The effectiveness of hygiene training for food handlers

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The effectiveness of Food Hygiene training for food handlers was examined in a project carried out in the West Midlands during 1991-93. The study, which was part of an MSc dissertation for the University of Birmingham, assessed the effectiveness of Health Education in changing food handler behaviour. A sample of 20 food premises were assessed before and after staff had completed the Institution of Environmental Health Officers (now the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) Basic Certificate in Food Hygiene. A control group whose staff had received no food hygiene training were assessed concurrently. The assessment procedure used an audit proforma designed to identify changes in behaviour as a result of the improvement in knowledge gained from the IEHO Basic Food Hygiene Course. The procedure resulted in a numerical score which related to the hygiene of the premises. This was used comparatively to determine any changes in standard within the study or between the study group and the control group. The results show no significant difference in the scores of the study group between the first visit (pre-training) and the second visit (post-training) (p >0.05). There was a significant difference between the scores of the study group (first visit) and those of the control group, suggesting a strong volunteer effect ( p.

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