

@mastersthesis {6485,
	title = {A mixed-methods approach to evaluate producer knowledge, attitudes and practices towards food safety},
	year = {2010},
	note = {NR67858},
	school = {University of Guelph (Canada)},
	type = {phdPh.{D}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {The knowledge and attitudes towards food safety and reported use of good production practices (GPP) were investigated among dairy, broiler chicken and niche-market producers in Canada. A mailed questionnaire was administered to all dairy producers enrolled in dairy herd improvement organizations in Canada in 2008. The response percentage was 20.9\% (2185/10,474). Respondents who reported completion of a dairy-health management education course were less likely to support the availability of unpasteurized milk for consumers (OR=0.74, 95\% CI: 0.60, 0.92) and more likely to be concerned about antimicrobial resistance (OR=1.37, 95\% CI: 1.11, 1.69). Knowledge gaps were also identified (e.g. zoonotic potential of Brucella ). Latent class analysis identified five groups of producers based on their reported use of GPP: "minimal", "sanitation-only", "employee-visitor hygiene", "typical" and "ideal" users (11.1\%, 23.8\%, 20.2\%, 37.1 \% and 7.7\% of respondents, respectively). Respondents in the "ideal users" group used more GPP and were more likely to have completed an educational course in food safety compared to each other group. Mailed and web-based questionnaires were administered to all broiler chicken producers registered in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec in 2008. The response percentage was 33.2\% (642/1932). Greater than 80\% and 21.1\% of respondents indicated that Salmonella and Campylobacter , respectively, can be transmitted from chicken to humans. Respondents who rated the Safe, Safer, Safest program requirements as effective (70\%) or easy (49\%) to implement were more likely to report the use of five of six highly recommended GPP. A questionnaire was administered and 23 semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with niche-market (i.e. organic and small-scale) producers in Ontario during 2008-2009. In total, 575 questionnaires were collected. Disinfection of food animal drinking water and post-harvest produce wash water was reported by {\textless}40\% of respondents. Primary themes identified in semi-structured interviews included concerns about imported products, suggestions to tailor on-farm food safety programs by farm scale and ensure that they are user-friendly and cost-recoverable, and the importance of producer education and government support. Baseline estimates for the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards food safety were identified, which can be used to support future decision-making regarding food safety programs and education for producers.},
	keywords = {0359:Food Science, 0766:Epidemiology, Biological sciences, Broilers, Dairies, epidemiology, Food safety, Food Science, Good production practices, Health and environmental sciences},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/815779229?accountid=14270},
	author = {Young, Ian}
}
