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PubMed2026

Innovation-related perception as a key driver of alternative protein acceptance: evidence from an early-stage model for cultivated meat and algae-/microalgae-based alternative protein products in Italy.

Alternative proteins are increasingly considered part of the transition toward more sustainable food systems, yet their diffusion depends critically on consumer acceptance. This study investigates the early-stage acceptance of two alternative protein categories in Italy-cultivated meat and algae-/microalgae-based alternative protein products. Focusing on the first three phases of acceptance, the analysis examines how innovation-related perception (IRP) shapes consumer perceived value (CPV), consumer perceived risk (CPR), and subsequent affective (AFF), cognitive (COG), and conative (CON) responses. Data were collected through an online survey administered to 238 Italian respondents and analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show that IRP is the main upstream driver of early-stage acceptance in both product domains: more favourable perceptions strongly increase perceived value and reduce perceived risk. In turn, CPV exerts a much stronger influence than CPR on both affective and cognitive attitudes. A tentative cross-model comparison suggests only a descriptive variation in the final transition toward conative acceptance: affective and cognitive responses were both significant in the two models, with a relatively larger affective coefficient for cultivated meat and more balanced coefficients for algae-/microalgae-based products. Overall, the findings support a process-based interpretation of alternative protein acceptance and highlight the central role of innovation-related perception in shaping early consumer responses. These results provide relevant implications for communication strategies, product positioning, and policy actions aimed at improving the acceptability of alternative proteins in food cultures characterised by strong culinary traditions.

Italy↗
PubMed2026

Branded packaging raises likelihood of cigarette purchasing in an experimental retail setting by increasing craving.

INTRODUCTION: Exposure to branded cigarette packaging in retail settings has been shown to be associated with purchasing behavior, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are unclear. This study tested whether cigarette craving and perceived health harms mediate the effect of branded packaging on cigarette purchasing in a simulated retail environment. METHODS: Young adults aged 21-34 who currently smoke cigarettes (n = 290) completed an experimental shopping task in the RAND StoreLab, a life-sized replica of a convenience store. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) branding present, in which branded cigarette packages were displayed; and (2) branding absent condition, in which branded elements were removed and packages were standardized in a brown-green color and uniform text. Cigarette purchases were recorded, and participants completed post-shopping measures of cigarette craving and perceived health harms. Causal effect decomposition analyses were used to assess whether these variables mediated the effect of study condition on the likelihood of purchasing cigarettes. RESULTS: Craving, but not perceived health harms, partially mediated the effect of branded packaging on cigarette purchasing. Exposure to branded packs increased the likelihood of purchasing by elevating craving (average mediated effect = 2.4%, 95% CI 0.2% - 5.0%, p = .03). CONCLUSIONS: Branded cigarette packaging appears to increase cigarette purchasing at least in part by increasing cigarette craving at point of sale. Interventions that address craving management in retail settings (e.g., just-in-time interventions, prn nicotine replacement therapy) may help mitigate the impact of branding on young adults' cigarette purchasing.

Humans↗
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A follow-up of vasectomy clients in rural Bangladesh.

A one-year follow-up of 585 vasectomy clients sterilized at vasectomy camps in Shibpur and Shalna in rural Bangladesh showed that almost half of the clients were dissatisfied with their vasectomies. The majority of dissatisfied clients stated that their primary reasons for dissatisfaction were: (a) their ability to work had decreased and (b) they had not received all of the incentives they had been promised. However, 58% of the matched nonvasectomized controls also felt that their ability to work had decreased in the last year. Only 2%--7% of the dissatisfied clients cited decreased sexual performance as their primary reason for dissatisfaction. Satisfied vasectomy clients most frequently cited: (a) the permanence of this method of birth control and (b) the incentives they received as their reasons for satisfaction.

Adult↗
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A follow-up of tubectomy clients in Bangladesh.

Five hundred twenty-one tubectomy clients from two health centers and one sterilization camp were interviewed 1-4 years after their tubectomies to determine: (a) demographic characteristics, (b) reasons for selecting tubectomy and (c) long-term satisfaction. Essentially no differences in demographic characteristics or long-term satisfaction were observed between urban and rural clients or by the type of center where the tubectomies were performed. Means ages of the clients were 31-32 years; mean parity was 7. Fifty-four percent of the rural and 85% of the urban patients had used contraceptives before tubectomy. Ninety-five percent or more of the patients stated that they were satisfied with the tubectomy.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Ex-hospital clients evaluate their aftercare experiences.

Seventy-two previously hospitalized clients of an inner-city community clinic, assigned to three treatment groups - medication-only, medication plus individual therapy, and medication plus therapy plus group experiences - evaluated their respective aftercare programs by responding to five questions. As compared with the others, medication-only clients were less inclined to see either the clinic or the medication as preventing rehospitalization, were alone in reporting that the clinic was responsible for preventing rehospitalization to the extent that the medication was effective, and responded to the question of rehospitalization by emphasizing worsening symptoms. Others emphasized therapy failure. Clients agreed with the professionals - aftercare should not be medication alone.

Aftercare↗
PubMed2026

Mealtime satisfaction in public nursing homes: Associations with sensory, foodservice, and dining-room environment factors.

Satisfaction with meals is commonly used to assess how meals are experienced in nursing homes (NH), although limited evidence compares breakfast, lunch, and dinner within a unified analytical framework. This study examined the sensory and contextual factors associated with satisfaction across meals in public NH. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted using structured interviews with 290 residents aged &#x2265;60 years (median 85 years; Q1-Q3: 81-88; 63.1% women) from 19 facilities in Galicia, Spain. Overall satisfaction and 12 factors related to sensory attributes of the food, foodservice characteristics, and dining-room environment were assessed using a 5-point Likert scale. Descriptive analyses used medians and quartiles, and group comparisons were performed using nonparametric tests. Three multivariable linear regression models, one per meal, were estimated including all factors simultaneously. In adjusted models, the largest standardized coefficients were observed for taste (lunch: &#x3b2;&#xa0;=&#xa0;0.366; P&#xa0;<&#xa0;0.001), food temperature at serving (dinner: &#x3b2;&#xa0;=&#xa0;0.319; P&#xa0;<&#xa0;0.001), and menu variety (breakfast: &#x3b2;&#xa0;=&#xa0;0.301; P&#xa0;<&#xa0;0.001). Taste, food temperature at serving, menu variety, and meal schedule showed statistically significant coefficients in all models. Overall satisfaction was lower at dinner (29.0%&#xa0;&#x2265;&#xa0;4) than at breakfast (34.8%) and lunch (34.5%) (P&#xa0;=&#xa0;0.003). Selected dining-room environment factors showed significant coefficients in meal-specific models. Mealtime satisfaction was mainly associated with sensory and contextual factors related to how meals are perceived. Lower satisfaction at dinner suggests this mealtime as a relevant context for understanding variations in meal perception in NH residents.

Humans↗
PubMed1975

Inhalational analgesia in labour: facemask or mouthpiece.

A mouthpiece offered as an alternative to a facemask increased the acceptance of inhalational analgesia during labour from 76% to 96% of 50 patients. 92% of those patients offered a choice of a mask or mouthpiece would use the same device in another labour compared with only 64% of those offered only a facemask.

Anesthesia, Inhalation↗
PubMed1975

Medicine and health: What connection?

In most countries resources for the health services are allocated, increasingly and often overwhelmingly, to hosptial-oriented medical care and drug-dependent therapy. The assumption that community health will thereby be improved remains questionable even in developed countries, and is insupportable in developing countries. Technical advances and specialisation in medical sciences are now counterproductive by pre-empting limited resources and obscuring basic needs. To re-establish proportionality, priority should be accorded to: (a) application of proven preventive procedures for hazards of high prevalence, including excessive population growth; (b) improvements in housing and sanitation; and (c) extension of primary care by medical and other staff specially trained in the early recognition and management of personal complaints and of family and community problems.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1975

Patient's assessment of the result of surgery for peptic ulcer.

The assessment of the result of surgery for peptic ulcer is based on doctor-determined criteria. Failure to distinguish one operation as being better than another may be because these criteria do not include the patient's rating of outcome. A questionnaire based on patients' descriptions of the quality of result has been tested in 63 patients. Preliminary figures show that success in the opinion of the patient does not necessarily mean absence of symptoms, while failure is due more to psychosocial than physical factors. A logical step in the planning of controlled trials is preoperative control of admission to the trial.

Attitude↗
PubMed1975

Medical care of childhood leukaemia.

The medical care given to a population-based sample of children with leukaemia was reviewed between two to three years after diagnosis. Just over half the children had been treated at local hospitals, and the others referred to centres specialising in treatment of leukaemia. Local hospitals could be divided according to the therapeutic regimen used; the survival of children given optimal regimens at local hospitals was equivalent to that of two of the three special centres. Assessment of social, psychological, satisfaction or cost outcomes showed no difference between the groups. It is concluded that a regional policy for childhood leukaemia should be concerned to improve treatment regimens at local hospitals rather than attempt to concentrate care at a few centres.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

A day-surgery programme for children incorporating anaesthetic outpatient clinic.

A day-surgery programme for children incorporating an outpatient anaesthetic assessment clinic was welcomed by parents and general practitioners and resulted in better deployment of hospital resources. It is suggested that the difficulties usually associated with day-case surgery can be reduced by holding an outpatient assessment clinic a few days before operation.

Anesthesia, Inhalation↗
PubMed1976

Evaluation of quality of life in patients receiving treatment for advanced breast cancer.

Linear analogue self-assessment was used to measure the subjective effects of treatment in women with advanced breast cancer. The results show that this technique may be used to monitor the subjective benefit of treatment and to compare the subjective toxicities of different therapeutic regimens. The results also suggest that the subjective toxicity of cytotoxic therapy is not related to the patient's age and diminishes with successive courses of drugs.

Antineoplastic Agents↗