Citizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications

Objective: Given that positive psychological capital motivates citizens to actively participate in social affairs, this study aims to provide insight into food safety risk management in China by empirically determining which individual characteristics are associated with positive psychological capit...

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Autores principales:	Xiujuan Chen, Ke Qin, Linhai Wu
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	citizen characteristics psychological capital food safety social co-governance analysis of variance post-hoc multiple comparisons Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5c50c0fae50947e0adafd3dfaf39985f2021-11-30T18:19:42ZCitizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.772117https://doaj.org/article/5c50c0fae50947e0adafd3dfaf39985f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.772117/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Objective: Given that positive psychological capital motivates citizens to actively participate in social affairs, this study aims to provide insight into food safety risk management in China by empirically determining which individual characteristics are associated with positive psychological capital for actively participating in social co-governance.Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was undertaken between December 5 and 10, 2020. The study participants were residents of Wuxi in China over the age of 18 years. A validated and pretested questionnaires was used to elicit responses with the participants. Student's t-test and one-way analysis of variance were performed to determine which individual characteristics are significantly correlated with the psychological capital of citizens who participate in co-governance. Post-hoc multiple comparisons were performed for each individual characteristic with a significant correlation to determine which categories of these characteristics yielded the significant differences. Study data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0.Results: A total of 752 completed responses were received. Most respondents were females (52.39%), aged 26–45 (66.09%), married (70.48%), company employees (44.28%), and in good health (89.76%). Most had a household size of 3 (55.98%), a bachelor's degree (40.96%), a personal annual income of more than 100,000 yuan (26.46%), and no children aged under 18 (50.27%) or pregnant women (93.22%) in their households. Data analysis indicated that education, income, and health status significantly associate with the psychological capital of citizens to participate in co-governance. Citizens with high education, high income, and good health status have higher psychological capital to participate in co-governance.Conclusion: The present study suggested citizens are likely to actively participate in food safety social co-governance only when they have at least one of the following three characteristics: (1) higher than average income in their city of residence; (2) a bachelor's degree or higher education; or (3) good health. Therefore, motivating citizens to participate in co-governance is a long-term process in China. The fundamental strategy is to increase the income of citizens, especially among low-income groups, promote education to improve the food safety literacy of the public, and improve sanitation and public health.Xiujuan ChenXiujuan ChenKe QinLinhai WuLinhai WuFrontiers Media S.A.articlecitizen characteristicspsychological capitalfood safety social co-governanceanalysis of variancepost-hoc multiple comparisonsPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	citizen characteristics psychological capital food safety social co-governance analysis of variance post-hoc multiple comparisons Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Xiujuan Chen Xiujuan Chen Ke Qin Linhai Wu Linhai Wu Citizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications
description	Objective: Given that positive psychological capital motivates citizens to actively participate in social affairs, this study aims to provide insight into food safety risk management in China by empirically determining which individual characteristics are associated with positive psychological capital for actively participating in social co-governance.Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was undertaken between December 5 and 10, 2020. The study participants were residents of Wuxi in China over the age of 18 years. A validated and pretested questionnaires was used to elicit responses with the participants. Student's t-test and one-way analysis of variance were performed to determine which individual characteristics are significantly correlated with the psychological capital of citizens who participate in co-governance. Post-hoc multiple comparisons were performed for each individual characteristic with a significant correlation to determine which categories of these characteristics yielded the significant differences. Study data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0.Results: A total of 752 completed responses were received. Most respondents were females (52.39%), aged 26–45 (66.09%), married (70.48%), company employees (44.28%), and in good health (89.76%). Most had a household size of 3 (55.98%), a bachelor's degree (40.96%), a personal annual income of more than 100,000 yuan (26.46%), and no children aged under 18 (50.27%) or pregnant women (93.22%) in their households. Data analysis indicated that education, income, and health status significantly associate with the psychological capital of citizens to participate in co-governance. Citizens with high education, high income, and good health status have higher psychological capital to participate in co-governance.Conclusion: The present study suggested citizens are likely to actively participate in food safety social co-governance only when they have at least one of the following three characteristics: (1) higher than average income in their city of residence; (2) a bachelor's degree or higher education; or (3) good health. Therefore, motivating citizens to participate in co-governance is a long-term process in China. The fundamental strategy is to increase the income of citizens, especially among low-income groups, promote education to improve the food safety literacy of the public, and improve sanitation and public health.
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title	Citizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications
title_short	Citizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications
title_full	Citizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications
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title_sort	citizen characteristics and their participation in food safety social co-governance: public health implications
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Citizen Characteristics and Their Participation in Food Safety Social Co-governance: Public Health Implications

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