Assessment of food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among meat handlers in Bishoftu City, Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Challenges Research Funden
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierSiobhan Mor: 0000-0003-0121-2016en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0268en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0002-9637en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTSen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriMEATen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume108en
dc.contributor.authorAbunna, F.en
dc.contributor.authorKaba, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMor, Siobhan M.en
dc.contributor.authorMegersa, B.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-22T21:20:58Zen
dc.date.available2022-11-22T21:20:58Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125573
dc.titleAssessment of food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among meat handlers in Bishoftu City, Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractMeat handlers play a critical role in food safety by preventing contamination of food for human consumption. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken with 391 meat handlers working in abattoirs and retail meat stores in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, to investigate their food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). Data were collected in interviews using a semistructured questionnaire adapted from previous research. An overall score for each topic area was calculated based on the responses to individual questions. Logistic regression was used to assess the independent associations between sociodemographic characteristics and good knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Almost all meat handlers were males (97.2%), and more than half (51.9%) had primary-level education. Most (72.4%) meat handlers had a good knowledge level with a median score of 16 out of 21 (interquartile range [IQR] = 6). Similarly, most (94.6%) meat handlers had a positive attitude toward food safety with a median score 18 out of 20 (IQR = 1). However, most (83.7%) meat handlers had poor food safety practices with median score of 11 out of 20 (IQR = 3). In multivariable models, good knowledge was significantly (P < 0.05) associated with male gender and older age; positive attitudes were associated with lower educational attainment and good knowledge; and good practices were associated with working in an abattoir and having received training on food safety. Regular hands-on training and enforcement of general and personal hygiene is recommended.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-11-21en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAbunna, F., Kaba, M., Mor, S. and Megersa, B. 2023. Assessment of food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among meat handlers in Bishoftu City, Ethiopia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 108(1): 200–205.en
dcterms.extentp. 200-205en
dcterms.issued2023-01-11en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjectanimal productsen
dcterms.subjectmeaten
dcterms.subjectvirologyen
dcterms.subjectinfectious diseasesen
dcterms.subjectparasitologyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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