scholarly journals Do Polish Consumers Take Proper Care of Hygiene while Shopping and Preparing Meals at Home in the Context of Wasting Food?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzena Tomaszewska ◽  
Beata Bilska ◽  
Danuta Kołożyn-Krajewska
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Food Spoilage ◽  
Food Handling ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Thawing Process ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
At Home

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the knowledge and practices of Polish consumers in terms of broadly defined hygiene on food preparation at home. The consequence of improper food handling may be a faster rate of food spoilage. A specially designed questionnaire was used. The study was conducted on a nationwide, random, and representative group of 1115 adult respondents. Segmentation (cluster analysis) of respondents differing in their practice and knowledge of meal preparation and personal hygiene was carried out. Several areas were diagnosed in which the respondents’ knowledge and practice were insufficient, such as storage of food products, inappropriate conduct of the thawing process, and heating of dishes. It was found that the best practice and knowledge of the issues discussed were characteristic of unemployed women over 35 years of age (cluster D). They offen gave answers that were significantly different (p < 0.05) from those given by the other clusters. The most limited knowledge and the worst practices were characteristic of mainly men with elementary and secondary education who are a part of the labor force (cluster E and A). The segmentation provided valuable information which indicates that educational programs on food safety need to be further strengthened.

scholarly journals Nutrition for Travel: From Jet lag To Catering

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shona L. Halson ◽  
Louise M. Burke ◽  
Jeni Pearce
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Light Exposure ◽  
International Travel ◽  
The Body ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Jet Lag ◽  
Group Management ◽  
Food Needs ◽  
Eating Practices

Domestic and international travel represents a regular challenge to high-performance track-and-field athletes, particularly when associated with the pressure of competition or the need to support specialized training (e.g., altitude or heat adaptation). Jet lag is a challenge for transmeridian travelers, while fatigue and alterations to gastrointestinal comfort are associated with many types of long-haul travel. Planning food and fluid intake that is appropriate to the travel itinerary may help to reduce problems. Resynchronization of the body clock is achieved principally through manipulation of zeitgebers, such as light exposure; more investigation of the effects of melatonin, caffeine, and the timing/composition of meals will allow clearer guidelines for their contribution to be prepared. At the destination, the athlete, the team management, and catering providers each play a role in achieving eating practices that support optimal performance and success in achieving the goals of the trip. Although the athlete is ultimately responsible for his or her nutrition plan, best practice by all parties will include pretrip consideration of risks around the quality, quantity, availability, and hygiene standards of the local food supply and the organization of strategies to deal with general travel nutrition challenges as well as issues that are specific to the area or the special needs of the group. Management of buffet-style eating, destination-appropriate protocols around food/water and personal hygiene, and arrangement of special food needs including access to appropriate nutritional support between the traditional “3 meals a day” schedule should be part of the checklist.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practice of Personal Hygiene and Sanitation: A Study in Selected Slums of Dhaka City

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayela Farah ◽  
Mohoshina Karim ◽  
Nasreen Akther ◽  
Meherunnessa Begum ◽  
Nadia Begum
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: : Slum dwellers are likely to be among the most deprived people in urban areas. Poor hygiene practices and inadequate sanitary conditions play major roles in the increased burden of communicable diseases within developing countries like ours.Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice about personal hygiene and environmental sanitation in selected slums of Dhaka city.Materials and method: This cross sectional study was conducted in purposively selected urban slum areas of Moghbazar slum, Bashabo slum and T&T slum of Dhaka city during February 2014 to April 2014. Convenient sampling technique was applied. Semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire was used and face to face interview was conducted. Total 475 subjects, irrespective of age and sex, were included in this study.Results: Out of 475 respondents, more than fifty percent slum dwellers resided in tin shaded room while 21.7% in ‘kacha’ houses. Sixty six percent of the respondents used to drink water from tube-well and 24% used supplied water provided by the city corporation. The study revealed that near 59% of the respondents used sanitary latrine. About 67% slum dwellers regularly practiced hand washing before taking meal and 59.2% respondents used soap after defecation. About fifty percent respondents brushed their teeth regularly with tooth paste. Regarding personal cleanliness, 81% subjects took bath regularly while 78% washed clothes irregularly. A statistically significant relation was found between washing of hands before meal (p=0.001), washing of hands after defecation (p=0.02), tooth brushing (p=0.001), bathing (p=0.009), washing of cloths (p=0.001), use of footwear (p=0.63) with knowledge of personal hygiene of the slum dwellers.Conclusion: Continuous community hygiene education along with adequate access to water supply and sanitation improves hygiene behaviour and policy makers and health care providers should have definite strategy and implementation.Delta Med Col J. Jul 2015; 3(2): 68-73

scholarly journals Pre-conditions and Modern Development of Specialities in Physical Therapy and Ergo-therapy in Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Yevhenij Іmas ◽  
Olena Lazarieva
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
The State ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Skilled Personnel ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Topicality. The crisis situation of the state of Ukrainian population health lifts the level of rehabilitation of patients and persons with disability to the priority national problem. The state of rehabilitation services grant substantially depends on the skilled personnel providing. Research aim: on the basis of analysis of scientifically-methodical literature and normatively legal acts to investigate pre-conditions and modern trends of progress of physical therapy and occupational therapy specialities in Ukraine. Research results. The educational programs of specialists preparation on a physical rehabilitation have many defects, and preparation of specialists on occupational therapy is absent in our country absolutely. In accordance with normative acts physical therapy is the legal successor of physical rehabilitation in our country, but these concepts are not identical. The intensive process of forming of new specialities, criterias of accreditation, educational programs of retraining passes in Ukraine. Conclusions. Change of legal bases in the sphere of preparation and labour of physical therapeutists and ergotherapeutists, design of educational programs in accordance with international standards, is the first step on a way to quality development of these fields of knowledge and practice.

scholarly journals An Investigation Into How Far Do Residents Adopt Measures to Reduce Microbial Hazards During Food Handling

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 06-14
Author(s):  
Rajesh Jeewon ◽  
Seerauj Nouvishika ◽  
Dauharry Kumar ◽  
Ahinsa Jheelan-Ramchandur
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Food Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Food Handling Practices ◽  
The Impact

Foodborne diseases have always been linked to numerous food manufacturing elements and home practices of purchasers and the latter does play a critical role in disease prevention. Consumers have the ultimate responsibility for handling and storing food safely and take adequate safety precautions when preparing and consuming food at home to avoid health related problems associated with microbial hazards. The objectives of this survey were to evaluate current knowledge of consumers pertaining to food hygiene and food safety concepts as well as to assess food handling practices that residents adopt to reduce microbial hazards in the domestic environment. A sample of 300 Mauritian residents were selected to participate in a questionnaire based survey. Questions in the questionnaire were based on hygienic practices with respect to food handling, food safety and personal hygiene. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) was used to analyze the results and Microsoft excel was used to generate pie charts, and bar charts. The results obtained demonstrated that the level of knowledge pertaining to food safety and food hygiene and how to reduce microbial hazards were above average. Majority of the residents were knowledgeable about major aspects related to proper food handling behaviors but need more education pertaining to the use of thermometers to check for food temperature. The nature of the risk, personal and environmental factors (psychological, demographic and socio-economic factors, cultural and economic) were found to be the factors affecting food safety behaviors among consumers. Consumers can become more motivated to improve their behaviors if they are made aware of the impact of risky practices. Although, most consumers had basic knowledge pertaining to food safety, food hygiene and food handling practices, it is important to continually inform consumers about safe food handling practices through various channels.

scholarly journals Survey of diet and meal preparation by Japanese bereaved caregivers for terminal cancer patients followed at home

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-244
Author(s):  
Takuya Shinjo ◽  
Yusuke Stoh ◽  
Akihiro Ishikawa ◽  
Masahiro Goshima ◽  
Masako Sakamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Hand washing knowledge and practice among school going children in Duwakot, Bhaktapur: A cross sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Pratibha Manandhar ◽  
Ram Krishna Chandyo
Keyword(s):  
Private School ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
The Government ◽  
At Home

Background: Diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infection are the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality in Nepal. Proper hand washing techniques help to reduce the incidence of diarrhea and acute respiratory infection in children.Objective: Objective of this study was to identify hand washing knowledge and practice among school children of Duwakot, Bhaktapur.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 340 students of grade V, VI and VII from both the government and private schools of Duwakot, Bhaktapur. Convenient sampling technique was applied in government schools (due to less number of students) whereas students were randomly selected from private school (due to large number).Result: All the students had knowledge about the hand washing technique before meal and after defecation. Almost all (99.4%) students reported that they wash hand before meal and 92.4% students reported that they practiced hand washing after defecation. But, only 8.5% students at school and 47% students at home regularly washed hand with soap and water. However 91.6% students at school and 81% students at home washed hand only by water due to unavailability of soap.Conclusion: Although students had hand washing knowledge; proper hand washing practices was lagging behind.

scholarly journals Not only laboratory to clinic: the translational work of William S. C. Copeman in rheumatology

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Worboys ◽  
Elizabeth Toon
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Abstract Since the arrival of Translational Medicine (TM), as both a term and movement in the late 1990s, it has been associated almost exclusively with attempts to accelerate the “translation” of research-laboratory findings to improve efficacy and outcomes in clinical practice (Krueger et al. in Hist Philos Life Sci 41:57, 2019). This framing privileges one source of change in medicine, that from bench-to-bedside. In this article we dig into the history of translation research to identify and discuss three other types of translational work in medicine that can also reshape ideas, practices, institutions, behaviours, or all of these, to produce transformations in clinical effectiveness. These are: (1) making accessible state-of-the-art knowledge and best practice across the medical profession; (2) remodelling and creating institutions to better develop and make available specialist knowledge and practice; and (3) improving public and patient understandings of disease prevention, symptoms and treatments. We do so by examining the work of William S. C. Copeman, a dominant figure in British rheumatology from the 1930 through the late 1960s. Throughout his long career, Copeman blended approaches to “translation” in order to produce transformative change in clinical medicine, making his work an exemplar of our expanded notion of TM.

Home-Based Educational Programs for Management of Dyspnea: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-217
Author(s):  
Aristides Chorattas ◽  
Evridiki Papastavrou ◽  
Andreas Charalambous ◽  
Christiana Kouta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Home Based ◽  
At Home

Dyspnea or breathlessness is a symptom of a plethora of diseases; despite that its management poses a challenge, it leads to frequent hospitalizations and a poor quality of life. In lung cancer, dyspnea may appear at any time of the disease but mainly during the end-of-life period. This article aims to explore the effectiveness of home-based educational programs for the management of dyspnea. This is a systematic review. The inclusion criteria were studies published between 2000 and 2018, and structured nurse-led home educational programs for the management of dyspnea due to cancer. The search via PUBMED, COCHRANE, EBSCO, and Google Scholar was worldwide for English- and Greek-language articles. The keywords included “education, program, intervention, patient, dyspnea, breathlessness, cancer, home, nurse.” The review was expanded to dyspnea being due to any chronic disease as it gave only one research article for lung cancer. The review identified seven research articles evaluating the effectiveness of various home-based educational programs for dyspnea management due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, and lung cancer. They showed that a structured home-based educational program is of benefit for the patients by improving their dyspnea levels and their quality of life. There is the need to evaluate the benefits of home-based educational programs for cancer patients with dyspnea at home either as part of a symptom alone support program or as part of the general support given to cancer patients at home.

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