DETERMINING THE PREVAILING CAUSES AND PREVENTIVE PRACTICES OF FOOD POISONING AMONG STUDENTS IN BOLGATANGA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
DETERMINING THE PREVAILING CAUSES AND PREVENTIVE PRACTICES OF FOOD POISONING AMONG STUDENTS IN BOLGATANGA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
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Date
2023
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DIANA KWAKYE MARFO
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Abstract
This study sought to ascertain the prevailing causes and the preventive practices of food
poisoning among students in Bolgatanga Vocational/ Technical institute. The study
targeted a population of 2357 out of which 500 students were sampled with random
sampling technique used to select the sampling. The study adopted deductive design and
descriptive research design to study the variables. Food poisoning in developing countries
is said to be because with many factors such as traditional processing methods,
inappropriate holding temperature, poor hygienic practices, the prevalence is intertwined
with other economic issues, and enforcement mechanisms. In African, the incidence of
foodborne diseases is estimated at 3.3-4.1 episode per person per year, both food and water
borne diarrheal diseases is estimated to cause between 450,000-700,000 death in African
annually with many sporadic cases unrecorded. In Ghana context, students particularly in
the boarding houses in recent times are challenged in increasing foodborne infection, food
poisoning cases are due to the consumption of unhygienic foods, pesticides residue in foods
or water and inappropriate storage condition which the Bolgatanga Vocational/ Technical
Institute in the Upper East Region is of no exception. The provision of safe food for students
is of great concern to government and other stakeholders as it improves health, growth and
development of beneficiaries and encourages continued education to developing countries.
Therefore, there is the need for this study to contribute policy development in tackling food
poisoning among students, workers both in public and private institutions in the country at
large and Bolgatanga especially. The study concluded that the hygienic practices in the
overall students is abysmally inadequate, and therefore recommend that management of
Ghana Health Service, Management of various educational institutions must organize
sensitization programs on food poisoning and the importance of maintaining high standard
of hygiene to lessen the prevalent incidence of food poisoning.