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Data for Interventional Role of Training in Changing the Knowledge and Attitudes of Urban Mothers Towards Food Hygiene (A Case Study of Ravansar Township, Kermanshah, Iran) Publisher



Safari Y1 ; Maleki S2 ; Karimyan K3 ; Arfaeinia H4 ; Gupta VK5 ; Yoosefpour N1 ; Shalyari N6 ; Akhlaghi M7 ; Sharfi H8 ; Ziapour A1
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  1. 1. Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Public Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University (ATU), Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
  6. 6. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Health Faculty, Students Research Committee, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
  8. 8. Students Research Committee, School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Source: Data in Brief Published:2018


Abstract

Food hygiene is a key factor at the time of production and distribution of food. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the interventional role of education in changing the knowledge and attitudes of urbane mothers towards food hygiene in Ravansar Township, Kermanshah, Iran. To this end, 200 mothers residing in Ravansar Township were selected using simple random sampling. First, the subjects’ knowledge and attitudes towards food hygiene were evaluated in a pre-test, and then after holding some educational sessions, the two variables were assessed again in a post-test using a researcher-made questionnaire with 72 questions. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire were evaluated using Cronbach's alpha and content validity, respectively. After completing the questionnaires, the results were analyzed using the SPSS Statistical Software Version 21.0, and all tests were at the significance level of α = 0.05. The results of the present study demonstrated that education did not promote the knowledge of married subjects, those whose use of media was average or high, and the ones aged above 20 (P > 0.05). However, the results showed that education had significant effects on other factors (P < 0.05). In addition, it was revealed that the effects of education on promoting the attitudes of individuals aged above 60, those holding academic education and married subjects were not significant (P > 0.05), Nevertheless, the results revealed that education had significant effects on other factors (P < 0.05). Hence, it can be concluded that education plays a major role in changing the knowledge and attitudes of urban mothers towards food hygiene. © 2018 The Authors
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