Trichotomy of awareness, outlook and practice of food handlers towards food and water safety in food establishments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Aderajew Mekonnen Girmay; Sirak Robele Gari; Azage Gebreyohannes Gebremariam; Bezatu Mengistie Alemu; Martin R. Evans; Aderajew Mekonnen Girmay; Sirak Robele Gari; Azage Gebreyohannes Gebremariam; Bezatu Mengistie Alemu; Martin R. Evans

doi:10.3934/publichealth.2020021

AIMS Public Health

2020, Volume 7, Issue 2: 241-257. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020021

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Trichotomy of awareness, outlook and practice of food handlers towards food and water safety in food establishments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1.
Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia
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Microbiology Consultant and Laboratory Director, New York, USA

Received: 04 March 2020 Accepted: 17 April 2020 Published: 06 May 2020

- awareness,
- outlook,
- practice,
- food handler,
- Addis Ababa
Citation: Aderajew Mekonnen Girmay, Sirak Robele Gari, Azage Gebreyohannes Gebremariam, Bezatu Mengistie Alemu, Martin R. Evans. Trichotomy of awareness, outlook and practice of food handlers towards food and water safety in food establishments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2020, 7(2): 241-257. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020021

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Abbreviation AAFMHACA: Addis Ababa Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority; ANOVA: Analysis of Variance; CI: Confidence Interval; SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences;
Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Ababa University for providing Financial Support. In addition, the authors like to express gratitude to the data collectors, supervisors and study participants.
Funding: Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Ababa University was the funder to this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish and interpretation of the data or preparation of the manuscript for publication.
Author's contributions: Aderajew Mekonnen was written the original draft. All the authors contributed in conceptualization, methodology, investigation, data collection and analysis, reviewed, edited and approved.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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