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Han, Dai-In Danny, Sílvia Gabriela Abreu e Silva, Kay Schröder, Frans Melissen, and Mata Haggis-Burridge. "Designing Immersive Sustainable Food Experiences in Augmented Reality: A Consumer Participatory Co-Creation Approach." Foods 11, no. 22 (November 15, 2022): 3646. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11223646.
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In light of the current debate on the impact of our current food system on climate change and related mitigation strategies, addressing the acceptance of sustainability aspects within consumer behavioral issues is of vital importance. However, the field remains mute on how those strategies can be designed and employed effectively to stimulate sustainable food consumption behavior. Immersive narrative design is a promising approach to engaging consumers in this context. Within this study, we shed light on how to create immersive, impactful, interactive narratives in augmented reality (AR) together with consumers. We propose a novel approach to how those stories can be planned, utilizing participatory design methods. Within a step-wise process, we develop the storyboard together with consumers. In the next step, we evaluate multiple approaches with AR application developers on how this storyline can be enhanced in AR considering the perspective of various stakeholders like developers, behavioral scientists, and consumers. Finally, we propose a conceptual framework for how immersive narratives can be designed and validated in a collaborative, multidimensional approach for impactful AR narrative content designs to stimulate sustainable food behavior for consumers.
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Said, Ade Irawan, Ardhini Ramadhani Yusri, Tania Sephia Azzahra Damanik, Atyanti Dyah Prabaswari, and Nurdiyana Sofi. "Redesign of Automatic Vacuum Cleaner with Participatory Approach." SHS Web of Conferences 189 (2024): 01004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202418901004.
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While using automatic vacuum cleaners, users found dissatisfaction namely dust problem, obstacle problem, and narrow space problem. Therefore, the problems in this automatic vacuum cleaner must be fixed so that it can maximize user productivity. The methods that researchers will use to carry out this research include the participatory ergonomic which is a method for translating consumer needs into an optimal and solutive products by gain aspirations from users and stakeholders. The next method is Maynard Operation Sequence Technique which is a predetermined motion time method that aims to determine the standard time for doing work. There are also participatory usability and ergonomics methods that help this research. For the dust problem, researchers have looked for a solution to the problem, namely by adding SLAM and Artificial Intelligence logarithms to the automatic. For the narrow space problem, researchers have designed different nozzles for the automatic to use. For this exact problem, researchers have added a crevice nozzle to the automatic so that the automatic can insert suction in narrow areas such as the back of cupboards. Researchers created this feature so that users no longer need to bother cleaning dust from sofas, tables and other items in the user’s room.
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Purwanegara, Mustika Sufiati, Nita Garnida, and Nurrani Kusumawati. "Stakeholders’ Participatory Framework in Rice Agribusiness." GATR Journal of Business and Economics Review (GATR-JBER) VOL. 5 (4) JAN-MAR. 2021 5, no. 4 (March 13, 2021): 59–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/jber.2021.5.4(6).
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Objective – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ways rice producers work with other stakeholders to maximize business potential of rice agribusiness by identifying problems, suggesting solutions, and developing a stakeholders’ participatory framework as a guideline tool for the implementation. Methodology/Technique – We conducted a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative research, which was structured in accordance with participatory processes. First, we identified rice agribusiness underlying problem from the supply side through interview to the rice producer and retail observation; and from the demand side by assessing consumer preference through focus group discussion followed by survey to 396 respondents using conjoint analysis. Then, we held stakeholders dialogue involving 56 farmers and 17 cooperative employees. Findings – This research identified key stakeholders and the way they participate in 3 areas of rice agribusiness, i.e., rice production, skill and knowledge, and marketing strategy to position the authentic characteristics of Pandan Wangi rice from West Java, Indonesia with Geographical Indication certification as signal of quality for its target market. Novelty – This paper contributes a different approach of stakeholders’ participatory framework by focusing on the specific area of participation in rice category. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: M31, Q13 Keywords: Consumer Preference; Geographical Indication; Participatory Framework; Rice Producer; Stakeholders Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Purwanegara, M.S; Garnida, N; Kusumawati, N. (2021). Stakeholders’ Participatory Framework in Rice Agribusiness, Journal of Business and Economics Review, 5(4) 59–68. https://doi.org/10.35609/jber.2021.5.4(6)
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Saatcioglu, Bige, and Canan Corus. "Towards a Macromarketing and Consumer Culture Theory Intersection: Participatory and Deliberative Methodologies." Journal of Macromarketing 39, no. 1 (August 14, 2018): 9–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0276146718793487.
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This article provides a discussion on the use of an alternative paradigm towards a cross-fertilization of CCT and macromarketing. Researchers at the intersection of CCT and macromarketing can benefit from both research traditions’ relative strength: the deep sociocultural focus of CCT and the structural lens of Macromarketing. To facilitate this dialogue, the authors propose an innovative and inclusive approach to research design and data collection. More specifically, the action research paradigm that is driven by an agenda for an egalitarian participation into the social sphere, a multidimensional wellbeing, and a reflexive social change is introduced. The discussion on an action research-driven research design and methodology also builds upon the key insights of Macromarketing and CCT traditions and offers a detailed framework for researchers who wish to bring an alternative and fresh look into a CCT/Macromarketing alliance.
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Dubost, Nathalie. "Disability and consumption: A state of the art." Recherche et Applications en Marketing (English Edition) 33, no. 2 (April 27, 2018): 75–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2051570718764882.
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This article considers the cultural and social aspects of disability through a critical review of marketing research. Two main issues are explored. First, how do these works portray consumers with disabilities? Two profiles become apparent: the passive consumers who are targeted by the construction of offers that are adapted to their needs and the more active consumers who wish to play an active role within the marketplace. Second, does this academic research process have a participatory approach that includes the involvement of consumers with disabilities? After defining participatory research, we show that a minority of works applied this approach and discuss the methodological problems involved in its use. Possible future research avenues are then raised to improve this approach and thus attain a better understanding of the consumer with disabilities.
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Sheehan, B., P. Yen, O. Velez, D. Nobile-Hernandez, V. Tiase, and R. Lucero. "Identifying Consumer’s Needs of Health Information Technology through an Innovative Participatory Design Approach among English- and Spanish-speaking Urban Older Adults." Applied Clinical Informatics 05, no. 04 (2014): 943–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/aci-2014-07-ra-0058.
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SummaryObjectives: We describe an innovative community-centered participatory design approach, Consumer-centered Participatory Design (C2PD), and the results of applying C2PD to design and develop a web-based fall prevention system.Methods: We conducted focus groups and design sessions with English- and Spanish-speaking community-dwelling older adults. Focus group data were summarized and used to inform the context of the design sessions. Descriptive content analysis methods were used to develop categorical descriptions of design session informant’s needs related to information technology.Results: The C2PD approach enabled the assessment and identification of informant’s needs of health information technology (HIT) that informed the development of a falls prevention system. We learned that our informants needed a system that provides variation in functions/content; differentiates between actionable/non-actionable information/structures; and contains sensory cues that support wide-ranging and complex tasks in a varied, simple, and clear interface to facilitate self-management.Conclusions: The C2PD approach provides community-based organizations, academic researchers, and commercial entities with a systematic theoretically informed approach to develop HIT innovations. Our community-centered participatory design approach focuses on consumer’s technology needs while taking into account core public health functions.Citation: Lucero RJ, Sheehan B, Yen P-Y, Velez O, Nobile-Hernandez DL, Tiase VL. Identifying consumer’s needs of health hnformation technology through an innovative participatory design approach among English-and Spanish-speaking urban older adults. Appl Clin Inf 2014; 5: 943–957http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-07-RA-0058
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Dreyer, Stephan, and Lennart Ziebarth. "Participatory Transparency in Social Media Governance: Combining Two Good Practices." Journal of Information Policy 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 529–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.4.2014.529.
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Abstract Can the Terms of Policies of social media platforms be made more comprehensible, transparent, and consumer-friendly? Dreyer and Ziebarth suggest that “participatory transparency,” based in the community of users, can help overcome contractual complexity and legal jargon while increasing user awareness. They recommend the use of autonomous bodies of third-party users to crowd-source platform-specific suggestions for improvements, and to translate terms and provisions into practical pointers. Implementation may be slow because platform providers may resist this approach, but the authors argue that the process has many benefits for the providers as well.
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Okotto-Okotto, Joseph, Weiyu Yu, Emmah Kwoba, Samuel M. Thumbi, Lorna Grace Okotto, Peggy Wanza, Diogo Trajano Gomes da Silva, and Jim Wright. "A mixed methods study to evaluate participatory mapping for rural water safety planning in western Kenya." PLOS ONE 16, no. 7 (July 28, 2021): e0255286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255286.
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Water safety planning is an approach to ensure safe drinking-water access through comprehensive risk assessment and water supply management from catchment to consumer. However, its uptake remains low in rural areas. Participatory mapping, the process of map creation for resource management by local communities, has yet to be used for rural water safety planning. In this mixed methods study, to evaluate the validity of participatory mapping outputs for rural water safety planning and assess community understanding of water safety, 140 community members in Siaya County, Kenya, attended ten village-level participatory mapping sessions. They mapped drinking-water sources, ranked their safety and mapped potential contamination hazards. Findings were triangulated against a questionnaire survey of 234 households, conducted in parallel. In contrast to source type ranking for international monitoring, workshop participants ranked rainwater’s safety above piped water and identified source types such as broken pipes not explicitly recorded in water source typologies often used for formal monitoring. Participatory mapping also highlighted the overlap between livestock grazing areas and household water sources. These findings were corroborated by the household survey and subsequent participatory meetings. However, comparison with household survey data suggested participatory mapping outputs omitted some water sources and landscape-scale contamination hazards, such as open defecation areas or flood-prone areas. In follow-up visits, participant groups ranked remediation of rainwater harvesting systems as the most acceptable intervention to address hazards. We conclude that participatory mapping can complement other established approaches to rural water safety planning by capturing informally managed source use and facilitating community engagement.
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Effendie, Muhammad Dwi Sakti, and Indira Rachmawati. "Changes in consumer behavior PT. Telkomsel during the COVID-19 pandemic." Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Science 3, no. 3 (December 25, 2023): 226–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.55324/ijoms.v3i3.724.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted consumer behavior in Indonesia, leading to competition between service providers for internet services during work from home policies. Wifi network providers have emerged as an alternative, offering more affordable options, shifting cellular telecommunications shopping activities. This study aims to provide an overview of the transformation of consumer behavior in Malang Raya, focusing on the relationship between consumer knowledge and purchasing decisions. The research used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach, using purposive sampling techniques. Data collection and data sources use in-depth interview techniques and field observations to produce primary data. Secondary data are obtained using documentation techniques. Results showed that large-scale restrictions by the government affected internet use activities at home, with consumers using more WiFi connections than cellular/mobile connections. The study used case studies, interviews, participatory observation, and secondary data collection to analyze the composition of usage between cellular data and WiFi.
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Schober, Daniel J., Ana Carolina Sella, Cristina Fernandez, Celia Ferrel, and Amy L. Yaroch. "Participatory Action Research to Develop Nutrition Education Videos for Child Care Providers." Pedagogy in Health Promotion 2, no. 4 (June 21, 2016): 244–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2373379915627669.
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Child care offers an ideal setting to promote more healthful eating through nutrition education. However, many child care providers lack knowledge about nutrition and receive infrequent nutrition training. Although web-based training shows promise as a way to address this, most current trainings focus on information provision rather than direct skills training that promotes hands-on, experiential learning. The present study describes the development of nutrition education videos using a participatory action research (PAR) approach that has been successful in generating research evidence to address community-based challenges. This approach involves four major phases: (1) external consumer influence, (2) consumer-empowered team, (3) the research process, and (4) provider-valued outcomes. A case report design is used to describe the development of six nutrition education videos for child care providers (e.g., teaching taste, texture, and color; teaching nutritional benefits; teaching portion size). One hundred and fourteen providers, parents, and public health professionals viewed the videos. Results showed that the vast majority found the videos to be helpful or very helpful for instructing adults to teach children about nutrition. The videos were made publically available on a website ( http://TeachKidsNutrition.org ), and as of 1 year of being posted, the website had more than 4,919 visitors across the United States and internationally. Lessons learned throughout this process are discussed. The development of these videos using PAR presents a promising approach to assure that child care providers receive hands-on, experiential learning in nutrition education. Furthermore, this approach may contribute to obesity prevention efforts among child care providers.
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Fasa, Muhammad Iqbal, Syamsul Hilal, and Khavid Normasyhuri. "Strategi Peningkatan Pertumbuhan Bisnis UMKM Provinsi Lampung Dengan Penerapan Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS)." Jurnal SOLMA 12, no. 3 (December 31, 2023): 1557–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.22236/solma.v12i3.13122.
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Background: The development of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) industrial sector requires the collaboration of several stakeholders. Therefore, integrating various stakeholders, including the government, is very necessary for implementing advances in digital payment systems, especially the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) in enc, to encourage community service activities aimed to assist in adopting the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) for MSMEs in Lampung Province to increase business growth. Method: Community Service Approach (PKM) with Participatory Action Research (PAR) method. The service's characteristic is Contextual Action Research (CAR). Participants in this activity are 100 culinary MSMEs in Lampung Province. Results: Increased consumer confidence, increased transaction efficiency, support for business growth, and development of the business ecosystem. Conclusion: By implementing QRIS adoption, MSMEs in Lampung Province can build a better business reputation, increase consumer confidence, and open new market opportunities at the local and national levels.
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f, f., f. f, and f. f. "Analyzing Consumer Engagement in Electronic Waste Products Reverse Logistics: Extending the Planned Behavior Theory." International Academy of Global Business and Trade 19, no. 6 (December 31, 2023): 75–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.20294/jgbt.2023.19.6.75.
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Purpose - This study extends the theory of planned behavior from a consumer perspective to investigate consumer willingness and behavior in electronic waste products reverse logistics, along with the underlying influencing factors.
Design/Methodology/Approach - Based on existing research, this paper has developed a model and hypotheses regarding consumer intentions to participate in electronic waste products reverse logistics and the influencing factors. Subsequently, this study conducted a survey of 355 Chinese consumers aged 20-50 years and used SmartPLS to analyze the relevant data for hypothesis validation.
Findings - Results show that consumers’ green attitudes and green subjective norms have a positive impact on their willingness to participate in electronic waste products reverse logistics. And perceived behavioral control only exerts a positive influence on their participatory behavior. On the other hand, concerns about privacy breaches often hinder their willingness and behavior to participate. Moreover, the findings also indicate that consumers’ willingness to participate positively influences their actual participation behavior.
Research Implications - This study predominantly examines the positive and negative subjective factors influencing consumers’ intentions and behaviors in participating in reverse logistics for electronic waste products. Based on the findings, we suggest fostering consumer awareness of electronic waste through various channels, including social media, and maintaining ongoing promotional campaigns to enhance environmental awareness and consumer engagement. Additionally, relevant firms should bolster consumer privacy protection, while the government should enhance regulatory oversight and introduce incentive policies to encourage businesses to increase investments in information security, thereby boosting consumer confidence in participation.
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Clerino, Paola, and Agnès Fargue-Lelièvre. "Formalizing Objectives and Criteria for Urban Agriculture Sustainability with a Participatory Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 18 (September 11, 2020): 7503. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187503.
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The last few years have seen an exponential development of urban agriculture projects within global North countries, especially professional intra-urban farms which are professional forms of agriculture located within densely settled areas of city. Such projects aim to cope with the challenge of sustainable urban development and today the sustainability of the projects is questioned. To date, no set of criteria has been designed to specifically assess the environmental, social and economic sustainability of these farms at the farm scale. Our study aims to identify sustainability objectives and criteria applicable to professional intra-urban farms. It relies on a participatory approach involving various stakeholders of the French urban agriculture sector comprising an initial focus group, online surveys and interviews. We obtained a set of six objectives related to environmental impacts, link to the city, economic and ethical meaning, food and environmental education, consumer/producer connection and socio-territorial services. In addition, 21 criteria split between agro-environmental, socio-territorial and economic dimensions were identified to reach these objectives. Overall, agro-environmental and socio-territorial criteria were assessed as more important than economic criteria, whereas food production was not mentioned. Differences were identified between urban farmers and decision makers, highlighting that decision makers were more focused on projects’ external sustainability. They also pay attention to the urban farmer agricultural background, suggesting that they rely on urban farmers to ensure the internal sustainability of the farm. Based on our results, indicators could be designed to measure the sustainability criteria identified, and to allow the sustainability assessment of intra-urban farms.
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Meier, Claudia, and Bernadette Oehen. "Consumers’ Valuation of Farmers’ Varieties for Food System Diversity." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (December 12, 2019): 7134. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11247134.
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To increase the diversity in the food system from seed to fork, participatory on-farm breeding schemes have been proposed. For participatory on-farm breeding schemes to be successful, consumers need to be willing to compensate farmers for their efforts in breeding and in diversifying their cultivation. Using vegetables as an example, we investigated whether consumers of four selected European countries liked the idea of having farmers breed their own varieties and whether they would be willing to pay a premium for farmers’ as compared to standard varieties in a supermarket setting. The data was collected in an online survey and a willingness to pay was elicited using a contingent valuation approach. After providing respondents with information about the problem (diversity loss), solution (on-farm breeding), and the benefits of farmers’ varieties, consumers’ acceptance was very high and consumers were willing to pay a small premium. Our findings suggest that farmers’ varieties can be appealing to a wide range of consumers if the appropriate information is provided, as they not only address the increasing demand for more sustainable products but also for more food diversity and tasty products. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine consumer preferences for farmers’ varieties for food system diversity.
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Hackley, Chris, Rungpaka Amy Hackley, and Dina H. Bassiouni. "Implications of the selfie for marketing management practice in the era of celebrity." Marketing Intelligence & Planning 36, no. 1 (February 5, 2018): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mip-07-2017-0124.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of the selfie for marketing management in the era of celebrity. The purpose is to show that the facilitation of the creative performance of consumer identity is a key element of the marketing management task for the media convergence era. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the selfie, the picture of oneself taken by oneself, as a metaphor to develop a conceptual exploration of the nature of marketing in the light of the dominance of celebrity and entertainment in contemporary media and entertainment. Findings The paper suggests that marketing management in the era of convergence should facilitate consumers’ identity projects through participatory and engaging social media initiatives. Marketers must furnish and facilitate not only the props for consumers mediated identity performances, but also the scripts, sets and scenes, plot devices, cinematographic and other visual techniques, costumes, looks, movements, characterizations and narratives. Research limitations/implications This is a conceptual paper that sketches out the beginning of a re-framed, communication-focussed vision of marketing management in the era of media convergence. Practical implications Marketing managers can benefit from thinking about consumer marketing as the stage management of consumer visual, physical, virtual, sensory and psychic environments that enable consumers to actively participate in celebrity culture. Originality/value This paper suggests ways in which marketing practice can emerge from its pre-digital frame to embrace the new digital cultures of consumption.
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Kuhn, Eva, Maham Saleem, Thomas Klein, Charlotte Köhler, Daniela C. Fuhr, Sofiia Lahutina, Anna Minarik, et al. "Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital technologies for global mental health." PLOS Global Public Health 4, no. 2 (February 5, 2024): e0002867. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002867.
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Digital Mental Health Technologies (DMHTs) have the potential to close treatment gaps in settings where mental healthcare is scarce or even inaccessible. For this, DMHTs need to be affordable, evidence-based, justice-oriented, user-friendly, and embedded in a functioning digital infrastructure. This viewpoint discusses areas crucial for future developments of DMHTs. Drawing back on interdisciplinary scholarship, questions of health equity, consumer-, patient- and developer-oriented legislation, and requirements for successful implementation of technologies across the globe are discussed. Economic considerations and policy implications complement these aspects. We discuss the need for cultural adaptation specific to the context of use and point to several benefits as well as pitfalls of DMHTs for research and healthcare provision. Nonetheless, to circumvent technology-driven solutionism, the development and implementation of DMHTs require a holistic, multi-sectoral, and participatory approach.
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Suranto, S., and Much Djunaidi. "Marketing Development Model of Goyor Woven Fabric Increases Consumer Buying Interest in Pandemic Covid-19 Era: Study at Sragen Goyor Industry Center." Jurnal Ilmiah Teknik Industri 20, no. 1 (July 2, 2021): 61–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/jiti.v20i1.13920.
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Goyor woven fabric is a product of the creative industry, a micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) product in weaving. Goyor woven fabric is developed industrial center locations at Kalijambe, Miri, Plupuh, Sragen. Goyor woven fabric, as a result of weaving craft, is a handmade woven fabric through a non-machine loom (ATBM). The study aims to raise the potential of woven fabric products so that woven fabric products (goyor) become attractive to consumers and increase consumer buying interest. The strategy applied to increase sales volume and increase consumer buying interest is through marketing models by marketing mix approaches 9P (products, prices, promotions, distribution, people, physic, process, public relation, and power) to consumer buying interest. This research is beneficial as a marketing development model of market-oriented goyor Woven Fabric. The research objectives are to (a) analyze woven fabric goyor products based preferred by consumers; (b) analyze the market-oriented fabric goyor marketing development model in pandemic era covid 19. The research method uses explanatory sequential methods with a research population of 15 entrepreneurs who understand Kalijambe, Miri, and Plupuh goyor woven fabric products. Data analysis Likert scale using preferences costumers while increasing product marketing uses a participatory approach. The research results showed that goyor fabric product preferred by consumers has the characteristics of using a marketing mix approach as follows: (1) product variables; (2) variable prices; (3) promotion variables; (4) place variables, (5) people, (6) physic, (7) process, (8) public relation and (9) power). The concept of strategy empowerment and market-oriented product marketing empowerment model is said to be feasible and reasonable. It can be used as a marketing development model in increasing interest in buying goyor products in the pandemic era covid 19.
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Purwanegara, Mustika Sufiati, Nita Garnida, and Nurrani Kusumawati. "Developing Stakeholders' Participatory Framework in Rice Agribusiness: The Case of Pandan Wangi Rice from Indonesia." 11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 11, no. 1 (December 9, 2020): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2020.11(131).
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Rice is an important food crop in Indonesia pointing to the fact that majority of 267.7 million of Indonesian people consume rice in daily basis. Among hundreds of rice varieties in Indonesia, Pandan Wangi rice is superior rice cultivar and gains Geographical Indication (GI) certification for its unique characteristics. These attributes largely correspond with previous research finding of rice-eating consumers, which chose special features, quality of rice and certification logo as their rice preference (Sakolwitayanon et al., 2018). Despite the huge potential market and superior quality, the growth of Pandan Wangi rice agribusiness is still low. Previous research identified the need of stakeholder analysis to bring up development of rice agricultural sector (e.g. Spangenberg et al., 2018). However, current stakeholder analysis guideline is considered too general, lack applicability in stakeholder identification and good practice, and need a systematic framework particularly in a complex setting (Wang and Anies, 2019). Karakosta et al. (2017) suggested stakeholders' participatory approach which is capable of providing more accurate result based on key stakeholders' opinion in their specific area of expertise. In particular, Krywkow and Hare (2008) have developed four main phases of participatory processes: first, preparation of problem analysis and stakeholder layer; second, stakeholders' familiarization of problem and planning; third, dialogue among stakeholders to gain more solid information and contribute knowledge; and fourth, gaining response from the participants and validating the results. In view of the above, there is a need to investigate participation of key stakeholders in Pandan Wangi rice value chain as an effort to maximize Pandan Wangi rice business potential. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to develop stakeholder's participatory framework as the guideline tools to solve rice agribusiness growth problem. In particular, we assess preference of rice eating consumers, of which the result will generate input for the framework development and thus, allowing Pandan Wangi rice agribusiness to achieve the expected outcomes. Keywords: consumer preference; geographical indication; participatory framework; rice producer; stakeholders
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Fiala, Clare, and Eleftherios P. Diamandis. "The Outcomes of Scientific Debates Should Be Published: The Arivale Story." Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 5, no. 5 (August 23, 2020): 1070–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaa110.
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Abstract There is an ongoing scientific debate regarding the merits and shortcomings of P4 Medicine (predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory) and O4 Medicine (overtesting, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and overcharging). P4 Medicine promises to revolutionize scientific wellness through longitudinal big data collection, denoted as “dense phenotyping,” which could uncover early, actionable signs of disease, thus allowing earlier interventions and possible disease reversal. On the other hand, O4 Medicine draws attention to the potential side effects of P4 Medicine: overtesting, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and overcharging fees. Preliminary data from the P4 Medicine concept have been recently published. A novel biotechnology company, Arivale, provided customers with services based on P4 Medicine principles; however it could not sustain its operations and closed its doors in April 2019. In this report, we provide our own insights as to why Arivale failed. While we do not discount that in the future, improved testing strategies may provide a path to better health, we suggest that until the evidence is provided, selling of such products to the public, especially through the “direct to consumer” approach, should be discouraged. We hope that our analysis will provide useful information for the burgeoning fields of personalized medicine, preventive medicine, and direct to consumer health testing.
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Hernandez Serrano, Maria Jose, Anita Greenhill, and Gary Graham. "Transforming the news value chain in the social era: a community perspective." Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 20, no. 3 (May 11, 2015): 313–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/scm-05-2014-0147.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework to understand the influence that the social era is having on the value chain of the local news industry. The authors theoretically advance value chain theory by, firstly, considering the influence of community type and age on consumption and, secondly, exploring the role that consumers can play in value-adding activities. The theoretical contribution of this study lies in moving from a transactional approach towards consumer relationships in the value chain towards managing consumers as a source of relational value (e.g. co-creation and integrated perspectives). Design/methodology/approach – The conceptual framework is theoretically positioned in relation to community and digital community practices in the social era. A series of research questions are presented, then these questions are explored drawing on empirical data from the Pew database. The authors then advance the framework further to consider news firm strategy towards its consumers. Fifteen in-depth executive interviews were conducted with local news organizations in the Manchester area of the UK. Findings – The authors illustrate that different types of communities (merging cohorts and locations) are influencing levels of technological and social connectivity within the value chain. The authors also found that the news industry is experimenting with reconfiguring its consumer relations from a purely transactional to a co-created and participatory value-added activity in the social era. In terms of its policy impact, the findings in this paper show that the whole strategic value chain ideology of the news industry needs to change radically; away from its largely transactional (and lack of trust) approach in the ability of consumers to create value in the supply chain (other than to buy a product) and, move towards much greater consumer involvement and participation in value chain processes (creation, production and distribution of news products and services). Originality/value – The change associated with social media and connectivity is changing the way that different community types and consumer groups are now consuming and participating in news content creation. Unlike previous studies, the authors show that there is variance and complexity in the levels of consumer participation by community type/age group. Using the Pew data, the authors contribute to knowledge on the value creation strategy of news firms in the social era, by identifying how communicative, social and communicative logics influence value and co-creation activities in the local news supply chain. Through interviews, the authors advance value co-creation theory from its strategic and marketing origins to operational and supply chain implementation.
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Nastiti, Ari Sita, and Dina Merdeka Citraningrum. "Pengembangan Ekonomi Kreatif Berbasis Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia Melalui Produk Sablon Berdesain Olah Kata Bermuatan Kearifan Lokal Jember." Journal of Community Development 2, no. 1 (June 2, 2021): 10–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.47134/comdev.v2i1.32.
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Screen printing business is one of the businesses that can apply the creative economy based on Indonesian language and literature. Screen printing products with unique word processing designs have the potential to attract consumer interest and can be used as a means to socialize the values of language and literature in them. Especially by adding designs containing local wisdom to the screen printing products. The purpose of this service activity is to help one of the screen printing SMEs (Partners) overcome obstacles in their business. The implementation method used is the lecture method with a participatory learning approach. This activity begins with providing an understanding to Partners about the creative industry based on Indonesian Language and Literature. Followed by discussions with partners to develop a screen printing product with a word processing design that emphasizes Jember local wisdom along with an effective marketing strategy through online media. In addition, it also introduces PSAK EMKM as a guide for Partners in preparing their business financial reports.
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Ergen, Ahu, and Suzan Girginkaya Akdag. "RETHINKING THE SERVICESCAPES OF NEW GENERATION BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM TÜRKIYE." New Design Ideas 8, no. 1 (April 6, 2024): 97–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.62476/ndi.8197.
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Retail banking is evolving from functional touchpoints to experiential touchpoints. The role, purpose, size & format, location and density in retail banking is changing especially with the effect of pandemic and changing consumer expectations. The primary aim of the study is to explore the new role and concept of servicescapes in retail banking with an inclusive and participatory approach. The secondary aim is to find out the ideal servicescape dimensions of a retail banking branch and reposition them. Türkiye İş Bankası (TİB), is the chosen brand due to its dedication to establishing a unique identity through the ages. The data is collected through in-depth interviews with 28 employees and 20 customers. Subsequently, idea-generation workshops and branding sessions were conducted. Finally, customer journey mapping for three target profiles were created. The findings demonstrate the proposed modular approach's flexibility and scalability, enabling customization for various locations, sizes and formats. This ensures a consistent and ideal spatial experience across different branches.
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Hwang, Kyu-Won, Jaekyun Ahn, and Chul-Yong Lee. "Analysis of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Community Solar Business Using Contingent Valuation Method." Sustainability 15, no. 6 (March 12, 2023): 5029. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15065029.
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Electricity production using renewable energy instead of fossil-fuel-based energy sources has been expanding worldwide. Recently, the South Korean government has set a transition from a government and power company-led energy system to a public-participatory energy system as a basic policy direction in terms of power production. It has been actively providing budgetary and institutional support. A comprehensive understanding of the consumer (public)-oriented preferences of potential business participants is crucial for implementing a successful community solar business. This study analyzes the preferences of potential participants in the community solar business from the perspective of policymakers to derive policy implications. We used the contingent valuation method of the stated preference approach targeting potential participants (public) to create a hypothetical market for community solar businesses and measured the value by inducing survey respondents to trade for goods or services. The monthly average willingness-to-pay was estimated to be 25,572 won (USD 21.90), and gender, photovoltaic business experience, and income were the main influencing factors. Based on the results of this study, the preferences of potential consumers in South Korea were analyzed to contribute to the effectiveness of the national energy policy.
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Dickey, Mary Kathryn, Robert John, Helene Carabin, and Xiao-Nong Zhou. "Program Evaluation of a Sanitation Marketing Campaign Among the Bai in China." Social Marketing Quarterly 21, no. 1 (February 4, 2015): 37–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524500415569548.
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This social marketing campaign among the Bai ethnic minority group in Eryuan County, Yunnan, China, documents a community-based intervention to increase household toilet building and use in an effort to reduce cysticercosis. The formative research for the development of the social marketing campaign included the use of door-to-door surveys, a rural participatory assessment tool called the “ten-seed technique,” a baseline human neurocysticercosis study, and focus group discussions. Based on the formative research, a toilet-building campaign was implemented in two intervention villages. The results of this social marketing intervention are contrasted with the results of a traditional “outside-expert” approach conducted by a government agency in the two comparison villages. Although marginally fewer toilets were built in the intervention villages, a post-campaign consumer satisfaction survey revealed that satisfaction with and use of the toilets built using the social marketing approach were much greater. This study is the first to report the use of the social marketing of toilets in China and the first to report the use of the social marketing of household toilets as an intervention to reduce cysticercosis.
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Sacchi, Giovanna, Leonardo Cei, Gianluca Stefani, Ginevra Lombardi, Benedetto Rocchi, Giovanni Belletti, Susanne Padel, et al. "A Multi-Actor Literature Review on Alternative and Sustainable Food Systems for the Promotion of Cereal Biodiversity." Agriculture 8, no. 11 (November 2, 2018): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8110173.
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Organic and low-input food systems are emerging worldwide in answer to the sustainability crisis of the conventional agri-food sector. “Alternative” systems are based on local, decentralized approaches to production and processing, regarding quality and health, and short supply-chains for products with strong local identities. Diversity is deeply embedded in these food systems, from the agrobiodiversity grown in farmers’ fields, which improves resilience and adaptation, to diverse approaches, contexts and actors in food manufacturing and marketing. Diversity thus becomes a cross-sectoral issue which acknowledges consumers’ demand for healthy products. In the framework of the European project “CERERE, CEreal REnaissance in Rural Europe: embedding diversity in organic and low-input food systems”, the paper aims at reviewing recent research on alternative and sustainable food systems by adopting an innovative and participatory multi-actor approach; this has involved ten practitioners and twenty-two researchers from across Europe and a variety of technical backgrounds in the paper and analysis stages. The participatory approach is the main innovation and distinctive feature of this literature review. Partners selected indeed what they perceived as most relevant in order to facilitate a transition towards more sustainable and diversity based cereal systems and food chains. This includes issues related to alternative food networks, formal and informal institutional settings, grass root initiatives, consumer involvement and, finally, knowledge exchange and sustainability. The review provides an overview of recent research that is relevant to CERERE partners as well as to anyone interested in alternative and sustainable food systems. The main objective of this paper was indeed to present a narrative of studies, which can form the foundation for future applied research to promote alternative methods of cereal production in Europe.
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Patel, Minal R., Barbara A. Israel, Peter X. K. Song, Wei Hao, Lindsay TerHaar, Madiha Tariq, and Richard Lichtenstein. "Insuring Good Health: Outcomes and Acceptability of a Participatory Health Insurance Literacy Intervention in Diverse Urban Communities." Health Education & Behavior 46, no. 3 (February 20, 2019): 494–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198119831060.
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Background. The U.S. uninsured rate has dropped significantly since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), yet insurance coverage remains lower in historically marginalized communities than in the overall population. New consumer engagement approaches that involve these populations are needed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Insuring Good Health Intervention, a website and video series designed to improve engagement with health insurance and ACA reforms. The study was designed and implemented using a community-based participatory research approach. Method. We conducted a lagged-control cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate Insuring Good Health with racially and ethnically diverse adults seeking services in medically underserved areas within the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. Outcomes were assessed at baseline and at 6 and 9 months postintervention, and including self-efficacy, knowledge, beliefs, and intention to seek help with insurance navigation and care. Results. Among 243 participants, mean age was 43.4 ( SD = 13) years, and all participants met federal guidelines for poverty. The study had an 86% response rate at 9-month follow-up ( n = 209). Compared with the lagged-control group, intervention participants had more positive beliefs concerning preventive care (estimate 0.51, standard error 0.16; p < .01), and intention to seek help with insurance navigation and care (estimate 0.43, standard error 0.17; p < .001) at 9-month follow-up. Hispanic participants benefitted the most from the intervention, including improved knowledge of health insurance eligibility over 9 months compared with other racial/ethnic groups (estimate −0.97, standard error 0.40, p < .01). Discussion. Insuring Good Health was associated with increased intention to seek help with insurance navigation and care, and improved beliefs around preventive care. Conclusions. Insuring Good Health has the potential to be an important consumer engagement tool to reduce disparities in health insurance coverage and care seeking.
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Muljono, Pudji, Sarwititi Sarwoprasojo Agung, and Mintarti Bachtiar. "Developing Posdaya for Family Empowerment." KOMUNITAS: International Journal of Indonesian Society and Culture 7, no. 1 (May 6, 2015): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/komunitas.v7i1.3334.
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This study aims to explore the role of Posdaya in creating an ideal and harmonious of family. Poverty, changes in consumer lifestyle and weakening of the meaning of family, have the potential to encourage domestic violence and human trafficking. This study used a participatory action research approach (PAR) for the development of family-based model of empowerment throught local institutions of Posdaya. The pilot project was conducted in Posdaya Jaya Kencana, Pabean Udik Village, Indramayu District, Indramayu Regency (fishermen communities) and in Posdaya Eka Mandiri, Cihideung Udik Village, Ciampea District, Bogor Regency, West Java Province (agriculture communities). The results show that Posdaya is potential institution that can be use to develop activities to strengthen the functions of the family. In addition, Posdaya can also serve as a forum for communication in the prevention and treatment of domestic violence.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran Posdaya dalam mewujudkan keluarga yang ideal dan harmonis. Akibat dari kemiskinan, perubahan gaya hidup konsumtif dan melemahnya makna keluarga, hal tersebut berpotensi mendorong KDRT dan human trafficking. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan participatory action research (PAR) untuk pengembangan model pemberdayaan keluarga berbasis kelembagaan lokal Posdaya. Pilot project dilakukan di Posdaya Jaya Kencana, Desa Pabean Udik, Kecamatan Indramayu, Kabupaten Indramayu (komunitas nelayan) dan di Posdaya Eka Mandiri, Desa Cihideung Udik, Kecamatan Ciampea, Kabupaten Bogor, Provinsi Jawa Barat (komunitas pertanian). Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa Posdaya merupakan lembaga yang potensial dikembangkan sebagai wadah koordinasi kegiatan penguatan fungsi-fungsi keluarga. Selain itu, Posdaya juga dapat berfungsi sebagai forum komunikasi dalam upaya pencegahan dan penanganan KDRT.
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Hong, Soonkwan, and Chang-Ho Kim. "Consuming the Korean: memetic kitschization of unorthodox aesthetics in Gangnam Style." Arts and the Market 6, no. 2 (October 3, 2016): 187–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aam-03-2015-0003.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to unpack an Asian-born celebrity culture in which celebrities become everyday necessities for global consumers’ identity struggle, prototypes for global branding strategy, contents for the media industry, and agents for sociocultural transformation. Design/methodology/approach In order to better elucidate such a significant phenomenon, the authors also introduce two mostly palpable and more relevant domains of celebrity culture to global consumer culture literature − politics of aesthetics and memetics − as analytical tools. Observations and publicly available narratives are also incorporated to enhance the review and critique of the global celebrification process. Psy’s Gangnam Style (GS) is chosen as an archetype, due to its exceptionally vulgar but highly replicable nature. Findings The specific case of GS exposes three unique qualities of kitsch − exaggeration, disconcertment, and subversive sensibility − that are substantially commensurate with prototypical characteristics of globalized online memes − ordinariness, flawed masculinity, theatricality, and ludic agency. Polysemy and optimism also facilitate the celebrification process in global participatory culture. Research limitations/implications The “radical intertextuality” of online memes sustains the participatory culture in which kitsch becomes a global icon through a reproductive process. Korean popular culture cultivates reverse cosmopolitanism through a nationalistic self-orientalization strategy that paradoxically indigenizes western pop-culture and transforms power relations in global pop culture. Originality/value This paper presents further elaboration of current discourses on global-celebrity culture by incorporating popular concepts and practices, such as kitsch, meme, parody, and sharing, which synergistically advance aesthetic liberation on a global scale.
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Santoso, Sugeng, Antonius Setyadi, Muhammad Ramadhani Marfatah, Juli Simon Macariola, Jehan Reza Ananda, and Nurahma Sabila. "Increased Addes Value Msmes Through Innovation Management in Entrepreneurship." DIKDIMAS : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat 3, no. 1 (April 30, 2024): 57–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.58723/dikdimas.v3i1.262.
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The existence of a community among MSMEs/creative economy actors is an important thing that needs to be considered in innovation, to meet consumer needs. This Community Service aims to strengthen the capacity of MSMEs in understanding innovation management in entrepreneurship. The scope of PkM is intermediation with MSMEs/creative economy actors for the products/services produced to be accepted by users, understanding, knowledge of creativity and innovation management are needed. The method used uses a qualitative approach through participatory discussions during the implementation of PkM, pre-survey - participatory observation, and interviews with key informants and main informants and supporting informants. The analysis used in this article is qualitative data analysis, namely measuring knowledge of innovation and providing suggestions/input for improvements so that it can be followed up by MSME players. The output of this Community Service is to increase the community's understanding and skills in understanding the creativity and innovation of the products they produce because so far most of them do not have an understanding of innovation management in entrepreneurship. The results of the PkM are that UKM guidance, namely output officials, will follow up on these outcomes and be accompanied by UMB lecturers. The conclusion is that MSME actors in Meruya Selatan Subdistrict do not yet understand the importance of creativity and innovation, including market changes (user) needs, technological developments and innovations that can be used in the business value chain (entrepreneurship) as well as the use of digital in entrepreneurship, especially digital transformation for marketing channels.
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Jo, Kazuhiro, Adam Parkinson, and Atau Tanaka. "Workshopping Participation in Music." Organised Sound 18, no. 3 (November 12, 2013): 282–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355771813000253.
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This paper presents a process-based approach to considering workshops as a route to participation in collective creative musical practice. We evoke the notion of the Music One Participates In, which focuses on a shift from the listener-as-consumer to participant-actor actively engaged in sound perception and production. We look at the range of different methods that make up the term ‘workshop’, as well as emergent relationships between facilitator and participant in creative do-it-yourself activities to frame our discussion of participatory music practice. We then examine the nature of participation across a range of disciplines from social and cognitive science through human computer interaction to radical and contemporary art, and identify possible contradictions in horizontal utopian organisational models. With this conceptual frame as a backdrop, we present four types of workshop that we have conducted across time at different sites with diverse groups of participants. We apply concepts from the participation literature to analyse our music workshops, and attempt to reconcile the potentially diverging agendas of facilitator and participant to arrive at a process-based view of ‘workshopping’.
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Darmawan Setia Budi, Hapsari Kenconojati, Mohammad Faizal Ulkhaq, Muhammad Yusuf Taufiqur Rohman, Shovia Finny Anggraeni, Farahnovita Yuliyanti, Ahmad Alie Fikri, Shierly Zaissiliya Clarissa Lifani, and Hikam Zainul Qolbi. "Humic Acid Aplication in Catfish Farming Using Bucket System in Muncul Fish Farm, Banyuwangi, Indonesia." ABDIMAS: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat 6, no. 4 (October 31, 2023): 4410–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.35568/abdimas.v6i4.3843.
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In Banyuwangi, Indonesia, where the vast potential of natural resources remains largely untapped optimally, the community partnership program (CPP) was introduced to enhance freshwater fish production, with a specific focus on catfish farming in the Muncul fish farm. The region's catfish production, the largest among consumer fish commodities, had been hampered by traditional and semi-intensive methods, limited facilities, disease risks, and uncertain market conditions. To address these challenges, the CPP employed a participatory approach, fostering a close relationship between the community development team and partner groups. Through scientific problem-solving discussions, valuable input from partners, and active participation in decision-making, catfish farmers were empowered. The central innovation of applying humic acid in a bucket fish farming system significantly improved catfish productivity and profitability. As a result, partners gained knowledge and skills in intensive bucket fish farming, substantially increasing their productivity and income. To further expand the benefits of this program, promoting urban farming concepts, especially the bucket fish farming system, should be encouraged to engage more individuals with limited space in small-scale aquaculture for food security and income generation.
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Khusnul Khotimah, Syarifah, Nasruddin Nasruddin, Hanida Aulia Santi, Asse Padly, and Anastasya Rosyida An-Nafi. "Community Empowerment Through the 3R Movement and the Establishment of a Waste Bank in Wirittasi Village." Journal Transnational Universal Studies 1, no. 11 (December 25, 2023): 919–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.58631/jtus.v1i11.70.
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This study examines the implementation of the 3R movement and the establishment of waste banks in an effort to empower the community to create a Zero Waste Wirittasi Village that Cares for the Marine Environment. By applying a participatory approach, villagers are actively involved in program planning and implementation, raising their awareness of the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling waste. The method used in this study is quantitative descriptive method. The establishment of waste banks is at the core of this initiative, providing infrastructure for more structured waste management and empowering communities to manage waste efficiently. Implementation outcomes include a reduction in the amount of waste, changes in consumer behavior, and positive impacts on the marine environment. Nevertheless, challenges such as the sustainability of community participation and infrastructure capacity building are still a concern. The study provides an in-depth look at community empowerment efforts in the context of Zero Waste and provides a basis for the further development of sustainability strategies at local and global levels
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Al-Jawaldeh, Ayoub, Salima Almamary, Lamia Mahmoud, and Lara Nasreddine. "Leveraging the Food System in the Eastern Mediterranean Region for Better Health and Nutrition: A Case Study from Oman." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19 (October 4, 2020): 7250. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197250.
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The adoption of a food system approach is vital for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in achieving the 2030 Agenda. The objective of this paper is to present a case-study from Oman, where a roadmap of context-specific entry points within the food system was proposed, with the overarching aim of fostering healthier diets in the population. A four-staged process was adopted: (1) selection of potential target food groups; (2) assessment of self-sufficiency and sustainability considerations related to the target foods; (3) characterization of challenges, opportunities and potential interventions related to the target food groups and (4) identification of specific entry points within the three elements of the food system (food supply chain; food environment; and consumer behavior). Data collection was based on a review of pertinent literature as well as a participatory approach involving policy makers and stakeholders. Findings showed that fruit, vegetables, fish and foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt are priority targets for intervention. Specific entry points within the food system were identified and a realistic roadmap of activities was outlined. Findings and recommendations presented in this paper may facilitate policy convergence efforts in Oman and serve as a case-study for other EMR countries.
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Dall-Orsoletta, Alaize, Mauricio Uriona-Maldonado, Géremi Dranka, and Paula Ferreira. "review of social dynamics in complex energy systems models." International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management 36 (December 14, 2022): 33–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/ijsepm.7478.
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The problem of techno-economic approaches to evaluating energy transition pathways has been constantly reported in the literature. Existing research recognises the critical role played by social aspects in energy systems models. System dynamics (SD) has been pointed out among modelling techniques as a suitable tool to evaluate the interdisciplinary nature of energy transitions. This paper explores how energy system-related SD models have incorporated social aspects through a literature review. Models were assessed based on their geographical resolution, time horizon, methodological approach, and main themes: supply-demand, energy-economy-environment (3E), energy-transport, water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, and consumer-centric and socio-political dynamics. Social aspects considered include behaviour and lifestyle changes, social acceptance, willingness to participate, socio-economic measures, among others. As expected, the representation of social aspects was not standard among the papers analysed. Socio-economic aspects were most commonly included in supply-demand and 3E models. Energy-transport and WEF models mainly incorporated changes in travel and consumption habits, respectively. The last theme had a more diverse approach to social aspects that deserves further attention, especially for energy access and justice issues. Other research lines include modelling approaches combination, enhanced participatory and transparent processes during model development, and use of SD models in policy-aiding and stakeholders’ information processes.
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Grosu, Oxana. "Predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory medicine (4P): narrative review." Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Medical Sciences 74, no. 3 (February 2023): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.52692/1857-0011.2022.3-74.03.
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4 P medicine is a concept used in healthcare and biomedical research that is based on the principles of prediction, personalization, prevention, and participation. It is increasingly used which has enabled the rapid development of medicine: several forms/types of pathologies have been discovered, for which specific treatments and appropriate prevention strategies have been developed, it has become possible to predict the evolution of health and disease, all these would be useless without the participation of the patient, family, and decision makers.The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the 4 P medicine and its preventive, predictive, personalized, and participatory principles through the lens of clinical practice.Materials and Methods: The database was searched for the keywords “4P medicine”, “personalized medicine”, “participatory medicine”, “systems medicine”. For the term “systems medicine” we obtained 5,257,904 results, in the last 10 years - there were 2,396,921 publications, journal articles - 2.4 million citations, book chapters - 11 thousand, related to medicine - 1.6 million of the references. For the term “precision medicine” 158,239 references appeared, for “personalized medicine” - 91,883 citations and for “participatory medicine” - 17,579 references. Most references were published in English. For the search for “personalized medicine oncology” - 18,209 references appeared, for “personalized medicine neurology” 4,751 references were discovered, in the last 10 years 4,336 of them were published, being journal articles4,300 and 16 book chapters. Most publications talk about the use of the principles of personalized medicine (4P) in demyelinating pathologies, epilepsy, dementia, neuro-oncology, stroke, migraine, neuroimaging, and neurorehabilitation. Results and discussions: 4P medicine is at the intersection of three major trends: the growing ability of systems biology and medicine to decipher the biological complexity of pathologies, the digital revolution that has increased theability to collect, integrate, store, analyze and communicate data and information, and consumer access to information.Conclusion: 4P medicine is a concept used in biomedical research and human health care that was taken from systems biology and systems medicine. It is a form of approach that uses the principles of prevention, prediction, personalization, and participation to transform healthcare from a reactive to a proactive one. The use of the principles of 4P medicine in clinical practice allows the deciphering of forms of the disease, the stratification according to pathophysiological mechanisms, the application of personalized treatment to the patient, respectively more efficiently and with fewer adverse reactions.
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Dinssa, Fekadu Fufa, Ruth Minja, Thomas Kariuki, Omary Mbwambo, Roland Schafleitner, and Peter Hanson. "Gender-disaggregated Farmers Participatory Variety Selection in Amaranth Multilocation Trials in Kenya and Tanzania." HortTechnology 32, no. 3 (June 2022): 288–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech04963-21.
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Amaranths (Amaranthus sp.) are a popular leafy vegetable grown and consumed by resource-poor people in many African countries. Greater awareness of the importance of nutritious foods has increased demand by African consumers for amaranth. Presently, most African farmers grow low-yielding local varieties of variable seed quality. High-yielding amaranth varieties that are adapted to the major agro-ecologies of eastern and southern Africa possess key traits needed by male and female farmers and meet diverse market preferences are required. The objective of this study was to identify amaranth lines adapted to major amaranth production environments in Kenya and Tanzania using a gender-disaggregated farmers participatory approach to explore possible gender differences in trait and variety preferences. Twenty amaranth entries were evaluated for vegetable yield, agronomic traits, and organoleptic taste tests in replicated, farmer-participatory variety selection trials at one location in Kenya and at four locations in Tanzania. Differences among entries (G), locations (E), and G × E interaction were significant or highly significant for marketable vegetable yield. Location followed by entry was the most important factor that explained differences in yield. G and G × E interaction biplot analysis classified the five locations into two different mega-environments, mainly based on altitude, temperatures, and soil characteristics. Marketable vegetable yield was positively correlated with leaf length, plant height, and the selection scores of female and male farmers at almost all locations. Selection scores of female and male farmers were positively correlated, indicating that male and female farmers shared similar amaranth variety preferences. Farmers identified and ranked important traits that can be used by breeders to design amaranth product profiles and develop amaranth breeding objectives. Lines combining high yield with high farmer and consumer preference scores have been retained for distinctiveness, uniformity, and stability tests for possible release as commercial varieties.
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Han, Christina. "Overcoming the Pandemic through Viral Poetry Games: The Phenomenon of Coronavirus-Inspired Digital Acrostic Poetry in South Korea." Connections: A Journal of Language, Media and Culture 2, no. 1 (December 16, 2021): 55–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/connections28.
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Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea in winter 2019, acrostic poems on the three-syllable word “Corona” became viral on major search engines and social media platforms across the country. The composition of acrostic poems, particularly in three lines, has been a popular cultural phenomenon in Korea since the 1980s when it became a participatory literary exercise and game featured on television entertainment shows. The digital revolution in the 2000s allowed the writing and sharing of these short and whimsical poems to expand into various digital platforms. Since 2010, PC and mobile games have been developed to further enhance the ludic approach to acrostic poetry composition and contests. While facilitating individual creativity, and as an interactive and ludic way of community building and branding, acrostic poetry contests have also been used to promote social and political campaigns and consumer products. This paper will investigate poetry games and contests of acrostic poems on the Coronavirus featured on South Korean digital platforms. It will analyze the various games and contests organized by schools, communities, consumer product brands, and social media circles. The poems, composed by children and adults, display a wide range of messages involving self-reflection, social campaign, political criticism, and subversive wordplay. Together, these viral poems and contests promoted values of collaboration, competition, and social exchange during the pandemic. All in all, the paper explores the viral powers of language and language art in the digital world, as well as digital poetry’s connections to networked self, social mobilization, and online activism.
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Boydell, Katherine M., Anne Honey, Helen Glover, Katherine Gill, Barbara Tooth, Francesca Coniglio, Monique Hines, Leonie Dunn, and Justin Newton Scanlan. "Making Lived-Experience Research Accessible: A Design Thinking Approach to Co-Creating Knowledge Translation Resources Based on Evidence." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 17 (September 2, 2021): 9250. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179250.
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Mental health lived-experience research illuminates the perspectives and experiences of people who live with mental illness. However, little is known about how useful people with lived experience of mental illness/distress might find lived-experience research, nor what the best formats are to bring it to their attention. This paper describes the STELLER study (Supporting the Translation into Everyday Life of Lived-Experience Research), which explores the translation of lived-experience research in the lives of people living with mental illness. Our aim was to use a design thinking approach to develop a range of user-friendly formats to disseminate lived-experience research. A staged design thinking approach was used to develop a translation strategy for lived-experience research. We explored empathy via consumer consultation to understand their perspectives on lived-experience research, refined the design aim, research questions and generated ideas with consumers and mental health professionals, identified the evidence based on lived experience-authored journal articles, worked with design students and peer workers to create a suite of resources and developed prototypes tailored to individual settings and clients. Participatory design thinking strategies are essential to identify the best ways to translate evidence-based lived-experience research via accessible, lay-friendly resources targeted to individuals impacted by mental illness. This study is the first to investigate the feasibility and usefulness of bringing the findings of lived-experience research to individuals impacted by mental illness/distress. It provides evidence about a potentially important source of information that can be used to facilitate their recovery.
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Cole, Maria, Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, Simon Driver, Ross Shegog, and Jeffery McLaughlin. "Website Redesign of a 16-Week Exercise Intervention for People With Spinal Cord Injury by Using Participatory Action Research." JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 6, no. 2 (December 17, 2019): e13441. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13441.
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Background People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at higher risk for numerous preventable chronic conditions. Physical activity is a protective factor that can reduce this risk, yet those with SCI encounter barriers to activity and are significantly less likely to be active. Limited evidence supports approaches to promote increased physical activity for those with SCI. Objective Building upon our previous theory- and evidence-based approach to increase participation in regular physical activity for those with SCI, this study aimed to use a participatory action research approach to translate a theory-based intervention to be delivered via the Web to individuals with SCI. Methods A total of 10 individuals with SCI were invited to participate in consumer input meetings to provide the research team with iterative feedback on an initial website designed as a platform for delivering a theory-based exercise intervention. Results A total of 7 individuals with SCI whose average age was 43.6 years (SD 13.4) and lived an average age of 12.5 years (SD 14.9) with SCI met on 2 occasions to provide their feedback of the website platform, both on the initial design and subsequently on the revamped site. Their iterative feedback resulted in redesigning the website content, format, and functionality as well as delivery of the intervention program. Conclusions The substantially redesigned website offers an easier-to-navigate platform for people with SCI with greater functionality that delivers information using a module format with less text, short video segments, and presents more resources. Preliminary testing of the site is the next step.
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Baviera-Puig, Amparo, Mónica García-Melón, María Dolores Ortolá, and Isabel López-Cortés. "Proposal of a New Orange Selection Process Using Sensory Panels and AHP." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7 (March 24, 2021): 3333. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073333.
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Although the consumption of fruits and vegetables is being promoted by different institutions as a key question of public health, their consumption is decreasing and their waste is increasing. To address this situation, we propose to include the consumer’s perception of the quality (from a sensory point of view) of a fruit, in particular Valencian oranges, in the supplier’s selection process by retailers. To do so, we use a combination of consumer and trained sensory panels and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This approach is completely novel in the literature. According to the expert panel, the most important criteria when evaluating the quality of an orange are fruity smell, juiciness, sweetness and acidity. These criteria are related to the freshness and taste of the oranges. Consumers found the methodology proposed useful and easy to develop. The application of the AHP methodology has helped to facilitate a participatory discussion among consumers on the concept of the quality of the oranges. The methodology proposed can help the agrifood sector in different ways up and down the supply chain. Specially, it can contribute to better meet consumer’s demands, increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables and reducing its waste.
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T.R. Saragih, Desni, Deny Anjelus Iyai, Hans Mamboai, Dwi Nurhayati, Maria Arim, Stepanus Pakage, and Ted Suruan. "Interaction effects of pig farming systems with educational level on performances of pig production systems in Manokwari District, West Papua-Indonesia." Bulletin of Applied Animal Research 3, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 32–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.36423/baar.v3i1.487.
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The aim of this research was to characterize pig farming system performances tethered under different agro-ecological zones in Papua. The field study was done in Manokwari regency and involved six districts, i.e. Nothern Manokwari district, Eastern Manokari District, Western Manokwari district, Warmare district, Prafi district and Masni district. Respondents chosen were guided by local extensionists, originated from 15 villages. Participatory situation analysis (PSA) was employed to approach pig farmers by using questionnaire. Pig body weights of piglets and growers were weighed except for mature pigs, body lengths and hearth girths were measured using tape. Herd number, number of piglets, adult pigs were recorded. A one-way analysis of variances was used. All data were entered in Excel and analyzed using SPPS version 10.0.. The findings shown that interaction between education and keeping systems occur on work hours and ages. Effect of education is significant on experience, location, and ethnic. In keeping systems, effect is real on experience, work hours, location, and ethnic. Interaction do not significant exist in number of pigs including see middle man, visited consumer, litter size, number of farrowing and income sources.
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Iyai, D. A., M. Sagrim, S. Pakage, and A. G. Murwanto. "The Roles of Additive Effect between Swine Keeping Systems and Agro-Ecological Zones in Production and Socioeconomic Traits." Jurnal Sain Peternakan Indonesia 15, no. 3 (September 29, 2020): 242–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.31186/jspi.id.15.3.242-250.
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The aim of this research was to characterize swine farming system performances tethered under different agro-ecological zones in Papua. The field study was done in Manokwari regency and involved six districts, i.e. Nothern Manokwari district, Eastern Manokari District, Western Manokwari district, Warmare district, Prafi district and Masni district. Respondents chosen were guided by local extensions, originated from 15 villages. Participatory situation analysis (PSA) was employed to approach swine farmers by using questionnaire. Swine body weights of swinelets and growers were weighed except for mature swine, body lengths and hearth girths were measured using tape. Herd number, number of swinelets, adult swine were recorded. A one-way analysis of variances was used. All data were entered in Excel and analyzed using SPPS version 10.0.. The findings shown that interaction between education and keeping systems occur on work hours and ages. Effect of education is significant on experience, location, and ethnic. In keeping systems, effect is real on experience, work hours, location, and ethnic. Interaction do not significant exist in number of swine including see middle man, visited consumer, litter size, number of farrowing and income sources.
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Fadhilah, F., Y. Gagarin, A. Abdullah, L. Suhairi, and Y. H. Hamid. "Study of ethnobotany as herbal plant in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1183, no. 1 (May 1, 2023): 012088. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1183/1/012088.
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Abstract Plants in Aceh Besar District are used as medicine, food and other consumer goods. Efforts to disseminate knowledge and use of medicinal plants are things that need to be done. One of the jobs that must be done before spreading the use of medicinal plants is by introducing them to the community. The purpose of the study was to determine the species of medicinal plants based on the parts of the plant organs used by the community and to determine the utilization and use of medicinal plants by the people of Aceh Besar district. Exploratory survey data collection methods and Participatory Rural Appraisal methods. Analysis of the data obtained was carried out descriptively with a quantitative approach. The results showed that the most widely used plant parts were the leaves and shoots (20.7%), while the plant organs that were the least utilized by the community were the bark and tubers (5.7%). The people of Aceh Besar District use medicinal plants by boiling, mashing, eating, squeezing, smearing, burning and slicing before serving. The people of Aceh Besar Regency are included in the community group that uses medicinal plants on a family scale.
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Heuninckx, Shary, Cathy Macharis, Geert te Boveldt, and Thierry Coosemans. "Evaluating the Potential of MAMCA as a Framework for Stakeholder Engagement during the Setup of Energy Communities." Energies 16, no. 10 (May 9, 2023): 3978. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16103978.
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The current energy transition is characterized by a high level of consumer and prosumer involvement. Energy communities (ECs) are instruments that fit into this trend, as they organize the collective and mainly citizen-driven exchange of clean energy. Most stakeholder engagement research for ECs focuses on one aspect such as awareness raising or deployment acceptance. Hitherto, no specific research has been conducted on a participatory approach that can be applied throughout all the phases of an EC setup and for different purposes. In our study, we determine how the Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria analysis (MAMCA) methodology can be used as an engagement tool for this purpose. By linking potential engagement goals and their connected tools and techniques to the corresponding MAMCA step, we have created a multi-layered practical framework that can be used by all types of EC initiators for stakeholder engagement throughout the setup of a new EC. As this practical tool stimulates solutions that cater better to stakeholder needs, it can contribute to smoother deployment and an associated increase in ECs in the general system. A theoretical evaluation and a performed case study demonstrate the utility of the methodology that is developed in this paper.
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Said, Ade Irawan, Nurdiyana Sofi, Ardhini Ramadhani Yusri, Tania Sephia Azzahra Damanik, and Chancard Basumerda. "Re-Design Sistem Parkir Berbasis Internet of Things Melalui Pendekatan Ergonomic Partisipatory." SHS Web of Conferences 189 (2024): 01002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202418901002.
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The interesting idea of a Smart City can be realized by developing conventional things into more effective and efficient innovations with the Internet of Things (IoT). Parking is one of the most crucial needs in the most city in Indonesia. The large number of vehicles, inefficient parking systems, and about existing parking system in Indonesia. This research aims to redesign an ergonomic, modern and solution parking system to effectively reduce parking problems in Indonesia. VOC was obtained through a questionnaire distributed to parking lot users at FTI UII and Pakuwon Mall to determine consumer needs as an initial database for data processing using the QFD and HOQ methods. Then Usability testing was carried out on the UI prototype of the proposed parking application which had been designed as material for evaluating and developing a parking system based on 3 ISO attributes. Next, the results of the iteration based on the previous method are repeated to achieve optimal product design through an ergonomic participatory FGD approach with stake holders and ergonomic experts. The final iteration results were agreed as a proposed parking system to answer the problems and challenges of the Smart City concept.
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Džinić, Jasmina, Mária Murray Svidroňová, and Ewa Markowska-Bzducha. "Participatory Budgeting: A Comparative Study of Croatia, Poland and Slovakia." NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 9, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 31–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nispa-2016-0002.
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Abstract The New Public Management movement regards citizens as customers and, accordingly, focuses on the quality of services provided by public-sector organizations. Since this approach negatively affected democratic values, there has been a shift of the focus from consumer satisfaction and quality of services to quality of governance. The latter implies the improvement of the relationship between government and citizens as active members of the community. Over the last twenty years, participatory budgeting (PB) has become a popular form of co-production intended to improve the quality of local governance. The aim of the article is to provide a comparative analysis of the use and role of PB in Croatia, Poland and Slovakia and to identify the models of PB used in selected countries. In order to compare the case studies of municipalities in selected countries, a qualitative analysis has been used and the classification of PB models applied. Most analyzed local units use the “Porto Alegre adapted for Europe” model, but the “Consultation on public finances”, “Representation of Organized Interest” and “Proximity participation” models are also represented. The main findings are that PB indeed enables better allocation of public sources according to citizens’ needs (various public services were delivered following the trend of social innovation and co-creation), but the problem lies in the low amount assigned for PB from public budgets and the relatively low interest of citizens to participate in the PB processes. PB might also bring certain risks linked with its implementation, e.g. misuse of the idea for political reasons or additional costs of projects delivered in the PB process.
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Colecraft, Esi K., A. Lartey, G. S. Maequis, O. Sakyi-Dawson, L. M. Butler, B. Ahunu, M. B. Reddy, HH Jensen, E. Huff-Lonergan, and E. Canacoo. "Planning, design and implementation of the enhancing child nutrition through animal source food management (ENAM) project." African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 12, no. 49 (March 1, 2012): 5687–708. http://dx.doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.49.enam2.
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The Global-Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program’s (GL-CRSP) Child Nutrition Project, a controlled feeding trial in rural Kenya, demonstrated the importance of Animal Source Foods (ASF) for children’s micronutrient status and cognitive development. These findings prompted research efforts to understand the constraints to ASF in children’s diets in Africa so as to design targeted interventions to improve the ASF quality of children’s diets. The Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Management (ENAM) project (2004-2009) emanated from participatory formative research that identified six principal constraints to the inclusion of Animal Source Foods (ASF) in children’s diets in Ghana, including low income of caregivers, poor producer-consumer linkages, inadequate nutrition knowledge and skills of extension staff and caregivers, cultural beliefs, and inequitable household food distribution. To address these constraints, the ENAM project undertook a multidisciplinary community development, research and capacity building initiative with the goal of augmenting caregivers’ access to and use of ASF in children’s diets. Participatory processes were used to implement an integrated microcredit, entrepreneurship and nutrition education intervention with 181 caregivers of children 2- to5-years old in six rural communities across three agro-ecological zones (Guinea Savannah, Forest-Savannah Transitional and Coastal Savannah) of Ghana. Six matched communities from the same ecological zones served as comparison sites. Quantitative methods that included surveys, child anthropometry, and dietary assessment as well as qualitative case studies were used to assess the effect of the intervention on household, caregiver and child outcomes of interest. This paper presents the key features of the planning, design and implementation of the community intervention and the research processes undertaken to assess the project’s impacts. The ENAM project model presents a unique approach for addressing caregivers’ income and knowledge barriers to improve child nutrition in rural Ghana and may be a promising intervention model for scale-up in Ghana and other African countries.
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Dekel-Dachs, Ofer, and Emily Moorlock. "Visual mapping of identity: negotiating ethnic identity." European Journal of Marketing 54, no. 11 (May 25, 2020): 2747–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-02-2019-0143.
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Purpose This paper aims to offer a novel participatory visual research method, the mapping of identity (MOI) protocol that embraces the complex nature of contemporary consumers’ lived reality. Design/methodology/approach The MOI protocol is a two-phase methodology. The first phase includes collage creation, based on a taxonomy of attachments, followed by an elicitation interview structured around the participant’s collage. In phase two, the categories elicited in phase one are synthesised into key themes in collaboration between the researcher and the participant. Findings MOI methodology provides an effective platform for participants to bring together disjointed memories, fragments and thoughts. Two individual cases are presented that seem similar on the surface; however, when deconstructing these narratives, their lived experiences and the effect that these narratives have on the construction of the self are very different. Treating participants as co-researchers and letting the choices they make in their collage creation lead the interview empowers the participant and enables the researcher to better understand their complex identity articulations. Research limitations/implications This study contributes a visual methodology capable of exploring and celebrating the complexities of self-identity. Practical implications MOI is a useful tool for facilitating self-exploration in liquid markets. Marketing experts should provide materials that are not too confining and facilitate consumers in expressing multiple voices. Social implications The participatory nature of MOI methodology allows for the emergence of stories from those that might otherwise go unheard, helping to understand unfamiliar and sometimes unrecognised identities. Originality/value Marketing literature recognises the complex nature of contemporary lived reality; however, some of the intricate aspects of this reality have not been dealt with in all their complexity. A reason for this gap is the paucity of suitable research methods. The MOI protocol presented in this paper addresses this, providing an effective visual tool to explore the complex web of contemporary consumer life.
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Wahlen, Stefan, Hilje van der Horst, and Roosje Pothoff. "How convenient!? Adolescents’ vistas on food competences in a convenience context." British Food Journal 118, no. 11 (November 7, 2016): 2828–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-12-2015-0479.
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Purpose Adolescents are at a stage in their life course in which they increasingly become choosers, buyers and preparers of food. Hence, they develop and employ required competences. Current food-related competences of adolescents are shaped in an environment with an abundance of convenience foods. Simultaneously food education has been limited in many western countries. The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize how young practitioners engage with the notion of convenience in a context with a strong presence of convenience foods. Design/methodology/approach Empirical data for this paper have been collected in a Dutch high school context following a participatory approach in focus group discussions. Data have been gathered from different food-related exercises within a classroom context. Findings The findings indicate that adolescents’ food competences and meanings are heavily shaped by the abundant presence of convenience foods. Adolescents perceive a nuanced picture of a skilful consumer that incorporates convenience foods in ways that minimize time efforts, preserves some preparatory tasks for fun cooking and has knowledge about health effects of fatty and salty foods. Originality/value The investigation takes a novel look on convenience food consumption from a practice perspective scrutinizing competences through the lens of adolescent practitioners. The authors make a plea for tapping into the potential of research on children and adolescents as novice performers of practices to understand how practices are shaped and changed and how practices recruit new practitioners.
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Middleton, James W., Mohit Arora, K. Anne Sinnott Jerram, John Bourke, Melissa McCormick, Dimity O’Leary, Gerard Weber, Tony Lembke, and Ashley Craig. "Co-design of the Spinal Cord Injury Health Maintenance Tool to Support Self-Management: A Mixed-Methods Approach." Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 30, no. 1 (February 1, 2024): 59–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00042.
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Background: There is a lack of consumer-friendly tools to empower and support people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) to self-manage complex health needs in community. This article describes the co-design process of the new SCI Health Maintenance Tool (SCI-HMT). Methods: Co-design of the SCI-HMT using a mixed-methods approach included a rapid review, e-Delphi surveys with range of multidisciplinary health care professionals (n = 62), interviews of participants with SCI (n = 18) and general practitioners (n = 4), focus groups (n = 3 with 7, 4, and 4 participants with SCI, respectively), design workshops with stakeholders (n = 11, 8), and end-user testing (n = 41). Results: The SCI-HMT (healthmaintenancetool.com) was developed based on participatory research with data synthesis from multiple sources. Five priority health maintenance issues for bladder, bowel, skin, pain, and autonomic dysreflexia were originally covered. Best practice recommendations, red flag conditions, referrals, and clinical pathways were agreed on through an e-Delphi technique. Qualitative analysis identified six broad key concepts for self-management, including early symptom recognition, role of SCI peers, knowledge sharing with primary care, general practitioners as gatekeepers, and shared decision-making and highlighted a need to place much stronger emphasis on mental health and well-being. Design workshops and end-user testing provided key insights about user experience, functionality, and content for the SCI-HMT. Conclusion: The co-design process engaging end users, including people with SCI and general practitioners, enabled a shared understanding of the problem and identification of important needs and how to meet them. Informed by this process, the SCI-HMT is a freely accessible resource supporting SCI self-management, shared decision-making, and early problem identification.