Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 25;12(3):e054940. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054940.
To determine women's perception of the risk of food safety and how it relates to diet, health and decision making as part of formative research for a market-based intervention that aims to improve the safety of animal-source foods sold in informal markets.
Qualitative study including in-depth personal interviews with 24 caregivers were conducted and complemented with a second follow-up PhotoVoice interview, which allowed the women to photograph their meals and perceptions of food safety and nutrition. Interview data were analysed using thematic analysis in MAXQDA. Participants were purposively sampled from a larger Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia study, conducted from May to August 2018.
Urban and periurban neighborhoods of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
24 female caregivers (mothers and grandmothers) of children under age 5, each interviewed twice.
A primary food safety concern expressed was that chemicals (pesticides and other agricultural additives) in animal-source foods, fruits and vegetables may impact the health of their families by causing diarrhoea and problems during pregnancy. This fear created a lack of trust in markets, which influenced their food purchasing behaviours and strategies for making the food safer for their families. These mitigation strategies, including food selection and cleaning, vary among the women but are perceived as important to be able to provide their families with what they define as safe meals.
Interventions that wish to decrease rates of foodborne illness and increase animal source food consumption should also address the belief that the food system has been compromised by the addition of pesticides and agricultural additives.
了解女性对食品安全风险的认知，以及这种认知如何与饮食、健康和决策相关，这是一项基于市场的干预措施的形成性研究的一部分，该干预措施旨在提高非正规市场上销售的动物源食品的安全性。
进行了 24 名照顾者的深入个人访谈的定性研究，并辅以第二次跟进的照片访谈，让女性拍摄她们的餐食以及对食品安全和营养的看法。使用 MAXQDA 对访谈数据进行主题分析。参与者是从柬埔寨“安全食品、公平食品”更大规模研究中选择的，该研究于 2018 年 5 月至 8 月进行。
柬埔寨金边的城市和城郊社区。
24 名 5 岁以下儿童的女性照顾者（母亲和祖母），每人接受两次采访。
表达的一个主要食品安全担忧是，动物源食品、水果和蔬菜中的化学物质（农药和其他农业添加剂）可能会通过引起腹泻和怀孕问题来影响他们家庭的健康。这种恐惧导致对市场缺乏信任，从而影响了他们的食品购买行为和为家人使食品更安全的策略。这些缓解策略包括食物选择和清洁，因女性而异，但被认为对于能够为家人提供他们定义的安全餐食很重要。
希望降低食源性疾病发生率和增加动物源食品消费的干预措施也应该解决这样一种信念，即食品系统因添加农药和农业添加剂而受到损害。
