Predicting Factors of Food Sanitation Behavior among Food Selling and Food Stall Entrepreneurs in Area of Kuanneing District, Songkhla Province
Keywords:
: Food Sanitation, Restaurant, Food Stall, Information PerceptionAbstract
This predictive correlational research aimed to determine knowledge, attitude, information perception and food sanitation behavior and predicting factors of food sanitation behavior among food selling and food stall entrepreneurs in area of Kuanneing district, Songkhla province. Sample were 132 calculated using G* power program and recruited by simple random sampling. Research instrument was a set of questionnaire which was validated for content validity yielding Index of item objective congruence (IOC) ranging from .67-1.00. Knowledge and behavior questionnaires were tested for reliability using KR-20 yielding a value of .71 and .72, respectively. Attitude and information perception questionnaires were tested by Cronbach alpha coefficient yielding reliability value of .77 and .75, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression.
Research results revealed that food selling and food stall entrepreneurs had a high level of knowledge (57.58%). Attitude towards food sanitation was at a high level ( = 3.68, SD=0.41). Information perception on food sanitation was at a high level ( = 2.43, SD=0.40). Food sanitation behavior in item of spoons, forks, sticks were placed upright and orderly in clean containers and item of wrapping and keeping high from the floor 60 cm was least practiced (93.44% and 69.01%, respectively). Predicting factor of food sanitation behavior among food selling and food stall entrepreneurs in area of Kuanneing district, Songkhla province was information perception which significantly accounted for 7.30% of variance (R2 = .073, p=.004).
Therefore, entrepreneurs should follow specified criteria for promoting food sanitation in area to strengthen food management and encourage networking organization to participate in food sanitation implementation
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