Food safety knowledge and practices of pregnant women and postpartum mothers in Slovenia

Jevšnik, Mojca (avtor), Česen, Anja (avtor), Šantić, Marina (avtor), Ovca, Andrej (avtor)

Food safety during pregnancy and postpartum is important for preventing foodborne diseases, while pregnant women are considered vulnerable due to their immunomodulatory condition. The current study aimed to investigate the self-reported food safety knowledge and practices of pregnant women and postpartum mothers in Slovenia using an online questionnaire and to compare the results with nonpregnant women as a control group. The study was conducted with 426 women, of whom 145 were pregnant, 191 were not pregnant, and 90 were postpartum. The online questionnaire consisted of questions related to food safety risk perception, hand hygiene, food purchase, food storage, food preparation and handling of infant formula and breast milk. The results showed that women generally have basic knowledge of proper food handling and are aware of food safety, but some specific gaps were identified in food handling at home, especially concerning microbiological risks. However, the results showed that pregnant women performed better than the postpartum group, and both groups performed significantly better than the nonpregnant group. The media was most frequently cited as a source of food safety information, especially by the pregnant group. Trained health workers should also inform women on how to ensure food safety in the home environment.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: food safety, food handling, pregnancy, postpartum, expressed breast milk, infant formula
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: ZF - Zdravstvena fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Poslano v recenzijo: 14.09.2021
• Datum sprejetja članka: 07.10.2021
• Datum objave: 12.10.2021
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: Str. 1-12, article 2412
• Številčenje: Vol. 10, iss. 10
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132125
• UDK: 614.31:618.2/.7
• ISSN pri članku: 2304-8158
• DOI: 10.3390/foods10102412
• COBISS.SI-ID: 80355843
• Datum objave v RUL: 13.10.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Foods
• Skrajšan naslov: Foods
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2304-8158
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512252472

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 12.10.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: varnost hrane, ravnanje s hrano, nosečnost, poporodna doba, iztisnjeno materino mleko, formula za dojenčke

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P3-0388
• Naslov: Mehanizmi varovanja zdravja