The role of educational intervention in changing knowledge and attitudes of rural homemakers in relation to food safety and hygiene: A case study: Iran (2016)

Background: Food hygiene is one of the fundamental and essential issues in environmental health that should be followed to prevent food-borne illnesses. Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the role of educational intervention in changing knowledge and attitudes of rural homemakers in the city of Bisotun toward food hygiene. Materials and Methods: The first step to conduct the study was designing a survey questionnaire. We selected rural homemakers of the villages of Bisotun as target population for the study and a used random sampling for selecting a hundred of them. All achieved data were analyzed by SPSS and evaluated using independent t-test and ANOVA at a significance level of α = 0.05. Results: There was a significant difference (P