Factors affecting food handling Practices among food handlers of Dangila town food and drink establishments, North West Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Daniel Haile Chercos¹  Kassahun Alemu Gelaye¹  Ayehu Gashe Tessema¹ 

[1] Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

关键词: Working environment;    Food handler;    Food handling practices;    Personal hygiene;    Knowledge of food hygiene;   

Others  :  1129662
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-571

 received in 2014-04-14, accepted in 2014-05-30,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Food borne diseases are major health problems in developed and developing countries including Ethiopia. The problem is more noticeable in developing countries due to prevailing poor food handling and sanitation practices, inadequate food safety laws, weak regulatory systems, lack of financial resources to invest on safer equipments, and lack of education for food handlers.

Methods

The objective of this study was to assess food handling practice and associated factors among food handlers working in food and drinking establishments of Dangila town, North West Ethiopia. Cross-sectional quantitative study design was conducted among 406 food handlers working in 105 food and drink establishments from July to August 2013 in Dangila town. Data were collected using face to face interview with pretested structured questionnaire and physical observation.

Result

The mean age of the respondents was 22.7 ± 4.2 years of which 62.8% of the food handlers were females. Two hundred thirteen (52.5%) of food handlers had good food handling practices. Marital status (AOR = 7.52, 95% CI, 1.45-38.97), monthly income (AOR = 0.395, 95% CI, 0.25-0.62), knowledge about food handling (AOR = 1.69, 95% CI, 1.05-2.73), existence of shower facility (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI, 1.12-3.21) and separate dressing room (AOR = 1.97, 95% CI, 1.11-3.49) were found to be significantly associated with good food handling Practices.

Conclusion

Above half of food handlers had good food handling practices. Marital status, monthly income, knowledge status, existence of shower facility, existence of separate dressing room and presence of insect and rodent were factors associated with food handling Practices.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Tessema et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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