P22 COVID-19 Impacts on Self-Reported Food Safety Behaviors in Florida Youth

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measures to protect against the spread of COVID-19 include guidance on personal and environmental hygiene. Some guidelines related to COVID-19 directly align with or have similarity to evidence-based food safety practices (FSP) taught in nutrition education classes, including handwashing and washing produce before eating.

Objective

To understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth handwashing and washing produce before eating behaviors.

Study Design, Setting, Participants

Data were collected from youth (N = 1,098) in grades 3-5 who participated in SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in Florida. Utilizing common self-report survey measures, baseline measures from 3 years prior to the pandemic

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261026 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature