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- Title
Intestinal Parasitic Worm Infections among Food Handlers in the Canteens of a University.
- Authors
Fitria, Lassie; Susanna, Dewi; Eryando, Tris
- Abstract
This research aims to identify intestinal parasitic worm infections in food handlers and to assess the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of respondents based on the Five Keys to Safer Food manual [21]. The research design isdescriptive analytic and usesthe variables knowledge, attitude, behavior, and intestinal parasitic worm infections. A purposive sampling method was applied to determine the population and sample. The sample consisted of 99 food handlers from 16 locations in the canteens of University X in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. The results showed that four respondents had an intestinal parasitic worm infection: Trichuristrichiura (3 respondents) and Hymenolepis diminuta (1respondent). The assessment of the respondents' knowledge, attitude, and behavior was predominantly in the category 'unsatisfactory': knowledge was rated unsatisfactory for 54% of respondents, attitude was rated unsatisfactory for 46%, and behavior was rated unsatisfactory for 57%. Respondents found to be infected were reported to the management team at the university that carries out follow-up action. It is important to conduct routine inspections related to sanitation, to provide regular hygiene education in all canteens, and to create a certification program to improve the quality of sanitation and hygiene.
- Subjects
INTESTINAL parasites; SCHOOL food; FOOD handling; HYMENOLEPIS diminuta; CHILD nutrition
- Publication
KnE Life Sciences, 2018, Vol 2018, p513
- ISSN
2413-0877
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18502/kls.v4i4.2313