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Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study

This study aimed to develop an educational gamification strategy to enhance the food safety practices of family farmers in public food markets in a city in Northeastern Brazil (João Pessoa, PB, Brazil). A good manufacturing practices (GMP) checklist was used to verify hygienic-sanitary conditions in...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Noádia Priscila Araújo, de Morais, Mirella Silva, Bezerra, Nísia Carolina Damacena, Pereira, Erik Henrique Morais, Garcia Júnior, Élcio Antônio, Rodrigues, Jéssica Bezerra dos Santos, de Paula Alexandrino de Oliveira, Sônia, de Souza, Evandro Leite
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10217278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37238790
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12101972
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author Rodrigues, Noádia Priscila Araújo
de Morais, Mirella Silva
Bezerra, Nísia Carolina Damacena
Pereira, Erik Henrique Morais
Garcia Júnior, Élcio Antônio
Rodrigues, Jéssica Bezerra dos Santos
de Paula Alexandrino de Oliveira, Sônia
de Souza, Evandro Leite
author_facet Rodrigues, Noádia Priscila Araújo
de Morais, Mirella Silva
Bezerra, Nísia Carolina Damacena
Pereira, Erik Henrique Morais
Garcia Júnior, Élcio Antônio
Rodrigues, Jéssica Bezerra dos Santos
de Paula Alexandrino de Oliveira, Sônia
de Souza, Evandro Leite
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description This study aimed to develop an educational gamification strategy to enhance the food safety practices of family farmers in public food markets in a city in Northeastern Brazil (João Pessoa, PB, Brazil). A good manufacturing practices (GMP) checklist was used to verify hygienic-sanitary conditions in the food markets. Educational game tools addressing foodborne diseases and GMP with information about the prevention of foodborne diseases, good food handling practices, and safe food storage were developed. Pre- and post-training assessments were done to evaluate food handlers’ knowledge and food safety practices. Microbiological parameters of food samples were analyzed before and two months after the training. Results indicated unsatisfactory hygiene conditions in the examined food markets. There was a very strong positive correlation between “implementation of GMP” and “production and process controls” (R = 0.95; p ≤ 0.05) and between “production and process controls” and “hygiene habits of handlers” (R = 0.92; p ≤0.05). There was no homogeneity between answers before and after the training for the knowledge of family farmers regarding “prevention of foodborne diseases” and “safe food handling”. There were improvements in the measured microbiological parameters of foods sold by family farmers after the application of the developed educational gamification training. These results showed the developed educational game-based strategy as being effective in raising awareness of hygienic sanitary practices, helping to promote food safety, and reducing risks for the consumers of street foods at family farmers’ markets.
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spelling pubmed-102172782023-05-27 Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study Rodrigues, Noádia Priscila Araújo de Morais, Mirella Silva Bezerra, Nísia Carolina Damacena Pereira, Erik Henrique Morais Garcia Júnior, Élcio Antônio Rodrigues, Jéssica Bezerra dos Santos de Paula Alexandrino de Oliveira, Sônia de Souza, Evandro Leite Foods Article This study aimed to develop an educational gamification strategy to enhance the food safety practices of family farmers in public food markets in a city in Northeastern Brazil (João Pessoa, PB, Brazil). A good manufacturing practices (GMP) checklist was used to verify hygienic-sanitary conditions in the food markets. Educational game tools addressing foodborne diseases and GMP with information about the prevention of foodborne diseases, good food handling practices, and safe food storage were developed. Pre- and post-training assessments were done to evaluate food handlers’ knowledge and food safety practices. Microbiological parameters of food samples were analyzed before and two months after the training. Results indicated unsatisfactory hygiene conditions in the examined food markets. There was a very strong positive correlation between “implementation of GMP” and “production and process controls” (R = 0.95; p ≤ 0.05) and between “production and process controls” and “hygiene habits of handlers” (R = 0.92; p ≤0.05). There was no homogeneity between answers before and after the training for the knowledge of family farmers regarding “prevention of foodborne diseases” and “safe food handling”. There were improvements in the measured microbiological parameters of foods sold by family farmers after the application of the developed educational gamification training. These results showed the developed educational game-based strategy as being effective in raising awareness of hygienic sanitary practices, helping to promote food safety, and reducing risks for the consumers of street foods at family farmers’ markets. MDPI 2023-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10217278/ /pubmed/37238790 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12101972 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rodrigues, Noádia Priscila Araújo
de Morais, Mirella Silva
Bezerra, Nísia Carolina Damacena
Pereira, Erik Henrique Morais
Garcia Júnior, Élcio Antônio
Rodrigues, Jéssica Bezerra dos Santos
de Paula Alexandrino de Oliveira, Sônia
de Souza, Evandro Leite
Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study
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title_full Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study
title_fullStr Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study
title_short Development of an Educational Gamification Strategy to Enhance the Food Safety Practices of Family Farmers in Public Food Markets of Northeast Brazil: A Case Study
title_sort development of an educational gamification strategy to enhance the food safety practices of family farmers in public food markets of northeast brazil: a case study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10217278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37238790
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12101972
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