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B20002: Getting food safety and food hygiene messages into schools

Monday 26 April 2004

This research project investigates the most appropriate ways of delivering food hygiene and safety messages in schools.

Study Duration : March 2004 to November 2005

Contractor : University of Surrey

Background

One important way of getting hygiene related information into homes is through school based education. Children educated in an effective way whilst at school will, hopefully, become adults who observe good hygiene practices and, as children, might also act as facilitators of good hygiene practices in their home through the messages that they convey to family members.

The research will review and evaluate sources of hygiene related information available to schools at all Key Stages, determine which of these are used and which are most effective in improving hygiene related knowledge and behaviours of pupils at the different Key Stages. It will identify short-comings in the existing provision and practical actions that could be introduced to overcome these. The proposed work will support the Agency's efforts to reduce the incidence of foodborne disease by 20% by 2006.

Research Approach

The project uses a variety of methods to achieve its objectives. These include structured evaluations of resources, in-depth interviews with teachers to discuss their use of resources, questionnaires (or other appropriate instrument depending on the age of the children) to determine children's hygiene related knowledge and self-reported behaviour, and in-depth interviews with children to establish the barriers to good hygiene practices. This study aims to:

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