Jung A-Reum, Lee Guiohk, Jeong Eunjeong
Department of Media & Communication, Sejong University, South Korea.
Korea Institute of Sport Science, South Korea.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2022 Jun;3:100241. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100241. Epub 2022 Feb 26.
This study examined the influence of COVID-19 on the perception and behaviours of hygiene practices for food safety in South Korea.
This study employed COVID-19 status (i.e. before or after the outbreak), gender and age groups as independent variables, and perceived relevance and behaviour frequency of hygiene practices for food safety as dependent variables.
Respondents were asked to answer questions about the perceived relevance and behaviour frequency of hygiene practices before and after the COVID-19 outbreak in an online survey with a structured questionnaire.
Respondents' perceived relevance and behaviour frequency of hygiene practices increased after the COVID-19 outbreak. This trend was seen in both genders and across all age groups. In addition, the enhanced perception that hygiene practices are related to food safety had a strong relationship with following hygiene practices.
The findings of this study indicate that COVID-19 made people more aware of maintaining personal hygiene, leading to a noticeable change in the food safety environment, and subsequently prevention of viral transmission. In particular, the COVID-19 outbreak has influenced the communal eating culture by highlighting good hygiene practices, such as taking individual servings of food from communal dishes and using personal plates.
本研究考察了新冠疫情对韩国食品安全卫生习惯认知及行为的影响。
本研究将新冠疫情状况（即疫情爆发前或爆发后）、性别和年龄组作为自变量，将食品安全卫生习惯的感知相关性和行为频率作为因变量。
在一项使用结构化问卷的在线调查中，要求受访者回答关于新冠疫情爆发前后卫生习惯的感知相关性和行为频率的问题。
新冠疫情爆发后，受访者对卫生习惯的感知相关性和行为频率有所增加。这种趋势在男女两性以及所有年龄组中均有体现。此外，对卫生习惯与食品安全相关的更强认知与遵循卫生习惯密切相关。
本研究结果表明，新冠疫情使人们更加意识到保持个人卫生，导致食品安全环境发生显著变化，进而预防了病毒传播。特别是，新冠疫情爆发通过强调良好的卫生习惯，如从公共菜肴中取用个人份食物和使用个人餐盘，对集体饮食文化产生了影响。
