HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR OF UNIVERSITY RESTAURANT USERS IN NITERÓI COUNTY, RJ, BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.38278Keywords:
Hand Hygiene. Risk behavior. Food Contamination. Food Services.Abstract
The concern with the hygienic-sanitary quality of meals offered in different food services never ceases to exist. The aim of the current study is to evaluate health risk behaviors presented by university restaurant users at the time they serve themselves the meals. The herein adopted methodology was a case study based on the application of a checklist during lunch hour from August to October 2018. The total sample comprised 336 users, among them, students and employees who had their meals in two restaurants of a public university in Niterói County, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The most common issues reported by participants were: not sanitizing one’s hands before serving the food (63.0%); diffuse conversation during the food-serving process (54.8%); using the food-serving utensils to arrange the food on one’s plate (41.9%); and scratching or touching body parts while serving the food (25.9%). Based on these results, users presented health risk behaviors. Therefore, it is necessary adopting educational strategies to help mitigating risks of contamination by pathogens.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.38278
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