Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern
Background: Street foods are ready-to-eat foods prepared and/or sold by vendors and hawkers in public places such as streets and plazas. Despite being widely available and affordable, they pose a significant public health risk. Objective: This study aims to assess the hygienic practices of street fo...
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| description | Background: Street foods are ready-to-eat foods prepared and/or sold by vendors and hawkers in public places such as streets and plazas. Despite being widely available and affordable, they pose a significant public health risk. Objective: This study aims to assess the hygienic practices of street food vendors, sanitary condition of their stalls and associated factors in selected towns of Ethiopia. Method: Community-based Cross-sectional study design was used from December 2022 to January 2023 in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Hawassa, and Jimma towns of Ethiopia. A total of 1168 street food-vending stalls were determined using a single population proportion formula. Proportional allocation to the total population of the towns was used to assign the number of street food vending stalls to each town and sub cities. The interviewer-administered questionnaire and an observational checklist were used to collect data. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were run using statistical Package for Social Sceinces (SPSS) V-23. Result: The study included 926 street food vendors from Addis Ababa, 84 from Dire Dawa, 99 from Hawassa, and 59 from Jimma. The majority of respondents (86%) were female, with a mean age of 31.26. 60% of respondents were married, and 57% had completed primary school. 18% of street food vendors prepared their food on the street, with no shelter or shade. The overall good hygienic practices of the street food vendors were 16% while the good sanitary status of the vending stalls was 6.8 %. Sex, work experience, receiving training on food safety, having medical checkup, availability of hand washing facilities, and having good knowledge on food safety were predictors of good hygienic practice. Conclusion: Most of the street food vendors had poor hygienic practices as well as their vending stalls had poor sanitary conditions. Hence, encouragement and support for street food vendors to have improved water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in the vicinity, along with strict regulations, will help the vendors provide safe food to consumers, thereby protecting the public's health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad398b217ba64d69b1d6f1cda99d537b2024-03-07T05:29:26ZengElsevierJournal of Agriculture and Food Research2666-15432024-03-0115100857Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concernMathewos Moges0Ernest Kristian Rodland1Ambelu Argaw2Environmental Health Science and Technology Department, Jimma University, Ethiopia; Corresponding author.Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayDivision of Water and Health, Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Abeba University, EthiopiaBackground: Street foods are ready-to-eat foods prepared and/or sold by vendors and hawkers in public places such as streets and plazas. Despite being widely available and affordable, they pose a significant public health risk. Objective: This study aims to assess the hygienic practices of street food vendors, sanitary condition of their stalls and associated factors in selected towns of Ethiopia. Method: Community-based Cross-sectional study design was used from December 2022 to January 2023 in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Hawassa, and Jimma towns of Ethiopia. A total of 1168 street food-vending stalls were determined using a single population proportion formula. Proportional allocation to the total population of the towns was used to assign the number of street food vending stalls to each town and sub cities. The interviewer-administered questionnaire and an observational checklist were used to collect data. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were run using statistical Package for Social Sceinces (SPSS) V-23. Result: The study included 926 street food vendors from Addis Ababa, 84 from Dire Dawa, 99 from Hawassa, and 59 from Jimma. The majority of respondents (86%) were female, with a mean age of 31.26. 60% of respondents were married, and 57% had completed primary school. 18% of street food vendors prepared their food on the street, with no shelter or shade. The overall good hygienic practices of the street food vendors were 16% while the good sanitary status of the vending stalls was 6.8 %. Sex, work experience, receiving training on food safety, having medical checkup, availability of hand washing facilities, and having good knowledge on food safety were predictors of good hygienic practice. Conclusion: Most of the street food vendors had poor hygienic practices as well as their vending stalls had poor sanitary conditions. Hence, encouragement and support for street food vendors to have improved water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in the vicinity, along with strict regulations, will help the vendors provide safe food to consumers, thereby protecting the public's health.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154323003642Street foodHygienic practice of street food vendorSanitary condition |
| spellingShingle | Mathewos Moges Ernest Kristian Rodland Ambelu Argaw Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern Journal of Agriculture and Food Research Street food Hygienic practice of street food vendor Sanitary condition |
| title | Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern |
| title_full | Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern |
| title_fullStr | Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern |
| title_short | Sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study addressing public health concern |
| title_sort | sanitary condition and hygienic practice of street food vendors in selected towns of ethiopia a cross sectional study addressing public health concern |
| topic | Street food Hygienic practice of street food vendor Sanitary condition |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154323003642 |
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