The effects of food safety education on adolescents' hand hygiene behavior an analysis of stages of change
- Authors
- Kim, Eun Joo; Pai, Andrew J.; Kang, Nam-E; Kim, Woo Kyoung; Kim, Young Soon; Moon, Hyun-Kyung; Ha, Ae Wha
- Issue Date
- 4월-2012
- Publisher
- KOREAN NUTRITION SOC
- Keywords
- Hand-washing; middle school students; behavior; self-efficacy; stages of change
- Citation
- NUTRITION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, v.6, no.2, pp.169 - 174
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- NUTRITION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
- Volume
- 6
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 169
- End Page
- 174
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/108767
- DOI
- 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169
- ISSN
- 1976-1457
- Abstract
- The hand hygiene behavior of 400 middle school students (grades 1-3) in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do was studied to determine how stages of change were affected by food safety education, focusing on hand hygiene and general food safety. Subjects were 51.3% male and 44.3% of study subjects were first graders of middle school. Approximately 40% of subjects were at the stage of action, 42.7% were at the stage of contemplation, and 16.4% were at pre-contemplation. The most important factor that influenced proper hand washing was self efficacy (P < 0.001). Proper hand washing was also correlated significantly with positive belief (P < 0.01) and stages of change (P < 0.01). After food safety education by high-school mentors, middle-school students who were in the stages of pre-contemplation (11.1%) and contemplation (88.9%) showed significant progression toward the action stage (P < 0.001). Proper hand washing (P < 0.01) and food safety knowledge (P < 0.05) were also significantly increased after educational intervention.
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