Does Food Safety Knowledge Affect Attitudes and Practices? A Preliminary Study of Turkish Veterinary Students

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dc.authoridUNSAL ADACA, AYTAC/0000-0002-4958-2350
dc.contributor.authorCufaoglu, Gizem
dc.contributor.authorAmbarcioglu, Pinar
dc.contributor.authorAdaca, Aytac Unsal
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:37:47Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:37:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to evaluate effects of the food safety courses that veterinary medicine students take during their education at Kirikkale University, Turkey, on the students' food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices. A questionnaire comprising demographic, knowledge, attitudes, and practices sections was developed, and eight experts performed the clarity test. The questionnaire was pilot-tested by 35 students. The final questionnaire was conducted among Kirikkale University first-year (freshmen) and fifth-year (senior) veterinary medicine students (n = 224). According to logistic regression analysis results, seniors were 2.8 times more likely than freshmen to have high-level knowledge. However, regardless of students' grades, knowledge level was not observed to correlate with students' behaviors. Additionally, no significant relation was found between knowledge level and gender, food safety career plan, or food poisoning experience (p > .05). Conspicuously, students who lived in a village before entering university were 5.3 times more likely to have high-level knowledge than those who lived in a city center. Overall, this study shows that food safety courses in the curriculum lead to an increase in students' level of food safety knowledge. However, although an increase in knowledge level positively influenced food safety attitudes, students had problems putting their knowledge and attitudes into practice. This may be overcome by focusing on practical courses that teach students how to apply learned knowledge in daily life.
dc.identifier.doi10.3138/jvme-2021-0132
dc.identifier.endpage88
dc.identifier.issn0748-321X
dc.identifier.issn1943-7218
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid35073250
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85149179256
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage77
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2021-0132
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/24537
dc.identifier.volume50
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000749547100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniv Toronto Press Inc
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Veterinary Medical Education
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectfood safety; knowledge; attitudes; practices; veterinary students; veterinary education
dc.titleDoes Food Safety Knowledge Affect Attitudes and Practices? A Preliminary Study of Turkish Veterinary Students
dc.typeArticle

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