Trevor Webb

Biographic Data

ID3815973
NAMETrevor Webb
GIVEN NAMESTrevor
FAMILY NAMEWebb
SIGNATUREWEBB T
AFFILIATIONSFlinders University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS16
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Why are people cosmetic skin whitening? A systematic review

    Open AccessSimon Williams, Simon A Williams et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Cosmetic skin whitening is a complex practice influenced by multiple behavioral factors. Findings should be used to inform theory-based interventions designed to reduce the prevalence of cosmetic skin whitening practices

  • Testing delay in an environment of low Covid-19 prevalence

    Open AccessEmma Tonkin, Heath Pillen et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2022

    South Australia has to date (October 2021) been highly successful in maintaining an aggressive suppression strategy for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, continued success of this strategy is dependent on ongoing testing by people with symptoms of COVID-19 to identify, trace and quarantine emergent cases as soon as possible. This study sought to explore community members’ decisions about having COVID-19 testing in an environment o…

  • The health implications of distrust in the food system

    Open AccessEmma Tonkin, Trevor Webb et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The DOTIFS scale is a comprehensive, sociologically- and empirically- informed assessment of consumer trust in food systems that can be self-administered online to large populations and used to measure changes in consumer trust over time. The differences in health-related behaviours between individuals with varying levels of trust warrant further investigation

  • Developing and Maintaining Public Trust During and Post-Covid-19

    Open AccessJulie Henderson, P Ward et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Trust in public health officials and the information they provide is essential for the public uptake of preventative strategies to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. This paper discusses how a model for developing and maintaining trust in public health officials during food safety incidents and scandals might be applied to pandemic management. The model identifies ten strategies to be considered, including: transparency; development of protocol…

  • Expectations and everyday opportunities for building trust in the food system

    Open AccessEmma Tonkin, Julie Henderson et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2020

    Purpose Consumers’ trust in food systems is essential to their functioning and to consumers’ well-being. However, the literature exploring how food safety incidents impact consumer trust is theoretically underdeveloped. This study explores the relationship between consumers’ expectations of the food system and its actors (regulators, food industry and the media) and how these influence trust-related judgements that consumers make during a food sa…

  • A model for (re)building consumer trust in the food system

    Open AccessAnnabelle M Wilson, Annabelle Wilson et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2017

    The article presents a best practice model that can be utilized by food system actors to assist with (re)building trust in the food system, before, during and after a food incident defined as 'any situation within the food supply chain where there is a risk or potential risk of illness or confirmed illness or injury associated with the consumption of a food or foods' (Commonwealth of Australia. National Food Incident Response Protocol. Commonweal…

  • In the interest of food safety

    Open AccessSamantha B Meyer, Annabelle M Wilson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    We provide recommendations (e.g., development of industry advisory boards) to facilitate the (re)building of trusting and communicative relationships between the two parties

  • The process of making trust related judgements through interaction with food labelling

    Open AccessEmma Tonkin, Samantha B Meyer et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2016Cited by: 5References: 8

  • Consumer trust in the Australian food system – The everyday erosive impact of food labelling

    Open AccessEmma Tonkin, Trevor Webb et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Cited by: 3References: 30

  • Managing uncertainty about food risks – Consumer use of food labelling

    Open AccessEmma Tonkin, John Coveney et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Cited by: 4References: 27

  • Media actors’ perceptions of their roles in reporting food incidents

    Open AccessAnnabelle M Wilson, Annabelle Wilson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014Cited by: 2References: 10

  • Trust makers, breakers and brokers

    Open AccessAnnabelle Wilson, John Coveney et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    This study will contribute to the literature about systems-based trust, and explore trust as a social and regulatory process. The protocol and results will be of interest and use to the food industry, food regulators, consumer advocate groups, media seeking to report food-related issues and policy makers concerned with public health and consumer health and well-being. This research represents an important contribution to the translation of the th…

  • Social Capital and Natural Resource Management

    Open AccessTrevor Webb, John CaryARTICLERural Society2005Cited by: 2References: 13

    Social capital has been increasingly recognised as a fundamental ingredient to the success of natural resource management (NRM) within rural and regional communities. Landcare, with its extensive local group structure and community-state partnership, provides a notable case of the importance of social capital to NRM. However identifying processes and practices to enhance social capital have been problematic given the theoretical and empirical amb…