Knowledge, attitude and practices among parents regarding food poisoning: a cross-sectional study from Palestine
| Autor: | Samah W. Al-Jabi, Ruba Salameh, Waleed M. Sweileh, Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Kathem Imran, Jawad Shalabi, Nawras Radwany, Labib Sharif, Rahmat Awang, Lina Ayaseh, Zain Sa’dalden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Employment Male Parents Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Palestine medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Food safety Foodborne Diseases Middle East 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Interquartile range Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Epidemiology Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Child Children Food poisoning business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Incidence (epidemiology) Public health Food Services Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hygiene lcsh:RA1-1270 Arabs Cross-Sectional Studies Social Class Female Health education Biostatistics business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-019-6955-2 |
| Popis: | Background Food serves as a vehicle for many pathogenic and toxigenic agents that cause food-borne diseases. Knowledge, attitude, and practices are key factors in reducing the incidence of food-borne diseases in food service areas. The main objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and practices related to food poisoning among parents of children in Nablus, Palestine. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in primary healthcare centers in Nablus district from May to July 2015. Data were collected using structured questionnaire interviews with parents to collect information on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices, alongside sociodemographic characteristics. Results Four-hundred and twelve parents were interviewed, 92.7% were mothers. The median knowledge score was 12.0 with an interquartile range (IQR) of 11.0–14.0. The median attitude score was 11.0 with IQR of 10.0–13.0, while the median practice score was 18.0 with IQR of 16.0–19.0. Significant modest positive correlations were found between respondents’ knowledge and attitude scores regarding food poisoning (r = 0.24, p |
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