KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY

The role and importance of food safety on health protection and human health and preventing disease is well known. This study aimed to evaluate the students ' knowledge and attitudes of Kermanshah University of medical sciences students in the field of food hygiene and safety. This cross-sectional study using a valid and reliable self-report questionnaire among 338 students from the Kermanshah University of medical sciences that selected through random sampling. Designed questionnaire included in questions on personal information and knowledge of hygiene and food safety. Obtained results analyzed by SPSS-16 software. The results showed that 46% of the students had good, 48% moderate and only six percent had poor knowledge on health and food safety. Knowledge and attitude about safety and food hygiene scores not significant correlation with any of the parameters including in age, education, gender, and school (P> 0.05) but between knowledge levels were significant correlation with sex and school (p <0.05), in addition, knowledge levels were not significant correlation with age groups and education levels (p> 0.05). Attitude levels were not significant correlation with including in age, education, gender, and school (P> 0.05). We can conclude that having knowledge of hygiene and food safety is an important issue. Although the knowledge's students in this study was relatively good, but to enhance their knowledge, need for a more detailed plan to be felt