Evaluation of the Food Sanitation Training Program in Child- Care Centers

탁아기관 급식관계자 대상 위생교육 효과평가

  • Kwak, Tong-Kyung (Department of Food and Nitrition, Yonsei University) ;
  • Cho, Yu-Sean (Department of Food and Nitrition, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Hye-Sang (Department of Food and Nitrition, Andong National University)
  • 곽동경 (연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 조유선 (연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이혜상 (안동대학교 가정대학 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 1994.09.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate food sanitation training program for the improvement of food service operation in day-care centers. Subjects consisted of 55(experimental) and 25(control) foodservice employees and 33(experimental) and 20(control)directors. The results of this study can be summarized as follow: 1. The majority of child care directors(55.0%(control), 46.9%(experimental)) received food sanitation education but 70% of control and 75.7% of experimental group did not conduct any practical sanitation training for employees. 2. The employee's food sanitary practices of control and experimental did not show any significant difference at the pre-test level but only the experimental group showed a significant improvement at the post-test level. 3. The sanitary knowledge of food service employees between two groups did not show any significant difference at the pre-test level, but a significant knowledge improvement was observed at the post-test level such as food poisoning concepts and sanitary equipment maintenance only in experimental group. 4. Dicrectors' sanitary practices affected the employees' sanitary practices but directors' food sanitary knowledge did not have much influence on the employees' knowledge.

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