Pilot Educational Intervention to Acquire Good Food Safety Practices at Home in Guayaquil-Ecuador

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Background The relationship of food safety practices with nutritional status and foodborne illness is underestimated at home. The ignorance of adequate and efficient practices of handling and hygiene of food increases this problem. The aim of this pilot study was to design an educational intervention for the inclusion of good food safety practices at home, through the data obtained from a knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey applied to a sample population of Guayaquil city. Methods Eighty-three people (≥ 18 years old), reached by a snowball sampling method, accepted through informed consent to be part of the study. The KAP survey was applied at the beginning of the study and after the educational intervention. The KAP survey included 29 questions about personal information, food safety, personal hygiene, water and sanitation, and educational intervention preferences. During the educational …

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2021

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