Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu
(1) Background: Lack of food safety awareness and preventive behaviour when dining out increases the risk of food poisoning. Furthermore, food poisoning cases among rural communities have been rising in recent years. However, the health-related mobile application is a promising tool in improving foo...
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| author | Nur Afifah Mursyida Zaujan Asma’ Ali Malina Osman Hui Yee Chee Nur Raihana Ithnin Norashiqin Misni Surianti Sukeri Chin, Christie Pei-Yee |
| author_facet | Nur Afifah Mursyida Zaujan Asma’ Ali Malina Osman Hui Yee Chee Nur Raihana Ithnin Norashiqin Misni Surianti Sukeri Chin, Christie Pei-Yee |
| author_sort | Nur Afifah Mursyida Zaujan |
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| description | (1) Background: Lack of food safety awareness and preventive behaviour when dining out increases the risk of food poisoning. Furthermore, food poisoning cases among rural communities have been rising in recent years. However, the health-related mobile application is a promising tool in improving food poisoning prevention knowledge, attitude, practice, and perception (KAP2) among consumers. Therefore, the current study developed a novel smartphone app, MyWarung©, and determined its efficacy in increasing awareness, attitude, practice, and perception of food poisoning and its prevention when dining out, especially among rural consumers. (2) Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-and post-intervention study with a control and intervention group were performed on 100 consumers in Terengganu. (3) Results: The intervention’s inter-group outcomes were analysed using the Mann–Whitney test, while the within-group effects were ascertained using the Wilcoxon sign rank test via the SPSS software. It was found that the control group had higher median scores in knowledge (30.0, IQR 7.0), attitude (46.0, IQR 5.0), and practice (34.0, IQR 3.0) than the intervention group before intervention. After the intervention programme, the intervention group showed significant improvement in food poisoning knowledge (p = 0.000), attitude (p = 0.001), and practice (p = 0.000). However, the intervention group’s perceived barriers (p = 0.129) and susceptibility (p = 0.069) and the control group’s perceived barriers (p = 0.422) did not show any significant improvement. (4) Conclusion: The findings indicated that the MyWarung© mobile app usage enhanced the food poisoning knowledge, preventive attitude, and practice among consumers when dining out. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-329432022-06-23T00:24:58Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32943/ Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu Nur Afifah Mursyida Zaujan Asma’ Ali Malina Osman Hui Yee Chee Nur Raihana Ithnin Norashiqin Misni Surianti Sukeri Chin, Christie Pei-Yee QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science RA1190-1270 Toxicology. Poisons (1) Background: Lack of food safety awareness and preventive behaviour when dining out increases the risk of food poisoning. Furthermore, food poisoning cases among rural communities have been rising in recent years. However, the health-related mobile application is a promising tool in improving food poisoning prevention knowledge, attitude, practice, and perception (KAP2) among consumers. Therefore, the current study developed a novel smartphone app, MyWarung©, and determined its efficacy in increasing awareness, attitude, practice, and perception of food poisoning and its prevention when dining out, especially among rural consumers. (2) Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-and post-intervention study with a control and intervention group were performed on 100 consumers in Terengganu. (3) Results: The intervention’s inter-group outcomes were analysed using the Mann–Whitney test, while the within-group effects were ascertained using the Wilcoxon sign rank test via the SPSS software. It was found that the control group had higher median scores in knowledge (30.0, IQR 7.0), attitude (46.0, IQR 5.0), and practice (34.0, IQR 3.0) than the intervention group before intervention. After the intervention programme, the intervention group showed significant improvement in food poisoning knowledge (p = 0.000), attitude (p = 0.001), and practice (p = 0.000). However, the intervention group’s perceived barriers (p = 0.129) and susceptibility (p = 0.069) and the control group’s perceived barriers (p = 0.422) did not show any significant improvement. (4) Conclusion: The findings indicated that the MyWarung© mobile app usage enhanced the food poisoning knowledge, preventive attitude, and practice among consumers when dining out. MDPI 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32943/1/Effect%20of%20Smartphone%20App%E2%80%99s%20Intervention%20on%20Consumers%E2%80%99%20Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%2C%20Practice%2C%20and%20Perception%20of%20Food%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20When%20Dining%20Out%20at%20Selected%20Rural%20Areas%20in%20Terengganu.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32943/2/Effect%20of%20Smartphone%20App%E2%80%99s%20Intervention%20on%20Consumers%E2%80%99%20Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%2C%20Practice%2C%20and%20Perception%20of%20Food%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20When%20Dining%20Out%20at%20Selected%20Rural%20Areas%20in%20Terengganu1.pdf Nur Afifah Mursyida Zaujan and Asma’ Ali and Malina Osman and Hui Yee Chee and Nur Raihana Ithnin and Norashiqin Misni and Surianti Sukeri and Chin, Christie Pei-Yee (2021) Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (10294). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1660-4601 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/19/10294 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910294 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910294 |
| spellingShingle | QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science RA1190-1270 Toxicology. Poisons Nur Afifah Mursyida Zaujan Asma’ Ali Malina Osman Hui Yee Chee Nur Raihana Ithnin Norashiqin Misni Surianti Sukeri Chin, Christie Pei-Yee Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu |
| title | Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu |
| title_full | Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu |
| title_short | Effect of Smartphone App’s Intervention on Consumers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu |
| title_sort | effect of smartphone app s intervention on consumers knowledge attitude practice and perception of food poisoning prevention when dining out at selected rural areas in terengganu |
| topic | QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science RA1190-1270 Toxicology. Poisons |
| url | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32943/1/Effect%20of%20Smartphone%20App%E2%80%99s%20Intervention%20on%20Consumers%E2%80%99%20Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%2C%20Practice%2C%20and%20Perception%20of%20Food%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20When%20Dining%20Out%20at%20Selected%20Rural%20Areas%20in%20Terengganu.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32943/2/Effect%20of%20Smartphone%20App%E2%80%99s%20Intervention%20on%20Consumers%E2%80%99%20Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%2C%20Practice%2C%20and%20Perception%20of%20Food%20Poisoning%20Prevention%20When%20Dining%20Out%20at%20Selected%20Rural%20Areas%20in%20Terengganu1.pdf |
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