Knowledge of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion among health workers in Ibadan,Nigeria
Knowledge of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion among health workers in Ibadan,Nigeria作者机构:Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute Department of Community Medicine University College Hospital
出 版 物:《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2011年第1卷第6期
页 面:493-495页
学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程(可授工学、理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100403[医学-营养与食品卫生学] 10[医学]
主 题:Mycotoxins Groundnut Contamination Health risks Ingestion Neoplasm Aflatoxin
摘 要:Objective:To assess the awareness and knowledge of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion among health workers in ***:The study was a descriptive cross-sectional *** instrument was a semi-structured self administered questionnaire. The respondents were health workers from a public health ***:A total of 417 health workers participated out of which males were 60.2%.The mean age of respondents was(28.0±4.9) years *** made up 83.0%while others were nurses.95%of the respondents had previous awareness of aflatoxin and class room lectures was the most common source of information(56%).Occupation and religion both showed a significant association with previous awareness of aflatoxin(P0.05).Knowledge regarding aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion was obtained showing knowledge score range of 0 to *** all,80.6%had good scores of 11 to *** of the respondents had ever told their patients about the risk of aflatoxin ingestion. Conclusions:There is a need to explore the possibility of incorporating aflatoxin awareness into routine health talk to increase the level of awareness of patients and their relatives.