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Kim EJ, Pai AJ, Kang NE, et al. The effects of food safety education on adolescents' hand hygiene behavior: an analysis of stages of change. Nutr Res Pract. 2012;6(2):169-74doi: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169.
Kim, E. J., Pai, A. J., Kang, N. E., Kim, W. K., Kim, Y. S., Moon, H. K., & Ha, A. W. (2012). The effects of food safety education on adolescents' hand hygiene behavior: an analysis of stages of change. Nutrition research and practice, 6(2), 169-74. https://doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169
Kim, Eun Joo, et al. "The effects of food safety education on adolescents' hand hygiene behavior: an analysis of stages of change." Nutrition research and practice vol. 6,2 (2012): 169-74. doi: https://doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169
Kim EJ, Pai AJ, Kang NE, Kim WK, Kim YS, Moon HK, Ha AW. The effects of food safety education on adolescents' hand hygiene behavior: an analysis of stages of change. Nutr Res Pract. 2012 Apr;6(2):169-74. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169. Epub 2012 Apr 30. PMID: 22586507; PMCID: PMC3349040.
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Nutr Res Pract. 2012 Apr;6(2):169-74. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169. Epub 2012 Apr 30.

The effects of food safety education on adolescents' hand hygiene behavior: an analysis of stages of change.

Nutrition research and practice

Eun Joo Kim, Andrew J Pai, Nam-E Kang, Woo Kyoung Kim, Young Soon Kim, Hyun-Kyung Moon, Ae Wha Ha

Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Education, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea.

PMID: 22586507 PMCID: PMC3349040 DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.2.169

Abstract

The hand hygiene behavior of 400 middle school students (grades 1-3) in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do was studied to determine how stages of change were affected by food safety education, focusing on hand hygiene and general food safety. Subjects were 51.3% male and 44.3% of study subjects were first graders of middle school. Approximately 40% of subjects were at the stage of action, 42.7% were at the stage of contemplation, and 16.4% were at pre-contemplation. The most important factor that influenced proper hand washing was self efficacy (P < 0.001). Proper hand washing was also correlated significantly with positive belief (P < 0.01) and stages of change (P < 0.01). After food safety education by high-school mentors, middle-school students who were in the stages of pre-contemplation (11.1%) and contemplation (88.9%) showed significant progression toward the action stage (P < 0.001). Proper hand washing (P < 0.01) and food safety knowledge (P < 0.05) were also significantly increased after educational intervention.

Keywords: Hand-washing; behavior; middle school students; self-efficacy; stages of change

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