Food shopping and food hygiene related knowledge and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of a developing country
| Autor: | Hussein F. Hassan, Rita Haddad, Hani Dimassi, Rana Awada, Lama Mattar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Food hygiene
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Best practice media_common.quotation_subject Developing country COVID-19 Hygiene Computer-assisted web interviewing TP368-456 Food processing and manufacture Article Shopping Food Environmental health Pandemic Marital status Lebanon Psychology Food Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Italian Journal of Food Safety Italian Journal of Food Safety, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2239-7132 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to assess the level of food hygiene and food shopping knowledge and practices among residents of Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify their socio-demographic determinants. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire composed of 13 questions about demographics, and 25 questions related to knowledge and practices in terms of hand maintenance, mask placing, and food shopping. A total of 1337 participants filled the survey. On average, participants scored 73±15 and 67±17% on food hygiene and knowledge and practices, respectively. In terms of best practices by section, they scored 77±22, 51±42, and 65±23% on hand maintenance, mask placing and shopping, respectively. Hand maintenance best practices score was significantly (p |
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