Wong Stephanie, Marcus Ruthanne, Hawkins Marguerite, Shallow Sue, McCombs Katherine G, Swanson Ellen, Anderson Bridget, Shiferaw Beletshachew, Garman Robb, Noonan Kristen, Van Gilder Thomas
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15;38 Suppl 3:S212-8. doi: 10.1086/381589.
An estimated 4 million bacterial foodborne illnesses occur in the United States annually. Many of these illnesses can be prevented by educating the public about food-safety practices. We investigated both the role of physicians as food-safety educators and the barriers to providing food-safety information. Participants were randomly selected physicians (n=3117) practicing within the surveillance area of the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network; 1100 were included in the study. Although only 331 (30%) of 1110 respondents provided food-safety information to their patients, 524 (68%) of 769 who did not provide information expressed interest in doing so. Physicians were more likely to provide food-safety information to patients if they perceived foodborne disease to be a serious problem, perceived food-safety education as their role, felt that patients perceived them as a valuable resource for food-safety advice, or felt comfortable making food-safety recommendations. A national physician education campaign that addresses barriers in food-safety education could improve food-safety education by physicians.
据估计，美国每年有400万例食源性细菌感染病例。通过向公众宣传食品安全做法，许多此类疾病是可以预防的。我们调查了医生作为食品安全教育者的作用以及提供食品安全信息的障碍。参与者是在食源性疾病主动监测网络监测区域内执业的随机抽取的医生（n = 3117）；1100人纳入研究。虽然1110名受访者中只有331人（30%）向患者提供了食品安全信息，但在769名未提供信息的人中，有524人（68%）表示有兴趣这样做。如果医生认为食源性疾病是一个严重问题、认为食品安全教育是他们的职责、觉得患者将他们视为获取食品安全建议的宝贵资源，或者觉得提出食品安全建议很自在，那么他们就更有可能向患者提供食品安全信息。一项解决食品安全教育障碍的全国性医生教育活动可能会改善医生的食品安全教育。
