Application of the WHO keys of safer food to improve food handling practices of food vendors in a poor resource community in Ghana
| Autor: | Jonathan Quaye, Moses L. Akyeh, Boniface B. Kayang, Eric S. Donkor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Diarrhea Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Evidence-based practice Resource (biology) Adolescent Food Handling Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine vendors World Health Organization Ghana Article Food Supply Young Adult SAFER Environmental health Disease Transmission Infectious Humans Medicine food safety Marketing Health Education Poverty ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Aged business.industry Impact assessment lcsh:R Commerce Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hygiene Middle Aged Food safety Food packaging Socioeconomic Factors Female Health education Safety business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 6, Iss 11, Pp 2833-2842 (2009) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 6; Issue 11; Pages: 2833-2842 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | Data was collected from food vendors in a poor resource community in Ghana, which showed that the vendors constituted an important source of oro-faecal transmission. Following this, the WHO five keys of safer food were utilized in an evidence based training programme for the vendors to improve their food handling practices. Impact assessment of the food safety training showed that 67.6% of the vendors had acquired some knowledge from the workshop and were putting it into practice. Lack of food safety equipment was a major hinderance to behavioral change among the vendors as far food handling practices are concerned. |
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