Exploring food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nursing and medical students: Insights from a cross‐sectional study in Bangladesh

This study focuses on nursing and medical students, assessing their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding food safety. This non‐random cross‐sectional study was conducted between October and December 2022, with 1100 students (721 nursing and 379 medical) completing self‐administered qu...

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Published in:Journal of food safety 2024-02, Vol.44 (1), p.n/a
Main Authors: Roy, Nitai, Mollick, Kakali, Siddiky, Aysha, Aktarujjaman, Md, Hossain, Ekhtear, Islam, Farhadul, Kumar, Manasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Attitudes
Bangladesh
Context
Cooking
Education
Familiarity
Food contamination
Food contamination & poisoning
Food handling
Food poisoning
Food safety
Gender
Hygiene
knowledge
Medical students
Nursing
nursing and medical students
Personal hygiene
Poisoning
practices
Regression analysis
Safety
Students
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Summary:This study focuses on nursing and medical students, assessing their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding food safety. This non‐random cross‐sectional study was conducted between October and December 2022, with 1100 students (721 nursing and 379 medical) completing self‐administered questionnaires. 949 (86.3%) of the respondents were female and 151 (13.7%) were male (mean age 20.90 ± 1.74). Nursing students outperformed medical students in food safety KAP scores (19.45 ± 3.19 vs. 19.13 ± 3.36), (10.61 ± 1.52 vs. 10.27 ± 1.80), and (46.96 ± 6.48 vs. 42.87 ± 6.49), with significant differences in food safety attitudes and practices (p 
ISSN:0149-6085
1745-4565
DOI:10.1111/jfs.13098