Consumer support for restrictive policies on unhealthy food and beverage delivery via drones

Victoria Farrar; Leon Booth; Xiaoqi Feng; Jason Thompson; Branislava Godic; Rajith Vidanaarachchi; Simone Pettigrew

doi:10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100193

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Consumer support for restrictive policies on unhealthy food and beverage delivery via drones

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Consumer support for restrictive policies on unhealthy food and beverage delivery via drones

Victoria Farrar, Leon Booth, Xiaoqi Feng, Jason Thompson, Branislava Godic, Rajith Vidanaarachchi and Simone Pettigrew

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.48(6), pp.1-7

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100193

PMID: 39433462

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Abstract

alcohol

delivery

drones

food and beverage

policy

Objective: Drone delivery services are set to increase unhealthy food and alcohol accessibility. The aim of this study was to evaluate public receptiveness to various options for regulating drone food and beverage deliveries and to identify sociodemographic differences in receptiveness. Methods: In total, 1079 adults were surveyed to assess total support and differences in support between population subgroups (e.g. age, sex, location, existing habits) for nine potential drone policies covering curfews, quotas, and product bans. Support was measured on five-point agreement scales, with mean individual policy support (M) and grand mean support calculated for all assessed policies (grand M). Results: There was moderate support for all assessed policies (grand M=3.5), ranging from M=3.2 (drone delivery quotas for shopping centres and dwellings) to M=3.7 (night curfews, airspace quotas). Factors associated with policy support were older age, metropolitan residence and using grocery delivery services. Conclusion: Public support exists for policies designed to restrict drone food and beverage deliveries. Implications for public health: Drone food and beverage delivery policies will likely be supported by the public and could assist in controlling the accessibility of such products for the benefit of population dietary health.

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Title: Consumer support for restrictive policies on unhealthy food and beverage delivery via drones
Authors: Victoria Farrar (Corresponding Author) - The George Institute for Global Health
Leon Booth (Author) - The George Institute for Global Health
Xiaoqi Feng - UNSW Sydney
Jason Thompson - The University of Melbourne
Branislava Godic (Author) - The University of Melbourne
Rajith Vidanaarachchi (Author) - The University of Melbourne
Simone Pettigrew (Author) - The George Institute for Global Health
Publication details: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol.48(6), pp.1-7
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100193
ISSN: 1753-6405
PMID: 39433462
Copyright note: © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Public Health Association of Australia. This is an open access article under the CC BY license(http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Grants: Improving the performance of Australian social insurance schemes, FT220100650, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Harnessing the benefits of autonomous vehicles for health , 2002905, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991184184302621
Output Type: Journal article

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