PMID: 9183322Jun 1, 1997Paper

Food safety training needs exist for staff and consumers in a variety of community-based homes for people with developmental disabilities

Journal of the American Dietetic Association
A WalterR C Swicker

Abstract

To determine staff and consumer-focused food safety training needs in community-based homes for people with developmental disabilities as well as dietitians' perceptions of food-handling practices in these homes. Direct-care staff and dietitians were surveyed according to a modified Dillman method using a mailed, self-administered questionnaire. Main outcome measures included food-handling knowledge, attitudes, and practices of staff and consumers as reported by staff and dietitians; critical control points in safe food preparation in the homes based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system; and learning preferences of staff and consumers. A 10% probability sample of direct-care staff in homes for people with developmental disabilities in western Massachusetts and a nonprobability sample of dietitians who work with this population were surveyed. Results are reported from 132 and 18 respondents, respectively. Descriptive statistics, chi 2 statistic, and the Fisher's exact test. Staff knowledge of safe food preparation is lacking in several areas, including storage and handling procedures. Although staff and consumers do not always follow safe food-handling practices, the staff reported that they follow recommende...Continue Reading

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May 1, 2007·Journal of the American Dietetic Association·Barbara A AlmanzaDouglas C Nelson
Jul 15, 2003·Journal of Nutrition Education·L MedeirosA Mason
Feb 7, 2008·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·R H RautiainenJ Verbeek
Jun 6, 2009·Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities·Kathleen HumphriesTom Seekins
Sep 25, 2008·Ciência & saúde coletiva·Mariana de Novaes OliveiraJosé Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei

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