creators_name: Tang, C.H.,  
creators_name: Fong, U.W.,  
type: article
datestamp: 2009-02-02 17:56:01
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corp_creators: Macao Health Bureau, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Environmental and Food Hygiene Unit 
corp_creators: Macao Health Bureau, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Environmental and Food Hygiene Unit 
title: A Survey of Food Hygiene Knowledge and Attitudes among Chinese Food Handlers in Fong Song Tong District
ispublished: pub
subjects: R
full_text_status: none
keywords: Attitude, chinese food handlers, hygiene, knowledge, Macao
abstract: The purpose of this study was to find out the knowledge and attitudes concerning food hygiene among Chinese food handlers in Fong Song Tong district, and to analyze the impact of variables on the degree of knowledge and attitudes. Face-to-face interviews were conducted within Chinese food handlers in Fong Song Tong district using a self-designed questionnaire, which contained food hygiene knowledge and attitudes. Main knowledge outcome measures included food handling, personal hygiene and legislation issues. Questionnaires were completed by 580 (72.0%) chinese food handlers from 91% premises of the district. 71.2% Chinese food handlers could respond correctly to eight or more out of 11 knowledge questions and 1.4% respondents only achieved full scores of knowledge. Fully correct response of personal hygiene knowledge was statistically and significantly higher than food handling knowledge (p<0.05). 79.0% of respondents showed their need of more food hygiene education. Male respondents, age less than 30, secondary education or above, five years or more of working experience, or who had previously attended a health training within the last two years, generally performed better on the knowledge of food hygiene. Chinese food handlers working in the kitchen and owners' beliefs on 'cleaning the kitchen before getting off duty' was reasonable. Those with secondary education at least, or who had prior participation in a health training within the last two years would need more food hygiene knowledge than the people aged over 30 or who were the owners. It would be more motivated by changing the traditional training model, community-based education in an optimum situation, additional authoritative information, attitudes and intentions of learning on food hygiene.
date: 2004-01
date_type: published
publication: Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
volume: 16
number: 2
publisher: University of Malaya in Association with the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health 
pagerange: 121-125
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1-800-818-7243
official_url: http://aph.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/2/121
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citation: Tang, C.H., and Fong, U.W., (2004) A Survey of Food Hygiene Knowledge and Attitudes among Chinese Food Handlers in Fong Song Tong District. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 16 (2). pp. 121-125. ISSN 1-800-818-7243