41. Myths and fables
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42. Perceptions and attitudes of registered dietitians and parents regarding an industry sponsored nutrition education program targeted at children
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hartman, Terryl (author), Kushi, Lawrence (author), McCarthy, Pam (author), Sardo, Christine (author), and University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07893
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., Partnerships between nutrition educators and industry are an emerging trend in nutrition education. In 1991, the Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) collaborated with McDonald's and CBS to develop 12 Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for children aged 4-10 years. These 55-second nutrition messages, titled "What's On Your Plate," are broadcast during prime viewing time on Saturday morning. While concerns have been expressed about this collaboration, it is not known whither the attitudes and perceptions differ between nutrition professionals and parents of young children regarding the partnership or the resulting program. To examine these views, we conducted six focus groups. Three were with parents of children aged 4-10 tears and three were with Registered Dietitians; all were residents of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN area. After viewing segments of the PSAs, we asked participants about their perceptions of the program, sponsors, and nutrition messages. We also asked about their concerns related to industry sponsorship of nutrition messages and collaboration of SNE with an industry partner. Nutrition educators considering partnerships with industry will benefit by being aware of the differences and similarities of the perceptions and attitudes regarding partnerships of these two groups. These focus group results will be used to direct the development of a questionnaire to quantitatively evaluate differences in perceptions between Registered Dietitians and parents regarding industry sponsored nutrition education.
43. Perceptions of Biotechnology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nishimi, Robyn Y. (author / Project Director, Biological Applications Program, Office of Technology Assessment) and Project Director, Biological Applications Program, Office of Technology Assessment
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1988-06
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03259
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1988. 4 p. paper from the Public Perception Workshop; 1988; Washington D.C.
44. Personality traits of good ACE writers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Marks, Joe (author / Professor, Extension and Agricultural Information, University of Missouri)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07847
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1994. 8 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference, Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA, July 16-20, 1994.
45. Predisposing and enabling factors for adopting healthy diets
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Glanz, Karen (author), Kristal, Alan R. (author), Patterson, Ruth E. (author), and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07878
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., This study examined relationships of common targets of nutrition interventions (predisposing and enabling factors) with current diet and intention to change diet. We analyzed baseline data from the Working Well Study, a randomized trial of health promotion intervention with 114 worksites and 37,291 workers. We constructed scales of predisposing factors (5 items on beliefs, benefits and motivation, alpha=.65) and enabling factors (6 items on barriers, norms and social support, alpha=.59), and examined their relationships with current diet (fat [%en] and fruits and vegetables [F&V, servings per day]) and intention and self-efficacy to improve diet (5 point scales). For predisposing factors, correlations were: .39 with fat; .32 with F&V; .45 with intention to decrease fat; and .41 with self-efficacy to increase F&V (all p<0.001). For enabling factors, corresponding correlations were .27, .23, .25, .24, .24 and .24 (all p<0.001). After control for age, sex, education, marital status and body mass index in multiple regression models, associations of predisposing factors with all diet measures remained significant (change in R-squared=.05-.17), but for enabling factors associations were very small (change in R-squared=.01-.04). These results suggest that predisposing factors strongly affect both current diet and intention to improve diet. Although enabling factors were only weakly associated with diet and intention to change diet, results of the Working Well Study will help determine whether interventions that enhance enabling factors can affect dietary change.
46. Prior experience, perceived usefulness and the Web: Factors influencing adoption of Internet communication tools
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Irani, Tracy (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 111 Document Number: C10707
- Journal Title Details:
- 11 page
- Notes:
- A paper presented to the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists Agricultural Communications Section, Lexington, KY, January 2000
47. Pscho-social determinants of nutrient intake in adults
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Baghurst, Katrine I. (author / CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, PO Box 10041, Gouger Street, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07880
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., A national random survey of some 2000 adults throughout Australia was undertaken to establish the significance of a number of psychosocial factors that have previously been incorporated in a number of health behavior models, but this time in relation to food choice and nutrient profile. The factors assessed included cognitive control, morale, social support, rigidity, self esteem, self efficacy, locus of control, motivation to comply, normative beliefs, cues to action, concerns for health, barriers to change and perceived susceptibility, benefits and severity of outcome. Dietary intake was assessed using an extensive food frequency questionnaire with over 200 foods, including portion sizes and food preparation information. Demographic details were also collected on the respondents. The survey was undertaken using a postal format and had a response rate of 71%. The psycho-social factors were more significant determinants of intake in men than in women. For men, the major factors affecting nutrient profile (intake of fat, fiber, sodium, cholesterol, and refined sugar) were a strong belief in the benefits accruing from dietary change, perceived severity, concerns for health and, to a lesser degree, barriers to change, cues to action and rigidity in relation to food practice. Locus of control, self esteem, social support and morale were not significantly linked to any of the nutrient measures. In men, susceptibility related only to fat intake; normative beliefs, cognitive control and motivation to comply related only to fiber intake and self efficacy related only to sodium intake. For women, perceived benefits and barriers to change were the salient factors with rigidity relating significantly to refined sugar intake only. In women, no other psychosocial factor was significantly linked in univariate analysis. Multivariate and path analysis are currently being undertaken to determine the potential interactions between the variables in the model.
48. Public knowledge and trust perceptions for organizations that communicate about agriculture and natural resources
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Settle, Quisto (author), McCarty, Keelee (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), and Ruth, Taylor K. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08127
- Notes:
- Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) in San Antonio,Texas, February 7-8, 2016. 24 pages.
49. Public opinion of agbiotech in the US and UK: a content analysis approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas (author) and Marks, Leonie A. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1999-08
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23619
- Notes:
- Presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. 15 pages.
50. Public perception of specific food risks
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Frewer, Lynn J. (author) and Miles, Susan (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1998-10-11
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11121
- Notes:
- Society for Risk Analysis - Europe 1998 Annual Meeting, October 11-14, 1998