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Comparative study of the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks in the Volta region

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dc.contributor.author Segbedzi, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-06T14:05:31Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-06T14:05:31Z
dc.date.issued 2016-12
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/4587
dc.description A Dissertation in the Department of HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM EDUCATION, Faculty of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba, and in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of the Master of Technology (Catering and Hospitality) degree. en_US
dc.description.abstract The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene. To this effect the aim of the study was to evaluate the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks. The objectives of the study is to evaluate the hygienic knowledge level of food vendors at the lorry parks, assess the level of hygienic practices among food vendors at the lorry parks and determine the ways of improving the hygienic knowledge and practices of food vendors at the lorry parks. A descriptive crosssectional study was used to evaluate the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks. Two hundred and sixty (260) food vendors were randomly selected for the study, comprising one hundred and thirty (130) food vendors at Ho market (Urban) and one hundred and thirty (130) food vendors at Sogakope (Rural) lorry parks in the Volta Region. A self-designed structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 260 food vendors. Data collected through various methods were inputted, processed and analysed by using IBM SPSS-20.0 Statistics. The study found that majority of urban (72.0%) food vendors have knowledge on how to store leftover food to avoid food poisoning as compared to the rural (32.6%) food vendors. The study affirmed that 15.2% of the urban and 4.1% of the rural food vendors ensure proper food hygienic practices by washing utensil in hot water. Based on this it was concluded the urban food vendors demonstrated good knowledge on hygienic than rural food vendors, but low in hygienic practices. It was recommended that safety and hygienic inspectors at Ho municipality should advice the vendors on using hot water for utensils and hand-washing. Regular inspections should be carried out in order to improve the knowledge level and hygienic practices of the food vendors and funding on Environmental Health activities. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education, Winneba. en_US
dc.subject Comparative study en_US
dc.subject Hygienic knowledge en_US
dc.subject Food vendors en_US
dc.subject Lorry parks en_US
dc.title Comparative study of the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks in the Volta region en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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