中小学食堂从业人员食品安全知识行为调查

Food safety awareness and behaviors among school cafeteria workers in Henan

目的了解豫北地区中小学校食堂从业人员的食品安全知识知晓情况和卫生行为现状,为规范学校食堂管理和提高服务质量提供依据。方法分层随机抽取豫北地区61所中小学校食堂从业人员1 236名,进行现场问卷调查,并当场回收。结果豫北地区中小学食堂从业人员的食品安全知识总体知晓率65.63%,城市学校为69.91%,明显高于农村学校的62.60%(P<0.01)。能保持"不留长指甲、不涂指甲油"和"不用裸手拿取直接入口的食品"行为在城市和农村学校所占比例分别为98.82%,97.65%和95.18%,96.69%;"不将个人衣物及私人物品带入食品处理区"行为的比例较低,城市和农村分别为78.82%,73.83%。结论中小学校食堂从业人员的食品安全知识和行为水平有待进一步提高,尤其应加强农村学校食堂从业人员食品卫生知识培训。

Objective To investigate food safety awareness and behaviours among school cafeteria staffs in Henan for the improvement of supervision and service quality. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 236 school cafeteria staffs chosen through stratified and cluster randomization sampling in 61 elementary and junior schools. Results The awareness rate of food safety was 65.63 %. The awareness rate among urban staff （69.91% ） was significantly higher than that of rural areas （ 62.63% ）. Proportions of staff that kept fingernails short, unpolished, and clean and never touched any food by hands in urban and rural schools were 98.82% , 97.65% , 95.18% and 96.69% , respectively. However, the proportion of staff that never carried personal belongings into food processing areas were quite low both in urban and rural schools （78.28% and 73.83% ）. Conchusion The food safety awareness and related healthy behaviors among school cafeteria staff should be further improved. Meanwhile, the supervision system of school cafeteria should also be strengthened especially those staffs coming from rural areas.