Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Hygiene and Food Handling of Workers in the Restaurants of Miraflores and Lurigancho-Chosica, 2017

• Autores: Torres Ramírez, Ruth Madelen, Moori Apolinario, Silvia Elida
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/243
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/243
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Knowledge, attitudes, practices.; Conocimiento, actitudes, prácticas.

Objective: Determine the relationship of knowledge, attitudes and practices on hygiene and foodhandling of workers in the restaurants of Miraflores and Lurigancho-Chosica. Methodology: descriptiveand correlational type. The sample consisted of 125 manipulators from Miraflores and 125 fromLurigancho-Chosica; The questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes and practices on hygiene and foodhandling was used. Results: The results showed that in Miraflores and Lurigancho Chosica 70.4% and59.2% had high knowledge about hygiene and food handling, similarly, in both districts, very positiveattitudes about hygiene and food handling were found in 94.4% and 93.6% respectively. In Miraflores,97.6% of handlers present a high level of practices, while in Lurigancho Chosica the proportion is lowerwith 54.4%. Conclusion: it was observed that Miraflores handlers have a higher level of knowledgeand practices on hygiene and food handling that the district of Lurigancho Chosica, despite this resultwas found a very positive attitude about hygiene and food handling in both districts. On the other hand,knowledge and attitudes are correlated to both districts in a significant way.