University of Georgia, 300 Carlton Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
J Food Prot. 2012 Aug;75(8):1453-63. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.11-551.
Many undergraduate students are cooking for the first time, and they need to learn safe food practices to reduce their risk of foodborne illness. Social media tools are being utilized to disseminate public health messages, but limited research has been conducted to examine the effectiveness of these tools for food safety education. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a social media-based intervention for young adults to improve food safety attitudes, practices, and knowledge. Preliminary surveys were conducted and online focus groups were convened to guide design of this social media intervention. College students (710) were included in treatment and control groups. Results from pretests and posttests indicate that participation in the "Safe Eats" Facebook intervention leads to improvements in food safety attitudes, practices, and knowledge. Although students reported that they learned more from the intervention than from a traditional lecture, the combination of lecture and Facebook resulted in higher knowledge scores than those resulting from the intervention alone. Participants who spent more time on the Facebook page had greater improvements in food safety attitudes and practices.
许多本科生都是第一次做饭，他们需要学习安全的食品操作方法，以降低食源性疾病的风险。社交媒体工具被用来传播公共卫生信息，但对于这些工具在食品安全教育方面的有效性的研究还很有限。本研究旨在开发和评估一种基于社交媒体的针对年轻人的干预措施，以提高他们的食品安全态度、实践和知识。初步调查和在线焦点小组的召开为这项社交媒体干预措施的设计提供了指导。有 710 名大学生被纳入治疗组和对照组。预测试和后测试的结果表明，参与“Safe Eats”Facebook 干预措施可改善食品安全态度、实践和知识。尽管学生们表示他们从干预中学到的东西比传统讲座更多，但讲座和 Facebook 的结合比单独的干预措施产生了更高的知识得分。在 Facebook 页面上花费更多时间的参与者在食品安全态度和实践方面有更大的改善。
