Food Safety Knowledge and Practices of Male Adolescents in West of Iran

Mirzaei, Amin; Nourmoradi, Heshmatollah; Zavareh, Mohammad Sadegh Abedzadeh; Jalilian, Mohsen; Mansourian, Morteza; Mazloomi, Sajad; Mokhtari, Neda; Mokhtari, Fariba

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2018.175

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“…Simultaneously, family members also gave equal credence to both genders, although females are frequently considered better than males in food handling. Recently, males have also been proven to have good knowledge and practices regarding food safety as a result of positive influence by their parents at home (Mirzaei et al, 2018). Family support might boost the confidence of consumers to be more aware of handling the food safely.…”

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The moderating effects of gender and education level on safe food handling intention among consumers in Sibu, Malaysia: based on the Theory of Planned Behavior

Genevie¹,

Fatimah²,

Samuel³

et al. 2019

Food Res.

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The consumers who did not comply with safe food-handling practices also contributed to the occurrence of food contamination. This study adapted the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine the moderating effect of gender and level of education differences that influence the intention of safe food handling at home. A total of 623 consumers based in Sibu, Malaysia completed a questionnaire that measured attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavior control (PBC), and intention. Based on PLS-SEM multi-group analysis (PLS-MGA) by permutation approach, gender demonstrated no moderating effect on the TPB relationships in each state. Meanwhile, the level of education was a significant moderator between PBC and intention. In this relationship, it was indicated that PBC for consumers from lower education group was stronger than their counterparts. These results offered useful information for local authorities or educational institutions to gain a better understanding of consumer behavior towards safe food handling, allowing the authorities to develop intervention accordingly.

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The moderating effects of gender and education level on safe food handling intention among consumers in Sibu, Malaysia: based on the Theory of Planned Behavior

Genevie¹,

Fatimah²,

Samuel³

et al. 2019

Food Res.

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“…The findings showed that the improvement of people's knowledge on COVID-19 can increase their preventive behaviors for the disease. However, often high knowledge alone does not lead to optimal practice [32]. The prevention and control of COVID-19 are desirable when in addition to sufficient knowledge; there should be a favorable attitude toward preventive measures against this disease [33].…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward COVID-19 among a Sample of Iranian General Population

Nourmoradi

Kazembeigi

Kakaei

et al. 2020

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BACKGROUND: The new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly spreading around the world. At present (up to July 11, 2020), 255,117 cases and 12,635 deaths due to this disease have been reported in Iran. Following the guidelines recommended for the prevention and control of the disease is the most important approach to combating this global threat. AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice, and fear of the Iranian people in relation to COVID-19. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of 558 Iranian people who entered the study by convenience sampling method. The knowledge, attitude, practice, and fear of the Iranian general population toward COVID-19 were collected using an online 50-items questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, independent sample T-test, and bivariate Pearson’s correlation were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The studied subjects were mostly in urban area (81.0%), female (61.3%), and married (57.9%). The participants’ knowledge about personal hygiene (88.9%), using a facemask (82.2%), and the symptoms of the COVID-19 (76.8%) were adequate. However, their knowledge about contaminated surfaces disinfection procedure (41.8%), and the importance of using a facemask for healthy people (43.7%) was lower. The highest level of the subjects’ attitude was related to the role of social distancing (94.6%), staying at home (94.5%), and personal hygiene (91.2%). The low levels of attitude were also associated with access to personal protective equipment (84.1%) and the psychological effects of COVID-19 (65.3%). Furthermore, the highest levels of practices were related to avoiding hand shaking with others (91.5%) and washing hands frequently (88.8%). The practices such as following a healthy and nutritious diet (45.1%) and wearing gloves (51.4%) were reported to be less common. CONCLUSION: The results showed that about half of the subjects did not have enough knowledge about COVID-19. However, the attitude and practice of most of the participants toward COVID-19 were moderate or good. Nevertheless, the extensive health education interventions are needed to promote knowledge about COVID-19 and also to motivate people to do preventive behaviors.

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“…Studi menunjukkan bahwa adanya hubungan positif dan signifikan antara pengetahuan dan praktik keamanan pangan (r= 0.122; p= 0.018) (Mirzaei et al 2018). Saat ini penelitian mengenai perubahan pengetahuan dan perilaku keamanan pangan selama pandemi hanya terfokus pada masyarakat secara umum yang mengkaji mengenai kesiapan makan di luar rumah dan layanan pesan antar makanan.…”

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Pengetahuan dan Praktik Keamanan Pangan Ibu di Jakarta Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Minamilail

Nuraida²,

Rahayu³

2022

J. Mutu Pangan

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Many reports revealed that the household is considered as the main contributor for foodborne diseases. Although Covid-19 is not a foodborne diseases, Covid-19 pandemic has forced people to adapt to new habits especially regarding hygiene and sanitaion practices. This may have some implication on behaviour at household level contributing to food safety. The present study aimed to describe food safety knowledge and practices in the households during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study applied an online survey with mothers as respondents and the questionnaire was distributed through social media. Respon-dents were determined purposively with the inclusion criteria: women aged 21-64 years, married, had children, lived or settled in Jakarta for at least one year, and played a role in household food procurement. From the target of 400 respondents, 443 respondents met the requirements for data analysis. The survey results showed that education and income moderately correlated with food safety knowledge and practices. Although more than half of respondents (65.2%) still have inadequate knowledge on food safety and Covid-19, higher number of respondents (71.3%) were considered to have good practices to enhance food safety and prevent Covid-19 infections. During the pandemic there were changes in behaviours as shown by an increase of respondents cooking at home (65.5%) compared to before the pandemic (56.4%) and eating habits in restaurants, which decreased during the pandemic (10.6%) compared to before the pandemic (23.7%). In chosing food source, taste and cleanliness were the main considerations. More than half of the respondents (58.7%) obtained information about COVID-19 and food safety from social media.

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Food Safety Knowledge and Practices of Male Adolescents in West of Iran

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

The moderating effects of gender and education level on safe food handling intention among consumers in Sibu, Malaysia: based on the Theory of Planned Behavior

The moderating effects of gender and education level on safe food handling intention among consumers in Sibu, Malaysia: based on the Theory of Planned Behavior

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward COVID-19 among a Sample of Iranian General Population

Pengetahuan dan Praktik Keamanan Pangan Ibu di Jakarta Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19

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