Food handlers' knowledge, attitude, and practices about safe and hygienic food in Egyptian government hospitals

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Lecturer of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

2 Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

3 Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University.

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the food handlers' knowledge, attitude, and practices about safe and hygienic food
in Egyptian government hospitals. Design and sample: Across sectional descriptive study was used. The
study was carried in the governmental hospitals which affiliated to Daqahlia Governorate, Egypt,
involving 542 food handlers. A modified questionnaire for Knowledge, attitude and practice of the food
handlers was used. Results: 57.9 % of the studied participants aged between 18-28 years and 58.3 % are
female, 41% of the studied participants worked as sanitation worker and 45.6 % of them had basic
education. Besides, all demographic parameters of the study participants were statistically significantly
associated with total knowledge, total attitude, and total practice scores. Conclusion: The overall food
handler knowledge, attitude, and practices are less than half of what they should be.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 13, Issue 2
June 2022
Pages 1577-1585

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