Effect of Health Teaching Program on Food Hygiene Locus of Control and Self-efficacy among Community Dwelling Older Adults | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 40, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2019, Page 557-575 PDF (1.23 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.226563 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ola Gouda Mohamed Elshiekh1; Ola Ezzat Eltohamy Mohamed2; Nermeen Mahmoud Abd El-Aziz3 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Locus of control is serious to which older adults view their attainment of safe food hygiene within their own control internal or external determined by their beliefs regarding personal responsibility. Improving the knowledge regarding foodborne illness and food hygiene for the older adults through health teaching program affect their belief and confidence that influence the personal ability to the recommended food hygiene. Aim: Is to investigate the effect of health teaching program on food hygiene locus of control and self-efficacy among community dwelling older adults. Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to accomplish this study. Settings: The study was carried out in the central health insurance clinics at Assiut Governorate, Egypt (medical, diabetic, chest, and cardiology clinic). Subjects: Eighty female older adults from the previously mentioned settings were selected according to the following inclusion criteria; aged 60 years and above, able to communicate effectively, attending the previously mentioned settings during the time of data collection, and willing to participate in the study. Tools: Five tools were used for data collection: Older adults' health status and socio – demographic data, Food Hygiene Locus of Control scale, Food Hygiene Self-efficacy scale, Food Hygiene related knowledge scale and Food Hygiene related practice questionnaire. Results: all the studied female older adult’s Food hygiene locus of control, self- efficacy related to knowledge and practice improved and achieved a highly statistically significant differences after the implementation of the food hygiene teaching program than before. Conclusion: Food hygiene locus of control, self-efficacy related to knowledge and practice among all the studied female older adults improved after the implementation of the food hygiene teaching program Recommendations: Raising the awareness about the importance of practicing food safety and hygiene by conducting a food hygiene campaign towards different age groups. Also, should be cultivated from early education by including it into the national curriculum. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Food Hygiene; self-efficacy; locus of control; Older Adult | ||||
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