Knowledge, attitude, and behavior of students regarding 'mad cow disease'
| Autor: | Shirine Allam, Nathalie S. Zananiri, Steve Harakeh, Rema Adel Afifi Soweid, Bouraa Bou Aram, Nabil T. Nassar, Rania Tfaily, Mark Bassim, Ali Hassan Rola, Bissan Harkous, Tarek Nashawi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Environmental Engineering Adolescent education Disease Risk Factors Environmental Chemistry Medicine Animals Humans Lebanon Eating habits Students Waste Management and Disposal Health Education business.industry Data Collection Pollution Encephalopathy Bovine Spongiform Family medicine Cattle Female Spongiform encephalopathy business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | The Science of the total environment. 312(1-3) |
| ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
| Popis: | The aim of the current study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and behavior of students enrolled at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon, towards mad cow disease (MCD). Three hundred and fifty-six students (199 males and 157 females), ranging in age between 17 and 25 years were randomly selected from various majors and were asked to fill out a self-administered questionnaire. It was found that 99.7% of students had heard about MCD and 85.8% knew that the cow is the host for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Seventy five percent reported that animals contract the disease through the consumption of meat and bone meal. Thirty-seven percent wrongly believed that MCD cases were reported in Lebanon and 89% were not satisfied with the measures undertaken by the Lebanese government to curb the disease. Eighty four percent were concerned about the disease and 72% stated having modified their eating habits accordingly. Moreover, students majoring in biology and other health-related majors knew significantly more about MCD compared with students majoring in non-health related majors. A surprising finding was that females were more likely to modify their eating habits than males. Hence, this study provides an insight into the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of AUB students towards MCD. A limitation of this study is that our sample is not representative of all university students in Lebanon. Future surveys should also target students enrolled in other universities in the country. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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