Food handlers' knowledge, attitude, and practices about safe and hygienic food in Egyptian government hospitals | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 111, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 1577-1585 PDF (461.85 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.246620 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ateya megahed Ibrahim* 1; Dena Eltabey Sobeh2; Fatma El-emam Hafez3 | ||
| 1Lecturer of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: to evaluate the food handlers' knowledge, attitude, and practices about safe and hygienic food in Egyptian government hospitals. Design and sample: Across sectional descriptive study was used. The study was carried in the governmental hospitals which affiliated to Daqahlia Governorate, Egypt, involving 542 food handlers. A modified questionnaire for Knowledge, attitude and practice of the food handlers was used. Results: 57.9 % of the studied participants aged between 18-28 years and 58.3 % are female, 41% of the studied participants worked as sanitation worker and 45.6 % of them had basic education. Besides, all demographic parameters of the study participants were statistically significantly associated with total knowledge, total attitude, and total practice scores. Conclusion: The overall food handler knowledge, attitude, and practices are less than half of what they should be. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Attitude; food handlers; hygiene; Knowledge; Practice; Egypt | ||
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