Dataset

Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, and Hygiene Practices of Street-Cooked Food Handlers in North Dayi District, Ghana

Food SafetyGhanaNantong University, University of Health and Allied Sciences - Ghana, North Dayi District Health Directorate

Dataset Objective

To identify areas of improvement and potential interventions to enhance food safety

Context

The research is situated in the context of global concerns about food safety, particularly in developing countries. It specifically addresses the challenges and practices of street-cooked food handlers in the North Dayi District, contributing to the understanding of factors influencing food safety in this region.

What is included

Tables: Food safety knowledge of the respondents; Food safety attitude of the respondents; Food safety hygiene practice of the respondents; Association between food safety knowledge, attitude, and hygiene practice and respondent’s socio-demographic characteristics; Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with knowledge and hygiene practices on food safety of the respondents; Pearson correlation between knowledge, attitude, and hygiene practice toward food safety

Collection Methods

Descriptive cross-sectional design, involving 407 street-cooked food handlers in the North Dayi District. Data is collected using the World Health Organization's Five Keys to Safer Food for food handlers and a pretested structured questionnaire