chickens related to lack of knowledge, since those that thought it very acceptable that some birds are inadequately stunned at slaughter had low knowledge scores. More knowledgeable respondents ate chicken more frequently and were less likely to buy products with accredited labelling. Approximately half of the respondents thought the welfare of the chicken to be more important than the cost. It is concluded that the public's knowledge has an important connection to their attitudes and consumption of meat chickens. Respondents with little knowledge demonstrated that they had both lack of empathy and intolerance to religious slaughter practices.
Group Attitude Survey on the Effectiveness of Remote Physical Training for Adolescents in the Post-Epidemic Era
Wu Qimeng, Pang Xuelin
Subject: Social Sciences, Education Studies Keywords: online physical training; attitudes: influencing factors; interview method.
In the context of the new crown epidemic, remote physical training will already be in order under the guidance of the Ministry of Education. There is a global focus on current lifestyle behaviors and the future health and well-being of youth. Youth physical activity, aerobic activity and muscle fitness levels are declining.[1] Research on the effects of youth physical training and group attitudes is still in its infancy. This study conducted in-depth interviews with online physical training students, parents, teachers involved in the construction of online physical training, and sports practitioners through interview methods, documentation, and mathematical statistics. The results of the interviews were qualitatively coded using NVivo to summarize the attitudes of different subjects toward physical fitness training and the influencing factors, (1) students were basically satisfied with the teaching effect of online physical fitness training (2) parents thought the teaching effect of online physical fitness training was average (3) physical education teachers thought the effect of online physical fitness training was average (4) physical education practitioners thought the effect of online teaching was poor.
Portuguese Version of the Aging Attitudes Questionnaire (AAQ): Validation of the Psychometric Properties
Margarida Pedroso de Lima, Paulo Martins, António-José Gonzalez
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology Keywords: Aging; Attitudes; Subjective Well-being; Ageism; Psychometric Validation
Scientific literature shows increased interest in the aged and the aging phenomenon. The Aging Attitudes Questionnaire - AAQ was validated for the Portuguese population to understand the importance of attitudes towards old age and their impact on the subjective well-being of the elderly. A sample of 400 subjects (from 18 to 93 years) answered a socio-demographic questionnaire, and the AAQ was composed of three subscales (psychosocial losses, physical change, and psychological growth). The CFA confirmed the tri-factorial structure with very good adjustment of the model to the data with the Cronbach alpha of the total scale scoring .84 and ranging from .65 to .77 for each factor. A total of 9 items were omitted both for poor factor loadings (<0.50. Notwithstanding, 3 items below the criteria were maintained, as they conceptually fit into the factor. Of the final 15 AAQp items, 5 belong to the Psychosocial Loss factor, 6 to Physical Change, and 4 to Psychosocial Growth. This tree factor model explained 50.1 % of the total variance. In conclusion, this study supports that AAQ has acceptable validity, confirming the composite reliability and the discriminant validity, but not the convergent validity. Through multi-group analysis, the invariance of the scale was confirmed. This validation is of pivotal importance once it allows measuring the attitudes towards aging, thus facilitating the promotion of wellbeing across the lifespan.
Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Street Food Vendors and Consumers' Perceptions of Street Food Vending in Maseru Lesotho
Ponts'o Letuka, Sebolelo Nkhebenyane, Oriel Thekisoe
Subject: Life Sciences, Other Keywords: street vendors, consumers, food safety, knowledge, attitudes, practices
Street vended foods are ready-to-eat food and beverages prepared and/ or sold in the streets. This trade provides for 85-99% of total employment in most African countries and 50% or more is constituted by women. The preparation of street vended foods is normally under unsatisfactory conditions and these may lead to the contamination of food. This descriptive survey was conducted in Maseru around the taxi ranks amongst 141 participants (48 food handlers and 93 consumers) using a semi structured questionnaire, open ended questionnaire and observation checklist. Majority of the food handlers were females (n=35, 60%) and males constituted only (n=23, 40%). On average the vendor population that participated in this study was considered to have poor knowledge of food safety since they scored 49%±11. With regard to the consumers, 63% were males and 37% were females, and only 6% reported that they never buy street vended foods mainly due to the food safety issues and hygiene. Based on the results of this study, it is thus recommended that educational interventions be implemented. The observation study showed that they also operated under unhygienic conditions and 95% of food handlers had the incorrect knowledge that washing utensils with detergent leaves them free of contamination. Regarding the consumer perceptions, they highlighted that the trade has the potential to grow and be profitable on condition that hygiene is emphasized and infrastructure improved so as to provide safe quality food.
Attitudes of Doctors and Nurses toward Patient Safety Within Emergency Departments of a Saudi Arabian Hospital: A Qualitative Study
Naif Alzahrani, Russell Jones, Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, General Medical Research Keywords: Patient Safety Climate Attitudes, Hospital Emergency Department, Qualitative
Introduction: The attitudes of doctors and nurses toward patient safety is a significant factor in hospital safety climates and medical error rates. Yet, there are very few studies of patient safety attitudes in Saudi hospitals and none conducted in hospital emergency departments. Aims: The current study aims to investigate the discrepancy between the patient safety attitudes of doctors and nurses in a Saudi hospital emergency department. Materials and Method: The study employed a qualitative research designvia semi-structured interviews with Saudi and non-Saudi doctors and nurses working in a Saudi hospital emergency department to determine their attitudes and experiences about the patient safety climate. Results: The findings showed doctors and nurse held some similar safety attitudes, however, nurses reported issues with doctors with respect to their teamwork, communication, and patient safety attitudes. Moreover, several barriers to the patient safety climate were identified such as limits to resources, teamwork, communication, and incident reporting. Conclusion: The findings provide one of the few research contributions to knowledge on the differential patient safety attitudes of Saudi and non-Saudi doctors and nurses and suggest the application of such knowledge would enhance positive patient outcomes in emergency departments.
An Instrument to Measure Mental Health Professionals' Beliefs and Attitudes towards Service Users' Rights
Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa , Laura Limiñana-Bravo
Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: mental health services, attitudes; beliefs; coercion; paternalism; discrimination
We aimed at developing and validating a scale on the beliefs and attitudes of mental health professionals towards services users' rights in order to provide a valid evaluation instrument for training activities with heterogeneous mental health professional groups. Items were extracted from a review of previous instruments, as well as from several focus groups which have been conducted with different mental health stakeholders, including mental health service users. The preliminary scale consisted of 44 items and was administered to 480 mental health professionals. After eliminating non-discriminant and low weighting items, a final scale of 25 items was obtained. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses produced a four-factor solution consisting of the following four dimensions; system criticism/justifying beliefs, freedom/coercion, empowerment/paternalism, and tolerance/discrimination. The scale shows high concordance with our theoretical model as well as adequate parameters of explained variance, model fit, and internal reliability. Additional work is required to assess the cultural equivalence and psychometrics of this tool in other settings and populations, including health students.
Body-Worn Camera Activations: Demographic, Attitudinal, and Job Function Predictors
Ian Adams, Sharon Mastracci, Scott Mourtgos
Subject: Social Sciences, Political Science Keywords: body-worn cameras; police; activation; attitudes; principled agents
What drives an individual police officer to activate his body-worn camera (BWC)? Some evidence suggests officer attitudes and resistance to the technology contributes to the equivocal results in studies testing for BWCs effect on use-of-force, complaints, and other outcomes of interest. Leveraging a novel survey and administrative dataset, we investigate the predictors of BWC activation among 147 police officers in a single agency. With a test of three nested models, we find job function covariates offer robust predictive power of how often an officer activates her or his BWC. Neither demographic nor attitudinal measures significantly predict BWC activations, except for a negative relationship with how officers perceive BWC impacts on professional discretion. The study furnishes empirical support for understanding officers as Principled Agents: job function, guided by administrative policy is the most explanatory and parsimonious, while models of attitudes and demographics fail to improve upon the job function model.
Emergency and Mental Health Nurses' Perceptions and Attitudes towards Alcoholics
Jesús Molina-Mula, Antonio González-Trujillo, Margarita Simonet-Bennassar, GIBED Balearic Nursing Drug Addiction Research Group
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nursing & Health Studies Keywords: alcoholism, health professionals' attitudes, social perception, drugs-adictions
Knowing professionals' attitudes is the basis for the development of skills for dealing with drug dependence. These attitudes may affect patients' clinical safety and the cost-benefit ratio of the interventions. The goal of this study was to assess emergency and mental health nurses' attitudes and perceptions towards alcoholics. A multicenter prospective descriptive study was conducted in six hospitals with 167 emergency and mental health nurses. Nurses classified alcoholics as sick individuals, although there was a tendency to feel comfortable working with them. Results indicated that these professionals had a rejecting attitude towards moderate alcohol consumption. We found a significant association between the attitude of the nurse and gender, with the degree of rejection towards the alcoholic being higher in men than in women and with less punitive attitudes in professionals from 0 to 11 years of professional experience.
The Importance of Specific Recycling Information in Designing a Waste Management Scheme
Adekunle Oke, Joanneke Kruijsen
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Other Keywords: Attitudes; Behaviour; Communication; Information; Prompts; Policy; Recycling; Waste
Recycling information can be complex and often confusing which may subsequently reduce the participations in any waste recycling schemes. As a result, this research explored the roles as well as the importance of a holistic approach in designing recycling information using 15 expert-based in-depth interviews. The rationale was to offer a better understanding of what constitutes waste, recycling, and how recycling information should be designed and presented to make recycling more attractive/convenient. Based on the research participants' perceptions with supports from the existing studies, this research sub-categorised recycling information into three different themes, termed the "WWW" of recycling information components. As a result, these components (or attributes) were extensively described (using findings of semi-structured interviews) to elicit pragmatic guidance for practitioners, policy-makers, and other stakeholders in designing structured communication or information strategies that may simplify and subsequently increase waste-recycling practices. The policy implications of holistic information in enhancing recycling are further discussed.
Exploratory Factor Analysis of a French Adapted Version of the Substance Abuse Attitude Survey Among Medical Students in Belgium
Lou Richelle, Michelle Dramaix, Nadine Kacenelenbogen, Charles Kornreich
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Psychiatry & Mental Health Studies Keywords: Substance Use Disorder; Attitudes; Medical Students; Education; Assessment; Stigma
To evaluate the impact of a new Substance Use Disorder (SUD) education program on medical students' representations, we selected the Substance Abuse Attitude Survey (SAAS) questionnaire, which we adapted to our curriculum and cultural context. To validate this adapted version, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis following the administration of our 29-items bSAAS questionnaire to 657 medical students in Belgium (response rate: 71,1%). 23 items correlated to 3 factors namely "Stereotypes and moralism", "Treatment optimism" and "Specialised treatment" were retained (70% of total variance explained, Cronbach's alpha= 0.80) and constituted the new questionnaire called beSAAS. The factor "Specialised treatment", stood out from previous studies which could be explained by our target population and the impact of the formal, informal, and hidden curriculum in medical education. This study highlighted certain factors influencing stereotypical representations such as age, gender, origin, and personal or professional experience with substance use. Our study allowed us to retain the beSAAS as a good questionnaire to evaluate SUD stigma and highlighted interesting findings to improve SUD training in medicine. Further studies are needed to complete its validity and reliability.
Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV among Young Women Migrant Workers in Vietnam
Toan Ha, David Givens, Trang Nguyen, Nam Nguyen
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Other Keywords: HIV; stigmatizing attitudes; women migrant workers; industrial zones; Vietnam
Online: 29 March 2022 (03:36:48 CEST)
Despite intensive HIV education and prevention efforts in the past years, stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH) remain a major barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts in Vietnam. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes regarding HIV and identifying correlative factors that impact perceptions of PLWH among women migrant workers working in the industrial zones (IZ) in Hanoi, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1061 women migrant workers aged 18 to 29 from January to November 2020 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWH were measured using a four-item scale. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to examine factors associated with stigmatizing attitudes. Over seventy-six (76.2 %) of the participants reported having at least one of the four stigmatizing attitudes. Greater levels of stigmatizing attitudes toward PLH were significantly associated with lower HIV knowledge, lower education and being Kinh (the ethnic majority in Vietnam). A high level of stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among the study participants suggests that there is an urgent need for the development of appropriate culturally interventions and outreach education activities to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among women migrant workers working in the IZs in Vietnam.Despite intensive HIV education and prevention efforts in the past years, stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH) remain a major barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts in Vietnam. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes regarding HIV and identifying correlative factors that impact perceptions of PLWH among women migrant workers working in the industrial zones (IZ) in Hanoi, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1061 women migrant workers aged 18 to 29 from January to November 2020 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWH were measured using a four-item scale. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to examine factors associated with stigmatizing attitudes. Over seventy-six (76.2 %) of the participants reported having at least one of the four stigmatizing attitudes. Greater levels of stigmatizing attitudes toward PLH were significantly associated with lower HIV knowledge, lower education and being Kinh (the ethnic majority in Vietnam). A high level of stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among the study participants suggests that there is an urgent need for the development of appropriate culturally interventions and outreach education activities to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among women migrant workers working in the IZs in Vietnam.
(Not) Doing the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons: An Investigation of Consumer Attitudes, Perceptions, and Willingness to Pay for Bio-Based Plastics
Maria V. Zwicker, Cameron Brick, Gert-Jan M. Gruter, Frenk van Harreveld
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Social Psychology Keywords: plastic; bio-based plastic; willingness to pay; attitudes; recycling
Fossil-based plastics are significant contributors to global warming through CO2 emissions. For more sustainable alternatives to be successful, it is important to ensure that consumers become aware of the benefits of innovations such as bio-based plastics, in order to create demand and a willingness to initially pay more. Given that consumer attitudes and (inaccurate) beliefs can influence the uptake such new technologies, we investigated participants' attitudes towards fossil-based and bio-based plastic, their perceived importance of recycling both types of plastic, their willingness to pay, and their perceptions of bio-based plastic in four studies (total N = 961). The pre-registered fourth study experimentally manipulated information about bio-based plastic and measured willingness to pay for different types of plastic. The results suggest participants hold very favourable attitudes and are willing to pay more for bio-based products. However, they also harbour misconceptions, especially overestimating bio-based plastic's biodegradability, and they find it less important to recycle bio-based than fossil-based plastic. Study 4 provided evidence that educating consumers about the properties of bio-based plastic can dispel misconceptions, retain a favourable attitude and a high willingness to pay. We found mixed evidence for the effect of attitudes on willingness to pay, suggesting other psychological factors may also play a role. We discuss how attitudes and misconceptions affect the uptake of new sustainable technologies such as bio-based plastics and consumers' willingness to purchase them.
From Zoo to Social Media: The Evolution of Human-Captive Wildlife Relations
Christian Lenzi, Siobhan Speiran, Chiara Grasso
Subject: Biology, Anatomy & Morphology Keywords: zoo animals; visitor attitudes; wildlife encounters; wildlife tourism; selfie
In the twenty-first century– an era of increasing domestic and international tourism- there are boundless opportunities to encounter wild animals both in their home countries and ex situ in zoological facilities around the world. Tourism activity– especially at accredited zoos and sanctuaries –plays a crucial role in the conservation of wild animal populations, and influences the welfare of individuals within involved species. Unfortunately, not all zoos and sanctuaries prioritize the conservation and welfare of their animals, such as those who promote irresponsible and mutually-harmful visitor-animal encounters for economic profit. While the relationship between visitors and animals at zoological facilities has shifted over time to match evolving morals and sentiments towards animals, there is still a storied tendency of visitors preferring close encounters with charismatic wild species. Since the 1970s, researchers' attention has increasingly focused on assessing the influence of the visitor effect, which refers to the impact that viewing, touching, feeding, holding, and riding captive wildlife has on the animals. Many wildlife attractions promote such encounters, despite research suggesting that close interactions with visitors can cause stress and harm to involved species. Such activities are further promoted through the "selfie tourism" phenomenon, in which visitors capture images of themselves in too-close proximity to wild animals to be shared on social media. In this commentary, we consider the challenge of "selfie tourism", and how it can promote unethical relationships between humans and wildlife and lead to deleterious implications for the animals' conservation and welfare.
Status of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Norovirus Infection and Its Influencing Factors among Primary and Junior Middle School Students in Chizhou, China
Li Yuhuan, Liu Feng, Ding Dongbei, Xu Fang, Ding Taidong, Tan Ping, Yong Lyu
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nursing & Health Studies Keywords: attitudes, and practices; health education; influencing factors; knowledge; norovirus
This study aimed to understand the status of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of norovirus infection among primary and junior middle school students in Chizhou City, explore its influencing factors. A multistage stratified random sampling method was used to randomly select 1200 students from 8 primary and junior middle schools for the effective questionnaire survey in Chizhou City. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyse the possible influencing factors. Of 1176 participants, the average knowledge score of norovirus infection was (9.8 ± 3.6), and the scoring rate was 65.3%. The average attitude score was (11.6 ± 1.2), and the scoring rate was 96.3%. The average practice score was (10.4 ± 1.5), and the scoring rate was 86.9%. The difference in the average scoring rate among the three was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The four independent variables of county, education level, sex and age group statistically correlated with the knowledge score. Primary and junior middle school students in Chizhou City had a good attitude and practice compliance in the prevention and control of norovirus infection; however, their professional knowledge still needed further improvement.
Attitudes and Recommendations of Physicians towards Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: A Perspective from Argentina
Ricardo Lopez Santi, Sohaib Haseeb, Bryce Alexander, Adrian D'Ovidio, Sergio Gimenez, Carlos Secotaro, Diego Martinez Demaria, Luis Maria Pupi, Sonia Costantini, Daniel Piskorz, Alejandro Amarilla, Alberto Lorenzatti, Narcisa Gutierrez, Wilma Hopman, Adrian Baranchuk
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Cardiology Keywords: alcohol drinking; health knowledge; physician attitudes; standard drink; wine
Despite epidemiological findings of improvements in cardiovascular risk factors with a light-to-moderate intake of alcohol, many misconceptions remain regarding alcohol intake and the risks and benefits of consumption. We sought to examine physician attitudes and recommendations regarding alcohol intake in a cohort of Argentine physicians and to establish their sources of knowledge. An online national survey was distributed through the Argentine Federation of Cardiology (FAC) to cardiologists, internal medicine specialists, general and other subspecialty physicians in Argentina. The survey was completed by 745 physicians, of whom 671 (90%) were cardiologists. In total, 35% of physicians viewed moderate alcohol intake to be beneficial for cardiovascular health, 36% believed only wine offered such benefits, 24% viewed any intake to be harmful, and 5% had other opinions. More than half (57%) self-reported their knowledge to come from academic sources. Regarding knowledge of drinking guidelines, only 41% of physicians were aware of the concept of 'standard drink'. Physicians were generally not comfortable converting 'standard drinks' into other metric units, however men tended to be more comfortable than women (p=0.052). Physicians were not satisfied with their knowledge of drinking guidelines (3.01 ± 2.73, on a 0-10 scale). Physicians were generally comfortable in counselling patients regarding safe-limits of consumption (6.22 ± 3.20, on a 0-10 scale). Argentine physicians were not satisfied with their knowledge of alcohol consumption guidelines or their understanding of the reported metrics. Only one-third of study participants viewed moderate alcohol intake as beneficial for cardiovascular health. This study shows the necessity to optimize the sources of knowledge.
The Sexual Rights of People with Physical and Psychical Disabilities: Attitudes of Italians and Socio-Demographic Factors Involved in Recognition and Denial
Simona Gabriella Di Santo, Margherita Colombo, Marco Silvaggi, Giorgia Rosamaria Gammino, Valentina Fava, Chiara Malandrino, Chiara Nanini, Cristina Rossetto, Sara Simone, Stefano Eleuteri
Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: sexual rights; physical disabilities; psychical disabilities; sexual minorities; societal attitudes
The aims of this study were: (1) to analyze the level of agreement of a sample of Italian people with the rights of people with physical and psychical disabilities (PwPHDs and PwPSYDs) to have satisfying sexuality, to marry, to adopt a child; (2) to inquire if PwPSYDs were subject to less recognition than PwPHDs; (3) to verify if socio-demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, education, occupation, geographical origin, relational status, sexual orientation, and religiosity, associated with being against these sexual and parenting rights (SPRs). An online anonymous questionnaire inquired the level of agreement or disagreement with statements regarding the SPRs of PwPHDs and PwPSYDs. 973 participants, aged 18 – 84 years (71.1% females) were considered for analyses; At least 7 out of 10 participants declared in favor of the SPRs of PwPHDs, while the SPRs of PwPSYDs were always subjected to higher underrecognition. Religiosity almost invariably associated to being against the SPRs of PwDs. Being male, of higher age and lower education also associated with lower recognition. A better identification of the less tolerant respondents and of the less recognized categories may allow for specific strategies for promoting the recognition of the SPRs for PwDs.
Predicting Patient No-Show Using Machine Learning Techniques in the Healthcare Sector
Luiz Salazar, Valderi Reis Quietinho Leithardt, Wemerson Delcio Parreira, Anita M. R. Fernandes, Jorge Luis Victória Barbosa, Sergio Duarte Correia
Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Science; HealthCare Applications; Machine Learning; Patient Attitudes
Today, across the most critical problems faced by hospitals and health centers are those caused by the existence of patients who do not attend their appointments. Among others, this practice generates waste of resources and increases the patients' waiting list. To handle these problems, hospitals are actively trying to implement methods to reduce the idle time caused by patient no-shows. Many scheduling systems developed require predicting whether a patient will show up for an appointment or not. Although, a challenging problem resides in obtaining these estimates precisely. The goal of this work is to analyze how objective factors influence a patient not to attending their appointment, to identify the main causes that contribute to a patient's decision, and to be able to predict whether or not the patient will attend the scheduled appointment. As a result, the obtained model is tested on a real dataset collected in a health center linked to the University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), which includes 25 features and about 5000 samples. The algorithm that produced the best results for the available dataset is the Random Forest classifier. It reveals the best recall rate (0.91), since it measures the ability of a classifier to find all the positive instances and achieves a receiver operating characteristic curve rate of 0.969.
Psychological Factors Influencing Pro-Environmental Behavior in Developing Countries: Evidence from Colombian and Nicaraguan Students
Manuel Díaz, Andrés Charry, Stefania Sellitti, Matteo Ruzzante, Karen Enciso, Stefan Burkart
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Other Keywords: awareness of sustainability; education; psychological adaptation; environmental attitudes; policy support
Identifying the determinants of human behavior is useful to adjust interventions and lead the civil society towards a stronger commitment with climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives, achieving greater support for successfully implementing environmental policies. Existing research has largely focused on case studies of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) in developed economies but there is yet very little evidence for developing countries. This study provides estimations of the effect of internal factors, such as sociodemographic variables, and four psychological dimensions (climate change knowledge, environmental attitudes, self-efficacy, trust in sources of environmental information) on PEBs. Data was obtained through a survey applied with future decision makers - university students - from Colombia (n = 4769) and Nicaragua (n = 2354). Indices were generated for PEBs and the psychological dimensions using z-scores and Principal Component Analysis. Partial correlations were evaluated through the Ordinary Least Squares method. Our results suggest that, in order to reach the planned emission reduction targets, policy approaches should more strongly focus on educating and motivating citizens and prepare them for contributing to the environmental cause, as well as provide individual solutions to combat climate change, rather than providing only information on its causes and consequences.
Effect of Domestic and Global Environmental Events on Environmental Concern and Environmental Responsibility among University Students
Piyapong Janmaimool, Surapong Chudech
Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: global environmental concerns; domestic environmental concerns; environmental attitudes; environmental responsibility
Recently, both global and domestic environmental events have been occurring more frequently, bringing catastrophic consequences to humans and the environment. These adverse events have caused widespread concern among the general public. In positive terms, these devastating events could potentially enhance people's environmental awareness, which, in turn, could instill a greater sense of environmental responsibility. This study aims to investigate how university students concern themselves with global and domestic catastrophic environmental events and to examine how global and domestic environmental concerns mediate the effect of environmental knowledge and attitudes on university students' environmental responsibility. Students of King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok, Thailand were selected as the participants. A simple random technique was applied to select the research participants. Questionnaire surveys with 863 students were carried out during September–October 2019. A path analysis was performed to test how global and local environmental concerns mediate the effect of environmental knowledge and attitudes on university students' environmental responsibility. The results demonstrated that domestic environmental concerns, taken alone, contributed less to the students' sense of environmental responsibility. Domestic environmental concerns had a stronger effect on environmental responsibility when taken together with global environmental concerns. In addition, both domestic and global environmental concerns could help transform environmental knowledge and attitudes into environmental responsibility. Only environmental attitudes had no direct effect on responsibility. These results show that domestic and global catastrophic environmental events could raise students' levels of concern for the environment, and, ultimately, enhance their sense of responsibility to protect the environment.
Validation of the SM-GIBED Scale: Attitudes of Emergency and Mental Health Nurses about Alcoholics and other Drug-Dependent Patients
Jesús Molina-Mula, Antonio González-Trujillo
Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: alcoholism; health professionals' attitudes; social perception; Seaman-Mannello scale; validation
Objective: The goal of this study was to analyse the attitudes and perceptions of emergency and mental health nurses through the validation of the SM-GIBED scale in specialised care in Spain on alcoholics and other drug-dependent patients. Design and Setting: This cross-sectional study was developed using the Spanish hospital version of the Seaman-Mannello scale to denominate the SM-GIBED scale. Participants: 170 Emergency and Mental Health Nursing from five Spanish Hospitals. Intervention: Self-administered questionnaire to analiyse the perceptions and attitudes about the drug addict and the alcoholic. Primary and Secondary Outcome Measures: A descriptive and inferential analysis of the study variables was carried out. A psychometric analysis was performed to validate the scale. Results: A total of 170 questionnaires were collected from 257 healthcare workers. Overall, 99.1% of the participants had contact with drug-dependent patients during their professional experience. Nearly 75% had difficulties in treating them. The psychometric analysis of the SM-GIBED scale in the Spanish context obtained values of KMO = 0.655 and Bartlett's test p < 0.000. Cronbach's alpha of 0.738 was obtained from the reliability analysis. A reliability analysis of each of the SM-GIBED questions found no case with an alpha lower than 0.71. In conclusion, positive aspects include an ingratiating attitude and subject-to-subject communication when nurses self-define as empathic and non-paternalistic. Among the negative aspects, there is a lack of communication skills and assertiveness with these patients. This highlights a certain degree of resignation and dissatisfaction when working with drug addicts.
Effect of Trading Companies Share on Investors' Attitude and Financial Behaviour
Jawed Baloch, Urooj Fatima Syed, Muhammad Akram Lashari, Shafqat Aman Soomro
Subject: Social Sciences, Accounting Keywords: Financial Behavior; Investor Attitudes; Traders and Investors Behavior; Experience; Investment Decision
Pakistan is under developing country and it has an unpredictable market nature of shareholder-investors observe the company's performance. This research could help to companies in understanding financial behavior, attitude and investors' satisfaction in stock trade. Financial behavior is comparatively new subject in Pakistan therefore; this study has examined the financial behavior and attitude of investors. The behavioral finance that has been attempted to understand the positive experiences influences investors' financial behavior. This study has find out that investor satisfaction is strongest in influence of positive financial behavior of investor and trader in stock trading; positive experience and brokers suggestions are strengthens the investment decision of investors and increases behavior loyalty to prefer over competitor. The main purpose of research to determine the effect of financial behavior on investors' attitude and behavioral loyalty and investors' satisfaction to preference over competitor. The research framework links with experiences in stock trade for positive (negative) experiences, attitude and financial behavior is developed. The research framework is measured data from sample of Karachi and Karachi Stock Exchange; the data is analyzed in smart PLS based on PLS-SEM. This study focused on trading experience with company's active investors and traders in banking industry in Pakistan. The future research could be research in other sectors with inter-related issue of investors and traders (brokers) in stock trade. This is the first study in this research area; this study will be determine the experiences with positive (negative) financial behavior, attitude, satisfaction and behavioral loyalty of investors and traders in stock trade. Therefore, adding in this area of study which will help understanding the investors and traders attitude, preference and financial behavior in financial market.
A Decrease in Psycho-Emotional Health in Middleaged Russian Women Associated With Their Lifestyle: Factors and Indicators
Maria V. Saporovskaia, Tatiana L. Kryukova, Maria E. Voronina, Elena V. Tikhomirova, Anna G. Samokhvalova, Svetlana A. Khazova
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: women; health; psycho-emotional well-being; factors; attitudes towards parents; attachment
The present study is aimed to determine the predicting role of objective (lifestyle) and subjective factors of middle-aged women's psycho-emotional health such as their attitude towards parents, attachment and separation types. Women who are overloaded with professional and family roles have high stress level, their indicators of psychological well-being and emotional level decrease when they have to give everyday care to their elderly parents. (2) Methods: Sample consists of 146 women aged 38 to 56 ( =41.1, ó=3.5), married (70.5%) and divorced (29.5%), having children of 14-28 years old; giving everyday care to elderly parents for more than 1.5 yrs. Some live separately (62.3 %), or have to cohabitate with parents (37.7%). All women evaluate their life situation as difficult and manifest signs of high psycho-emotional stress. We used methods adapted for the Russian-speaking sample: getting socio-demographic information, an interview; Attachment style and Interpersonal Guilt Questionnaires (study 1); Psychological Separation Inventory, Purpose-in-Life Test, projective methods of incomplete sentences and metaphors` analysis (study 2), mathematical statistics. (3) Results: A number of factors and indicators of women`s psycho-emotional health decrease in the situation of role overload have been identified. Among the factors there are four main types of women's attitudes towards parents: strong (anxious), distancing, ambivalent, normative closeness, predicting low indicators of psycho-emotional health: dependence on the others` opinions and feedbacks in making decisions, a lack of meaningfulness of life; reduced sense of control over life are showing the decrease. Anxiety about future and neurotic symptoms (increased demands on oneself, irritability, reduced emotional background) distinguish these respondents. (4) Conclusions: The study confirms that middle-aged Russian women`s psycho-emotional health depends on contextual factors (difficult role-overloaded lifestyle) and factors integrating women`s attitudes towards parents, attachment and separation types. Among the most important risk factors there are a difficult life situation, conflict separation type and gilt.
Influences on Attitudes regarding Potential COVID-19 Vaccination in the United States
Kendall Pogue, Jamie Jensen, Carter Stancil, Daniel Ferguson, Savannah Hughes, Emily Mello, Ryan Burgess, Bradford Berges, Abraham Quaye, Brian D. Poole
Subject: Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine attitudes; vaccine development; SARS-CoV-2
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, with the United States being highly affected. A vaccine provides the best hope for a permanent solution to controlling the pandemic. However, to be effective, a vaccine must be accepted and used by a large majority of the population. Structural equation modelling was used to analyze the relationships of several factors with attitudes toward potential COVID-19 vaccination. The survey was administered to 316 respondents across the United States by a survey corporation. Prior vaccine usage and attitudes predicted attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. Assessment of the severity of COVID-19 for the United States was also predictive. Approximately 68% of all respondents were supportive of being vaccinated for COVID-19, but side effects, efficacy, and length of testing remained concerns. Longer testing, increased efficacy and development in the United States were significantly associated with increased vaccine acceptance. Messages promoting COVID-19 vaccination should seek to alleviate the concerns of those who are already vaccine-hesitant. Messaging directed at the benefits of vaccination for the United States as a country would address the second predictive factor. Enough time should be taken to allay concerns about both short and long-term side effects before a vaccine is released.
COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices and Vaccine Acceptability in Rural Western Kenya and an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, May 2021: A Cross-sectional Survey
Carolyne Nasimiyu Wanyonyi, Allan Audi, Clifford Oduor, Cynthia Ombok, Dismas Oketch, George Aol, Alice Ouma, Eric M. Osoro, Isaac Ngere, Ruth Njoroge, Peninah M. Munyua, Terrence Lo, Amy Herman-Roloff, Godfrey Bigogo, Patrick K. Munywoki
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Other Keywords: Urban; rural; COVID-19; Knowledge; Attitudes; Practices; vaccine acceptability; Vaccine hesitancy; Kenya
An important step towards COVID-19 pandemic control is adequate knowledge and adherence to mitigation measures, including vaccination. We assessed the level of COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among residents from an urban informal settlement in the City of Nairobi (Kibera), and a rural community in western Kenya (Asembo). A cross-sectional survey was implemented from April to May 2021 among randomly selected adult residents from a population-based infectious diseases surveillance (PBIDS) cohort in Nairobi and Siaya Counties. Factors associated with the level of COVID-19 KAP, were assessed using multivariable regression methods. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was 83.6% for the participants from Asembo and 59.8% in Kibera. The reasons cited for vaccine hesitancy in Kibera were safety concerns (34.0%), insufficient information available to decide (18.0%), and a lack of belief in the vaccine (21.0%), while the reasons in Asembo were safety concerns (55.0%), insufficient information to decide (26.0%) and lack of belief in the vaccine (11%). Our study findings suggest the need for continued public education to enhance COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices to ensure adherence to mitigation measures. Urban informal settlements require targeted messaging to improve vaccine awareness, acceptability, and uptake.
The Association of Partner Type Instability with Sexual Orientation Incongruity among Sexual Minorities in Britain: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle 2010-2012
D. Paul Sullins, Steph James
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Social Psychology Keywords: sexual orientation; sexual fluidity; British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles
Background: Previous study of sexual minorities has documented both instability in the sex of sex partners and incongruity among all three dimensions of sexual orientation (attraction, behavior and identification), but no attempt has been made to relate the two. How, if at all, does past change affect present incongruity? This study attempts, for the first time, to examine this question. Method: Using a representative probability sample of the British population (n = 15,162), the current dimensions of sexual orientation were compared across changes in sex partner type—opposite-sex only (O/Sex), same-sex only (S/Sex), or both opposite-sex and same-sex (B/Sex)— over three time periods—before 5 years ago (Time 1), 5 years to 1 year ago (Time 2), and the past year (Time 3)—for the nonheterosexual population. Differences and trends in population-weighted percentage frequencies stratified by sex were assessed by t-test or inspection of 95% confidence intervals. Results: Overall incongruity and instability were high: 74% of men and 85% of women did not report congruent lifetime sexual attraction, behavior and identification; of persons reporting any same-sex sex partners at Time 1, 82% reported a different partner type at Time 3. Most change (80% for women, 84% for men) involved a single partner type transition (transience) rather than multiple changes (fluidity) and movement toward increased heterosexual orientation (69%; 65% to O/Sex partners. From Time 1 to Time 3, 19% of persons with S/Sex partners moved to O/Sex partners; 0.1% of persons with O/Sex partners moved to S/Sex partners. Instability moderately reduced already high incongruity for the majority moving toward increased heterosexual orientation, but increased already low incongruity for the minority moving toward increased same-sex orientation. Among presently S/Sex partnered persons (comprising 12% of sexual minorities), incongruity was reported by 1.4% of persons with stable partnership history and 11% of persons with unstable partnership history (p=.0052). For all except presently S/Sex partnered persons (comprising 88% of sexual minorities), incongruity was reported by 97% of persons with stable partnership history and 86% of persons with unstable partnership history (p=.0000). Conclusion: For most sexual minority persons, partner type instability contributed to a modest reduction of high sexual minority orientation incongruity after moving toward increased heterosexual practice. Among current S/Sex partnered persons, however, instability strongly increased incongruity between identification and behavior or attraction. These results are consistent with minority stress theory but inconsistent with homosexual immutability, and counsel caution regarding legal restrictions on support for sexual minority persons moving toward increased heterosexual partnership.
The Role of the Global Solar UV Index for Sun Protection of Children in German Kindergartens
Olaf Gefeller, Sonja Mathes, Wolfgang Uter, Annette B. Pfahlberg
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Pediatrics Keywords: health attitudes; health knowledge; skin cancer; sun protection; ultraviolet radiation; UV index
More than twenty-five years ago the Global Solar UV index (UVI) has been introduced as a simple means of visualizing the intensity of ultraviolet radiation and to alert people to the need for sun protection. In our survey among directors of 436 kindergartens in southern Germany we investigated the level of awareness and knowledge about the UVI as well as the practical consequences for sun protection in kindergartens. Less than half of the directors (n=208, 47.7%) had ever heard of the UVI, and only a small minority of them (n=34, 8.7%) used the daily UVI information to adapt sun protective measures in their kindergartens. Detailed knowledge about the UVI was a rarity among the respondents. The proportion of respondents with self-perceived detailed UVI knowledge was five times higher than actual knowledge assessed by an in-depth structured interview using open-ended questions about the UVI (14.2% vs. 2.8%). No clear relationship of UVI awareness, knowledge, and use to directors' age and gender was found. The UVI-related variables also showed no association with directors' knowledge of risk factors for skin cancer and their attitudes towards tanned skin. Overall, the results paint a sobering picture regarding the penetration of the UVI into sun protection policies of German kindergartens. Future public health campaigns should target increasing awareness and understanding of the UVI as well as its importance for sun protection of children.
Sweet Talk: A Qualitative Study Exploring Attitudes Towards Sugar, Sweeteners and Sweet-Tasting Foods in the United Kingdom
Claudia S Tang, Monica Mars, Janet James, Kees de Graaf, Katherine M Appleton
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: Sugars; Sweeteners; Sweet Taste; Sweetness; Attitudes; Focus Groups; Qualitative Research; Thematic Analysis
Worldwide initiatives currently aim to reduce free sugar intakes, but success will depend on consumer attitudes towards sugar and the alternatives. This work aimed to explore attitudes towards sugar, sweeteners and sweet-tasting foods in the general public of the UK, including attitudes towards personal consumption and related policies. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with 34 adults (7 males, ages: 18-65 years). Thematic analysis identified six themes: 'Value' (e.g. pleasure, emotions), 'Angle' (e.g. disinterest), 'Personal Relevance' (to be concerned and/or change one's own behaviour), 'Personal Responsibility' (one has an active relationship with these food items), 'Understanding' (the acquisition, comprehension and application of information surrounding these food items) and 'It's Not Up to Me' (a passive approach towards these food items, because intake is subjected to other factors). Both positive and negative attitudes towards sugar, sweeteners and sweet-tasting foods were expressed in all themes, largely dependent on the individual. Potential strategies for reducing free sugar intakes were also reported, but differences in likely value were suggested by different individuals. Future work should assess associations between attitudes and intakes. For greatest population benefit, evidence of the dominant attitudes in those in greatest need of reduced free sugar intakes would be of value.
Impact of Service User Video Presentations on Explicit and Implicit Stigma toward Mental Illness among Medical Students in Nepal: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Cori L. Tergesen, Dristy Gurung, Saraswati Dhungana, Ajay Risal, Prem Basel, Dipesh Tamrakar, Archana Amatya, Lawrence P. Park, Brandon A. Kohrt
Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Psychiatry & Mental Health Studies Keywords: attitudes; depression; developing countries; medical education; mental health; psychosis; service users; stigma
This study evaluated the impact of didactic videos and service user testimonial videos on mental illness stigma among medical students. Two randomized controlled trials were conducted in Nepal. Study 1 examined stigma reduction for depression. Study 2 examined depression and psychosis. Participants were Nepali medical students (Study 1:n=94, Study 2:¬n=213) randomized to three conditions: a didactic video based on the mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP), a service user video about living with mental illness, or a control condition with no videos. In Study 1, videos only addressed depression. In Study 2, videos addressed depression and psychosis. In Study 1, both didactic and service user videos reduced stigma compared to the control (F2,91=6.37, p=0.003). In Study 2 (depression and psychosis), there were no differences among the three arms (F2,210=2.07, p=0.13). When comparing Study 1 and 2, there was greater stigma reduction in the service user video arm with only depression versus service user videos with depression and psychosis (t(31)=-3.04, p=0.005). In summary, didactic and service user videos were associated with decreased stigma when content addressed only depression. However, no stigma reduction was seen when including depression and psychosis. This calls for different strategies based on types of mental illnesses. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03231761
Coronavirus-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Public Views, Attitudes, and Beliefs in an Unaffected Area: The Case of the City of Mbujimayi
Benoit Mukinayi Mbiya, Stéphane Loïque Djeugoue, Edouard Lufuluabu Kanda, Denis Kalambayi Mbuyi, Tresor Banza Malundu, Rachel Ciaba Mushiya, Ghislain Tumba Disashi
Subject: Keywords: COVID-19; Public views; Attitudes; Beliefs; Unaffected area; Democratic Republic of Congo
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly spreading across the world. In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 11 out of 26 provinces have been affected on 19 June 2020. The purpose of this study was to assess the public views, attitudes and beliefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic among the population of an unaffected city.Methods: This is a descriptive observational study conducted in an unaffected city using a questionnaire. Findings: A total of 769 people participated. The average age was 36 ±14 years. The sex ratio (male: female) was 1.6. The majority of respondents (97%) is aware of the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is well informed about the signs of the disease, its severity and barrier measures, however few of them have adopted the change in habit and behavior in respect of the barrier measures. Lack of water for handwashing is the most common difficulty in complying with barrier measures (71%). The COVID-19 is considered as an artificial virus designed to reduce the world population by 26%, God's punishment (22%). Only 36% of the participants are in favor of vaccination against COVID-19. Vaccine is, a western conspiracy to spread COVID-19 in Africa (38%), testing it on Africans (35%), sterilize Africans' people (12%).Conclusions: Cities not yet affected by COVID-19 in DRC are aware of the existence of the disease, but insufficiently prepared to deal with it. It is important to increase awareness on barrier measures, combating false information, and improving regular water supply for regular handwashing.
Automated Measurement of Attitudes Towards Social Distancing Using Social Media: A COVID-19 Case Study
A. S. M. Kayes, Md. Saiful Islam, Paul A. Watters, Alex Ng, Humayun Kayesh
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: COVID-19; social distancing model; sentiment analysis; physical distancing; social media; measuring attitudes
The COVID-19 outbreak has focused attention on the use of social distancing as the primary defence against community infection, yet forcing social animals to maintain that physical distance has presented significant challenges for health authorities and law enforcement. Anecdotal media reports suggest widespread dissatisfaction with social distancing as a policy, yet there is little prior work aimed at measuring community acceptance of social distancing. In this paper, we propose a new approach to measuring attitudes towards social distancing by using social media and sentiment analysis. Over a 4 month period, we found 82.5% of tweets were in favour of social distancing. The results indicate a widespread acceptance of social distancing in the community. We conclude by examining options for estimating the optimal (minimal) social distance required at scale, and the implications for securing widespread community support and acceptance of public health messaging.
Not Ready to Kwit? A Mobile App Preparation Program for Smoking Cessation: Assessing Feasibility in Ecological Context
Luz Bustamante, Mickael Ehrminger, Lucia Romo
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: Smoking cessation; digital therapeutics; behavior change techniques; feasibility; engagement, preparation phase; attitudes toward change, functionality
Aim: The main purpose of this feasibility study was to estimate compliance and acceptability rate of a 9-Steps mobile app preparation program. Subsequently, to assess its impact regarding attitudes towards smoking cessation. Methods: The program was only available on versions above iOS 13.3. The ecological study collected user's data via the app from 04/07/2021 to 28/07/2021. Results: A total of 2331 ecological users completed onboarding; 1926 users (73.9%) completed the step 0 and only 265 users continued in step 1. On average, participants actively engaged with intra-steps activities (85,1%). Most users were highly satisfied at the end of each step. On average 86% found the content of each step comprehensive and relevant. Mann-Whitney tests demonstrated positive changes in attitudes toward smoking cessation on the less confident users: willing (3 to 5, p <.05); confidence (3 to 5, p <.001) and readiness to quit (3 to 5, p <.001). Conclusions: This ecological study corroborates the expected dropout between first use and regular use of health mobile apps. However, engagement and satisfaction rates support the feasibility and acceptability of a 9-step preparation program. Additional research is needed to better understand determinants of regular use of mobile apps and its impact on the target behavior.
Perception of Urban Trees by Polish Tree Professionals vs. Non-Professionals
Marzena Suchocka, Paweł Jankowski, Magdalena Błaszczyk
Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: tree professionals; tree non-professionals; attitudes towards trees; perception of trees; sustainable urban development; social survey
Sustainable urban forests require tree acceptance and support. Two groups of respondents: professionals working in urban green areas and individuals with no professional connection with trees revealed their attitudes towards trees by assessing statements in a survey questionnaire. Tree benefits were perceived as much more important than the annoyance. However, 6% of the non-professionals found only negative aspects of trees, proving to be arboriphobes. No arboriphobes and no "tree sceptics" were among the professionals. Around 40% of the respondents in the two groups found the number of trees in the surrounding areas too low. The nuisance caused by trees was seen as more disturbing by younger and lower educated professionals. Women tended to assess trees as more attractive and as having a stronger influence on social relations than men. Men dominated the "tree indifferent" group. The attractiveness of trees and their impact on social relations were related to the place of residence and the level of education among the non-professionals. The level of education of the non-professionals was also connected to being clustered into one of the four abovementioned groups of respondents. A majority of medium and big city dwellers as well as a minority of villagers were in the "tree liking" cluster.
Assessing Cognitive and Social Attitudes Toward Environmental Conservation in Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems
Kostas Alexandridis
Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: environmental attitudes; social-ecological systems; coral reef; scale development; item-response theory; reliability; generalized structural equation model
This study addresses the latent construct of attitudes towards environmental conservation based on study participant's responses. We measured and evaluated the latent scale based on an 18-item scale instrument, over four experimental strata (N=945) in the US Virgin Islands and the Caribbean. We estimated the latent scale reliability and validity. We further fitted multiple alternative two-parameter logistic (2PL) and graded response models (GRM) from Item-Response Theory. We finally constructed and fitted equivalent structural and generalized structural equation models (SEM/GSEM) for the attitudinal latent scale. All scale measures (composite, alpha-based, IRT-based and SEM-based) were consistently and reliably valid measures of the study participants' latent attitudes toward conservation. We found statistically significant differences among participant's attributes relating to socio-demographic, physical and core environmental characteristics of participants. We assert that the nature of relationship between cognitive attitudes and individual as well as social behavior related to environmental conservation.
Factors Predicting the Physical Activity Behavior based on Theory of Reasoned Action among Chronic Low Back Pain of the Patients Referring to Comprehensive Health Service Centers in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Delshad, Alireza Hidarnia, Fatemeh Pourhaji
Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: Exercise; Health Behavior; Attitudes; Referral; Quality of Life; Low Back Pain; Health Services; Models; Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Background: Low-level physical activity (PA) among Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP) is associated with various biopsychosocial factors. This research aimed to study the predictors of PA behavior among cLBP patients. Methods: In the present study 300 eligible patients with cLBP who referred to comprehensive health service centers in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) in Tehran, Iran were random selected.To diagnose the predictors of PA behavior, all the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) constructs were examined as risk factors to see if they influence on the probability of PA behavior occurrence and were interpreted through odds ratio (OR). SPSS version 19 was used to analyze the data. Results: Totally 280 cLBP patients with mean age of 57.07 ±13.09 years old participated in the study. This study showed that motivation to comply significant predictor the cLBP patients for subjective norm OR (%95CI): 2.095(0.116-2.792), p-value<0.001), intention was significant predictor for perform the PA behavior OR (%95CI): 1.431(0.138-1.538), p-value <0.001), behavior beliefs could predictor for attitude OR (%95CI): 1.276(0.106-1.355), p-value= 0.002). attitude, normative beliefs, subjective norm ,and evaluation outcome behavior could predictors the cLBP patients for intention to perform the PA behavior OR (%95CI): 1.188(0.032-1.312), p-value<0.001)., OR (%95CI): 1.158(0.076-2.208), p-value=0.003) ., OR (%95CI): 1.104(0.076-1.128), p-value<0.001) ., OR (%95CI): 0.814(0.301-1.440), p-value=0.007). Conclusions: This study showed that the cLBP patients who were normative beliefs and evaluation regarding PA behavior could effect on the intention to engage in greater PA than those via other constructs (attitude and subjective norm). This study showed that the cLBP patients who were normative beliefs and evaluation regarding PA behavior could effect on the intention to engage in greater PA than those via other constructs (attitude and subjective norm). This study showed that the cLBP patients who were normative beliefs and evaluation regarding PA behavior could effect on the intention to engage in greater PA than those via other constructs (attitude and subjective norm).
A Path Model of the Intention to Adopt Variable Rate Irrigation in Northeast Italy
Maurizio Canavari, Marco Medici, Rungsaran Wongprawmas, Vilma Xhakollari, Silvia Russo
Subject: Social Sciences, Microeconomics And Decision Sciences Keywords: Precision agriculture; Intention to adopt a technology; Attitudes towards the use of technology; Technology acceptance model; Variable rate irrigation; Fruit production; Grapevine production
Irrigated agriculture determines large blue water withdrawals, and it is considered a key intervention area to reach sustainable development objectives. Precision agriculture technologies have the potential to mitigate water resource depletion that often characterizes conventional agricultural approaches. This study investigates the factors influencing farmers' intentions to adopt variable rate irrigation (VRI) technology. The Technology Acceptance Model 3 (TAM-3) was employed as a theoretical framework to design a survey to identify the factors influencing farmers' decision-making process when adopting VRI. Data were gathered through quantitative face-to-face interviews with a sample of 138 fruit and grapevine producers from the Northeast of Italy (Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Data were analyzed using partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM). The results highlight that personal attitudes, such as perceived usefulness and subjective norm, positively influence the intention to adopt VRI. Also, the perceived ease of use positively affects intention, but it is moderated by subject experience.
Food as Commons or Commodity? Exploring the Links between Normative Valuations and Agency in Food Transition
Jose Luis Vivero-Pol
Subject: Biology, Agricultural Sciences & Agronomy Keywords: food valuation; food as commons; food as commodity; transition theory; narratives of transition; agency in transition; transformative agency; counter-hegemonic attitudes; gradual reformers
The food system, the most important driver of planetary transformation, is in a deep crisis. Therefore, seeking a sustainable and socially-fair transition pathway becomes an issue of utmost priority for our own survival. The consideration of food as a commodity, a social construct that played a central role in driving this crisis, remains the uncontested narrative to lead the different transition pathways what seems rather contradictory. By exploring the normative values in the transition landscape, this paper seeks to understand how relevant is the hegemonic narrative of "food as commodity" and its alternative of "food as commons" to determine transition trajectories and food policy beliefs. Applying the Multi-level Perspective framework and developing the ill-studied "agency in transition", this research enquired food-related professionals that belong to an online community of practice (N=95) on valuation of food dimensions and agency in food transitions to check whether the valuation of food is relevant to explain personal stances in transition. Results suggest the socially-constructed view of food as commodity is positively correlated to the gradual reforming attitude, whereas food as commons is positively correlated to the counter-hegemonic transformers regardless the self-defined position in the transition landscape (regime or niches). At personal level, there are multiple loci of resistance with counter-hegemonic attitudes in varied institutions of the regime and the innovative niches, many of them holding this discourse of food as commons. Conversely, alter-hegemonic attitudes are not positively correlated to this alternative discourse and they may inadvertently or purportedly reinforce the ''neoliberal narrative''. Food as commons, a different narrative whose rationale is explained in the paper, seems to be a relevant framework that could enrich the multiple transformative constituencies that challenge the industrial food system and therefore facilitate the convergence of movements that reject the commodification of food.


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Joy Behar leaving 'The View'
Host seeks 'intelligent' talk show with 'room to breathe'
LOS ANGELES – Joy Behar will be enjoying "The View" for only five more months.
The 70-year-old comedian is leaving the ABC daytime talk show at the end of the current season in August. The network said in a statement Thursday that it wishes Behar "all the best in this next chapter, and are thrilled that we have her for the remainder of the season."
Behar has co-hosted the show for 16 seasons. She was among the first co-hosts with co-creator Barbara Walters when the series debuted in 2006. The current panel includes Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd.
In addition to "The View," Behar hosted "The Joy Behar Show" on HLN from 2009 to 2011 and currently hosts "Joy Behar: Say Anything!" on Current TV, which debuted last year.

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IACHR Concerned about Murders of Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders During First Half of 2020 in Colombia
Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is concerned about the high number of murders of human rights defenders and social leaders that happened in Colombia during the first half of 2020. The Commission again calls on the State to take all measures necessary to protect the lives, integrity, and safety of human rights defenders in the country, and to diligently investigate these crimes, taking into consideration the victims' activities in defense of human rights as a likely motive.
During the first six months of 2020, the IACHR continued to receive worrying reports of a high number of murders of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Colombia, over the period January 1–June 30, 2020, 45 human rights defenders were murdered in the country, while a further 36 cases were pending confirmation. The State itself recorded 37 murders of defenders during the first half of the year. The Commission notes that the number of murders of defenders recorded by civil society organizations in Colombia could rise even further.
In March, the IACHR had already expressed in Press Release 62/2020 its concern about the alarming number of murders of defenders during the first three months of the year. The Commission stressed that, according to public reports, a total of at least 24 human rights defenders had been murdered between January and March in several departments in the country. The IACHR notes that, if all the cases that have been reported during the second quarter of the year are confirmed, they will amount to almost double the number of defenders killed during the first three months of 2020.
The IACHR notes that most of the murders during these six months have happened in the departments of Antioquia, Cauca, Huila, Norte de Santander, Córdoba, Nariño, and Putumayo, in areas that have historically been affected by armed conflict and that the State has identified as high-risk. The State further identified the departments of Valle de Cauca, Magdalena, Bolívar, Córdoba, Arauca, and Chocó as high-risk for the exercise of human rights.
The Commission notes that individuals with local leadership roles—like members of their communities' Communal Action Boards and people who hold indigenous or Afro-descendant leadership positions—make up the largest proportion of the total number of murder victims over this period. A significant proportion of these murder victims were peasant leaders, particularly individuals who were involved in the Comprehensive National Program to Replace Illegal Crops (PNIS, by its Spanish acronym).
During this second quarter, the Commission found out, for instance, the murder of social leader and PNIS beneficiary Edier Adán Lopera on June 15 in the municipality of Tarazá, Antioquia. According to publicly available reports, an armed group allegedly prevented the authorities and Lopera's family from removing the body from the site. The body was allegedly only retrieved by the authorities on June 24, nine days after Lopera was murdered.
During June, the IACHR was also informed of the murder of LGBTI social leader Mateo López. During May, the Commission was told of the murders of community leaders Carlos Andrés Sánchez Villa, Saúl Rojas González, and Hermes Loaiza; environmental defender Jorge Enrique Oramas; social leaders Olga Lucía Herández, Manuel Marriaga Martínez, and Edwin Acosta Ochoa; and indigenous leader Joel Villamizar. During April, the IACHR was informed of the murders of trade-union leader Hamilton Gasca Ortega, LGBTI leader Jhon Jairo Beltrán, social leaders Teodomiro Sotelo Ancona and Hugo de Jesús Giraldo López, peasant leader Mario Chilhueso Cruz, and community leader Álvaro Narváez. The IACHR strongly condemns each of these killings, along with any others that may have happened over the period covered by this press release.
The Commission stresses its call to the Colombian State to conduct thorough, serious, and impartial investigations into each of these crimes, to identify and punish their perpetrators and masterminds taking into consideration as a possible motive the work the victims did to defend human rights in their communities. In particular, the State must seek to adopt differentiated ethnic-racial and gender approaches when investigating, trying, and punishing these crimes and when providing reparations for them. The IACHR notes the efforts made by the Colombian State to ensure progress in investigations into these events. In particular, the Commission notes the implementation of the Strategy to Investigate and Prosecute Crimes Against Human Rights Defenders. According to the State, this strategy enabled the solution of 56% of all murders of human rights defenders taken before the Office of the Attorney General during the first quarter of 2020. The IACHR urges the State to step up its efforts to address impunity in these crimes and stresses that impunity is one of the factors that enable the persistence of violence against these groups.
Further, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability and the constant risks that human rights defenders face at the hands of illegal armed groups. These groups are allegedly making the most of the current context to increase their presence on the ground by murdering social leaders in various parts of the country. The IACHR is concerned that many of the murders perpetrated during the first half of 2020 happened while the victims were isolated, in compliance with measures adopted by the State in response to the pandemic. Through Early Warning 18-20, the Colombian Ombudsperson's Office noted the impact that the violence of illegal armed groups has had on the defense of human rights in the context of the pandemic. The State agrees with this view.
The Commission reminds the Colombian State that it has an obligation to protect the lives and personal integrity of human rights defenders when they are at risk, even if such risk stems from the actions of non-State actors. This obligation becomes particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when defenders face increased risks given emergency measures that restrict, among others, their freedom of movement. The IACHR reminds the State of its duty to investigate in a swift and diligent manner any murders that have happened in this context.
The Commission notes the importance that social and community leaders have had to promote the full enforcement of human rights, as well as peace and the end of armed conflict in Colombia. In the current scenario, social and community leaders and human rights defenders have emerged as a crucial pillar for the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement. However, violence against these groups has persisted over time.
The IACHR stresses that defenders can only do their work freely when they are not being subjected to physical or emotional attacks, threats, or any other form of harassment. Amid persistent violence, it is crucial for the Colombian State to take urgent measures to strengthen systems aimed at preventing violence against these groups and at protecting their members, as well as to continue to pursue with due diligence all investigations of crimes committed against them.
The Commission notes the efforts made by the National Protection Unit (UNP, by its Spanish acronym) to address the risks faced by these groups. According to official reports, by June 30, 2020, 68% of all beneficiaries of protection measures granted by the UNP (a total of 4,985 people) were human rights defenders who required protection. The State must ensure that these measures are implemented promptly and in agreement with beneficiaries, and it must work to adopt differentiated approaches that reflect the specific conditions faced by different individuals. The State must also ensure that protection for human rights defenders reflects a comprehensive, well-coordinated perspective on risk factors, to address both individual risks and structural issues.


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Guevara Reigns Supreme in Aragón
A dominant ride from Izan Guevara saw the Spaniard extend his championship lead to 33 points while his title rivals struggled at MotorLand Aragón.
Guevara was confident going into the weekend after taking the championship lead from his Aspar teammate Sergio Garcia in the last round at Misano. After wowing the paddock with an acrobatic handstand before securing a comfortable pole position on Saturday, the 18-year-old never looked back en route to his 4th win of the season.
Izan was joined on the front row by Ayumu Sasaki and Dani Holgado. The trio enjoyed good launches and immediately set about pulling away from the rest of the field. British youngster Josh Whatley was taken out at turn 1 in an incident involving Nicola Carraro and Lorenzo Fellon.
Following a disappointing qualifying session, Garcia was desperate to make up places from the 4th row on the grid. It was confirmed yesterday that the Spanish rider would be competing in Moto2 next season with Pons Racing, but he found himself caught in a scrap in the middle of the pack while the leaders pulled away.
After managing to get his championship challenge back on track with a win in Misano, Dennis Foggia struggled from the start at Aragón. The Leopard Honda rider couldn't seem to find the pace he needed to challenge his rivals and quickly found himself outside the top 10.
The leading trio were in a different league to the rest, increasing the gap behind them by roughly half a second each lap. Deniz Öncü muscled his way up to 4th but despite his best efforts was unable to bridge the gap to the front group.
While the leaders pulled away, it was a typical Moto3 battle for the rest of the field. Sixteen year old rookie David Muñoz practically ran through KTM rider Adrian Fernandez, earning a long-lap penalty for his troubles.
With 3 laps to go Holgado began to drop off from the leading pair as the pace simply became too much for the young Spaniard. Sasaki was the only rider able to stick with the leader who was simply unassailable.
The result was never in question, as Guevara secured his fifth win in Moto3 and probably his best. Sasaki was an admiral runner-up and Holgado secured his first Grand Prix podium. It was a race to forget for Garcia and Foggia who finished in 13th and 14 respectively.
With his rivals struggling, Guevara's 33 point championship lead makes him the clear favourite for the Moto3 crown, but with 5 rounds remaining, anything can happen.
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Grandmother and child.
Story & photos by Effin Older
It was my first trip to China, a 12-day guided tour that included Beijing, Shanghai, The Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, and, to my surprise, eye-opening stories from the lives of our three Chinese guides—Abby, Stephanie and Cindy.
Besides being experts in China, past and present, they regaled us with personal details that I'll remember long after I've forgotten which emperor ruled which dynasty and how many hundreds of concubines he had.
Terracotta warriors
Here's the girl-guide stories, beginning with Abby:
"You can ask anything, and photograph anyone and anything," she says. That's a relief. I was worried I'd innocently take a forbidden photo and end up who knows where. She quickly adds we should get used to being pushed. "It's not that people are rude; it's that there are so many people. And, there are no driving rules, so be careful."
No kidding. Intersections were a terrifying tangle of cars, bicycles, scooters and buses, all racing in random directions and no one slowing down. Definitely life-threatening. There are 8 million cars in Beijing, and Abby doesn't own one of them. So, she takes BMW—bus, metro, walk. Sounds much safer to me.
Shanghai Ladies with cell phones on the Bund in Shanghai.
"I'm sure you're all curious about the Emperor's concubines," Abby says. "Here's the qualifications: She must be a virgin between 13 and 17; no stinky breath or underarms; strong body (girls were stripped naked to inspect their shoulders, arms, backs and legs); and skilled in chess and massage, painting and calligraphy. Some emperors had thousands of concubines, and that's before Viagra. Any volunteers?"
Abby grew up poor. Her family used a shared bathroom in the community courtyard; she knew all her neighbors. Today, she lives in a condo, and, after fifteen years, she's never spoken to her neighbors. "Changing times," she says ruefully.
On the Great Wall
Abby paid a million yuan ($143,000) for her condo; it's now worth four. She lives there with her husband, son, and parents. The one-child policy is no more, but, even so, Abby wouldn't have two. "If I had another son, I'd be broke. Parents have to buy a condo for their sons when they marry. I can't afford two!"
I perk up when Abby tells us the secret to not going gray: "Eat black sesame seeds!" Later that day, as we watch elderly folks exercise in a park, she says, "The men all dye their hair." But what about black sesame seeds? I don't point out the contradiction.
In Tiananmen Square, under a giant picture of Mao, Abby acknowledges that, yes, 3,000 students were massacred thirty years ago. "It was for the good of China. It wasn't possible to have two competing governments," she says without batting an eye.
Newlyweds by the Grand Canal in Suzhou
I'm in China. I don't bat an eye either. I also keep my mouth shut when she describes the birth of her son. "After the birth, I didn't wash my body, my hair, or brush my teeth for thirty days. I used a dry cloth to wipe my hands and feet." Why? "To prevent arthritis." She does a little dance. "See? It worked."
I ask our second guide, Cindy, about not washing after giving birth. "What! I took a shower immediately." She adds, "And I don't have arthritis."
Cindy was born during the Cultural Revolution and went to the Tiananmen Square demonstration as a student. So, for years, no foreign travel for her. "As an unmarried woman, I was 'too dangerous,'" she explains. "Mao brainwashed us." Once married, she could finally travel; now Cindy regularly leads groups of Chinese tourists to Europe and North America.
She loves her job, but, as an "office girl," she'll have to retire at 55; female laborers retire at 50, men at 65. No choice. "Even so, women have climbed from lowest class to 2nd class. And at home, women are in charge. We say, 'Happy wife; happy life.' Our husbands agree."
Cindy has one daughter. "My mom took over raising her at four months so I could travel for my job. She wants me to keep pace with the times, but I don't want the 9-9-6 lifestyle of young people today—work 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week. Not good."
Like Abby and Cindy, our third guide, Stephanie, has just one child, a son. Does she want another? "No! Too much homework!" Every night, she helps her son with his homework, which they usually finish around 11 p.m., after being in school from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
"I have to sign my name on the homework. If there's a mistake, I'm ridiculed by the teacher and other parents. My husband never helps. I'm Buddha mom; he's Disney dad—no punishment, just fun." Pause. "My son doesn't like me." Longer pause. "I don't like him either. He's twelve, and his grandmother still feeds him with a spoon. He's like a little emperor."
Stephanie and Abby both have young sons. Will they be desirable bachelors when the time comes? Stephanie defines desirable: They must have all the five Cs— car, cash, credit card, condo and career.
I suspect their mothers will ensure they have all five. Especially Stephanie's little emperor.
Effin Older is an author, writer, photographer, editor, videographer and app-creator.
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'Cool Globes' eco-spheres bring artful climate change awareness to Battery Park
under Climate Change, Design, Energy, Environment, Manhattan
by Nicole Jewell
Cool Globes in Boston.
If you're walking around Battery Park soon make sure to check out the globe-trotting, eco-conscious art installation "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet". The eco-initiative, created by well-known Chicago environmentalist Wendy Abrams, has been traveling the world in hopes of bringing attention to community and individual participation when it comes to combating climate change.
Although undeniably pretty to look at, the 12 globes are more than just eye-catching eco-art. Since its creation in 2007, the exhibit has traveled the world, using the colorful orbs to spread the message of community involvement when it comes to impeding climate change.
Related: Paula Hayes' intriguing 'Gazing Globes' take over Madison Square Park
Governor Andrew Cuomo's office was instrumental in bringing the initiative to NYC. "As we continue to face some of the most severe weather events in our history, we must reduce, mitigate and adapt to the effects of this new normal," said Gov. Cuomo in a statement. "I encourage New Yorkers to visit this exhibition and learn more about what you can do to help combat climate change."
The Cool Globes exhibit will be on display at North End Avenue and Warren Street until Nov. 20th.
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'Cool Globes' eco-spheres bring artful climate change awareness to Battery Park
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If you're walking around Battery Park soon make sure to check out the globe-trotting, eco-conscious art installation, "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet".
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The eco-initiative, created by well-known Chicago environmentalist Wendy Abrams, travels the world in hopes of bringing attention to community and individual participation when it comes to combating climate change.
The eco installation will be on display until November 20th.


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