Knowledge, attitude and behavior of dairy food hygiene in health care providers of Urmia city
Journal of Behdasht dar Arseh (i.e., Health in the Field),
Vol. 9 No. 2 (1400),
19 February 2022
,
Page 12-20
https://doi.org/10.22037/jhf.v9i2.36493
Abstract
Background and Aims: Paying attention to dairy food hygiene is very important and prevents the common diseases between humans and animals. Due to the fact that health care providers are a model of health in the community, this study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and behavior of dairy foods hygiene among health care providers.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 300 health care providers working in health centers of Urmia in 2020 were selected by census method and entered the study. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire including three parts: demographic characteristics, dairy consumption status questionnaire, knowledge, attitude and behavior questionnaire. Optional participation in the study, the confidentiality of information and obtaining permission and code of ethics from the research committee were among the ethical considerations of the research. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 software using analysis of variance, Tukey and Pearson correlation tests.
Results: The mean and standard deviation of age of health care providers was 36.76 ±7.61. The results showed that most health care providers had good knowledge (51.7%), moderate attitude (50.4%) and good behavior (45.2%) toward dairy food hygiene. On the other hand, a significant correlation was observed between knowledge, attitude and behavior of dairy foods hygiene (p<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, educational interventions in accordance with the educational content of dairy food hygiene should be performed to increase and sustain the knowledge, attitude and behavior of health care providers.
- Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, Dairy Foods, Health Providers, Urmia
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