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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2019.10.6.073

Convergence Evaluating Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice regarding Food handler  

Kim, Junghyun (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
Cho, Youngtae (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.10, no.6, 2019 , pp. 73-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to assess the level of food safety knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among 500 Food handlers of hospitals in Korea and to explore the association between their knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) and the socio-demographic characteristics. Self-reported questionnaire contains 50 questions: 15 for knowledge, 15 for attitude, and 20 for practice on food safety. The results showed that the overall mean of the knowledge score is 3.25, attitude 3.65, and practice 3.36 respectively. There was a significant difference between the mean score for knowledge, practice and overall KAP in three aged groups. Also, the overall KAP scores were significantly (p < 0.05) affected by the education level, where the average scores increased with the level of education. Public health preventive education and program should be provided to the food handlers in order to minimize foodborne hazards.
Keywords
Convergence; Knowledge; Attitude; Practices; Food safety; Food handler;
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