I (Don't) want to consume counterfeit medicines: exploratory study on the antecedents of consumer attitudes toward counterfeit medicines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substandard and falsified medicine (SFM) sales (an estimated > $200 billion) has become one of the worlds' fastest growing criminal enterprises. It presents an enormous public health and safety challenge. While the developed world is not precluded from this challenge, studies focus on low-income countries. They emphasize supply chain processes, technological, and legal mechanisms, paying less attention to consumer judgment and decision-making aspects.

Methods

With attention to the demand side of the counterfeit medicines challenge, this survey of U.S. consumers (n = 427) sheds light on some of the social, psychological, and normative factors that underlie consumers' attitudes, risk perceptions, and purchase intentions.

Results

Consumers who (a) self-report

SUBMITTER: Ofori-Parku SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9158175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature