Netizens’ Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Demand for Science Popularization by WeMedia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Survey Subjects and Methods
2.2. Survey Questionnaire
- (1)
- Demographic and economic information: six items, including gender, age, ethnicity, registered residence, education level, and household per capita monthly income. Please see Table 1 for details.
- (2)
- Food safety KAP: 18 items.
- (3)
- Status of WeMedia use and demand for science popularization: five items, including ‘the most commonly used WeMedia’, ‘the willingness to obtain food safety knowledge through WeMedia’ and ‘the way and method of obtaining it’, and ‘whether to pay attention to food safety information through WeMedia’.
2.3. Quality Control
2.4. Statistical Methods
3. Results
3.1. General Demographic and Economic Characteristics
3.2. Status of Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
3.3. Risk factors of Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
3.4. Status of Use of WeMedia and Demand for Science Popularization
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Case Number (n = 361) | Percentage (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 104 | 28.8 |
Female | 257 | 71.2 | |
Age | <40 | 245 | 67.9 |
≥40 | 116 | 32.1 | |
Nationality | Han | 312 | 86.4 |
Others | 49 | 13.6 | |
Household registration | Township | 223 | 61.8 |
Rural | 138 | 38.2 | |
Educational level | Junior high school and below | 21 | 5.8 |
Highschool/secondary school | 25 | 6.9 | |
College/vocational college | 52 | 14.4 | |
Bachelor degree or above | 263 | 72.9 | |
Household per capita monthly income | ≤4000 | 122 | 33.8 |
4000–8000 | 121 | 33.5 | |
≥8000 | 118 | 32.7 |
Knowledge Item | True | False/No Idea | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||||||
Food can be kept in the refrigerator for a long time. | 331 | 91.7 | 30 | 8.3 | ||||||
Raw food and cooked food should be stored and processed separately. | 357 | 98.9 | 4 | 1.1 | ||||||
Cooked food or leftovers should be thoroughly heated before eating. | 326 | 90.3 | 35 | 9.7 | ||||||
Not fully cooked green beans can’t be eaten. | 342 | 94.7 | 19 | 5.3 | ||||||
“Shelf life” means the period in which prepackaging food maintains quality. | 278 | 77.0 | 83 | 23.0 | ||||||
Spices and flavors can be used in milk. | 61 | 16.9 | 300 | 83.1 | ||||||
Food borne diseases are infectious or toxic. | 272 | 75.3 | 89 | 24.7 | ||||||
The online shopping food has been included in the scope of supervision of the new Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China. | 277 | 76.7 | 84 | 23.3 | ||||||
Attitude Item | Always | Frequently | Sometimes | Occasionally | Never | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Food safety incidents in China 1 | 161 | 44.6 | 99 | 27.4 | 96 | 26.6 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.6 |
Pesticide residues in vegetables 2 | 198 | 54.8 | 109 | 30.2 | 52 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
Veterinary residues of meat 3 | 204 | 56.5 | 101 | 28.0 | 52 | 14.4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 |
Inappropriate food safety behaviors change 4 | 216 | 59.8 | 126 | 34.9 | 18 | 5.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Behaviors Item | Always | Frequently | Sometimes | Occasionally | Never | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Check the sensory 5 | 212 | 58.7 | 118 | 32.7 | 29 | 8.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
View food labels 6 | 180 | 49.9 | 114 | 31.6 | 48 | 13.3 | 15 | 4.2 | 4 | 1.1 |
Require merchants 7 | 56 | 15.5 | 42 | 11.6 | 133 | 36.8 | 77 | 21.3 | 53 | 14.7 |
Preserve food 8 | 125 | 34.6 | 129 | 35.7 | 83 | 23.0 | 21 | 5.8 | 3 | 0.8 |
Wash hands 9 | 156 | 43.2 | 132 | 36.6 | 53 | 14.7 | 20 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 |
Eating fruits 10 | 211 | 58.4 | 97 | 26.9 | 35 | 9.7 | 15 | 4.2 | 3 | 0.8 |
Knowledge Scores | Attitudes Scores | Behaviors Scores | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Z/χ2 | p | Mean ± SD | Z/χ2 | p | Mean ± SD | Z/χ2 | p | |
Male | 6.06 ± 1.17 | −1.77 | 0.077 | 17.63 ± 2.49 | −1.12 | 0.260 | 23.93 ± 4.05 | −0.57 | 0.570 |
Female | 6.28 ± 1.13 | 17.42 ± 2.33 | 24.30 ± 3.61 | ||||||
<40 1 | 6.10 ± 1.18 | −2.85 | 0.004 * | 17.16 ± 2.41 | −3.90 | 0.000 * | 23.70 ± 3.83 | −3.65 | 0.000 * |
≥40 1 | 6.47 ± 1.01 | 18.16 ± 2.17 | 25.24 ± 3.31 | ||||||
Han 2 | 6.27 ± 1.08 | −1.51 | 0.130 | 17.54 ± 2.39 | −1.38 | 0.169 | 24.32 ± 3.74 | −1.79 | 0.074 |
Others 2 | 5.88 ± 1.42 | 17.10 ± 2.31 | 23.37 ± 3.66 | ||||||
Township 3 | 6.39 ± 1.02 | −3.46 | 0.001 * | 17.74 ± 2.37 | −2.95 | 0.003 * | 24.89 ± 3.45 | −4.45 | 0.000 * |
Rural 3 | 5.93 ± 1.27 | 17.06 ± 2.33 | 23.07 ± 3.91 | ||||||
Junior 4a | 5.52 ± 1.37 | 9.21 | 0.027 * | 16.76 ± 2.43 | 7.27 | 0.064 | 24.14 ± 4.04 | 7.13 | 0.068 |
High 4b | 6.00 ± 1.47 | 17.56 ± 1.90 | 23.44 ± 3.60 | ||||||
College 4c | 6.17 ± 1.04 | 18.27 ± 1.87 | 25.29 ± 3.77 | ||||||
Bachelor 4d | 6.30 ± 1.09 | 17.37 ± 2.48 | 24.05 ± 3.70 | ||||||
≤4000 5 | 5.98 ± 1.15 | 14.37 | 0.001 * | 17.11 ± 2.36 | 7.30 | 0.026 * | 23.42 ± 3.79 | 19.20 | 0.000 * |
4000−8000 5 | 6.17 ± 1.25 | 17.45 ± 2.43 | 23.90 ± 3.68 | ||||||
≥8000 5 | 6.51 ± 0.94 | 17.89 ± 2.30 | 25.30 ± 3.50 |
Variable | Knowledge Scores | Attitudes Scores | Behaviors Scores | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β (s.e.) | p | β (s.e.) | p | β (s.e.) | p | |
Male vs. Female | 0.24(0.13) | 0.059 | −0.48(0.28) | 0.080 | 0.01(0.43) | 0.974 |
<40 vs. ≥40 1 | 0.26(0.14) | 0.071 | 0.04(0.31) | 0.900 | 0.50(0.49) | 0.304 |
Han vs. others 2 | −0.10(0.18) | 0.580 | −0.32(0.40) | 0.427 | −0.90(0.62) | 0.148 |
Rural vs. Township 3 | −0.19(0.15) | 0.184 | −0.10(0.31) | 0.740 | −0.06(0.49) | 0.911 |
Junior high school and below 4 | −0.60(0.26) | 0.018 * | 0.27(0.55) | 0.629 | −0.07(0.86) | 0.935 |
High school/secondary school 4 | −0.30(0.23) | 0.205 | −0.42(0.51) | 0.413 | −0.74(0.79) | 0.353 |
College/vocational college 4 | −0.23(0.17) | 0.190 | −0.01(0.37) | 0.990 | −1.30(0.58) | 0.026 * |
≤4000 vs. ≥8000 5 | −0.25(0.16) | 0.125 | −0.10(0.35) | 0.775 | 0.05(0.54) | 0.920 |
4000−8000 vs. ≥8000 5 | −0.23(0.15) | 0.107 | −0.02(0.31) | 0.941 | −0.30(0.49) | 0.546 |
Item | Total Population, n(%) | |
---|---|---|
What are the most commonly used WeMedia in the last month? (multiple choice) | 352(97.51%) | |
Sina WeBlog Tencent WeBlog | 132(36.57%) 35(9.7%) | |
289(80.06%) | ||
Blog | 7(1.94%) | |
Renren net | 5(1.39%) | |
Zhihu | 31(8.59%) | |
Tieba | 22(6.09%) | |
Others | 13(3.6%) | |
Do you want to get food safety knowledge from the WeMedia? | Really hope | 185(51.25%) |
Hope General | 126(34.9%) 44(12.19%) | |
Do not wish | 5(1.39%) | |
Strongly unwilling | 1(0.28%) | |
Which kind of WeMedia do you most want to receive food safety knowledge in which we can achieve WeMedia intervention? | WeChat public number WeChat circle WeChat group QQ group QQ space | 215(60.56%) 61(17.18%) 20(5.63%) 11(3.1%) 6(1.69%) |
Sina WeBlog | 42(11.83%) | |
What form do you want to get relevant knowledge? (multiple choice) | Graphic combination | 325(91.55%) |
Recording | 57(16.06%) | |
Video | 210(59.15%) | |
Comic | 151(42.54%) | |
Others | 5(1.41%) |
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Zhao, Y.; Yu, X.; Xiao, Y.; Cai, Z.; Luo, X.; Zhang, F. Netizens’ Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Demand for Science Popularization by WeMedia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030730
Zhao Y, Yu X, Xiao Y, Cai Z, Luo X, Zhang F. Netizens’ Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Demand for Science Popularization by WeMedia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(3):730. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030730
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Yong, Xinyang Yu, Yangxue Xiao, Zhengjie Cai, Xinmiao Luo, and Fan Zhang. 2020. "Netizens’ Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Demand for Science Popularization by WeMedia" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 3: 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030730
APA StyleZhao, Y., Yu, X., Xiao, Y., Cai, Z., Luo, X., & Zhang, F. (2020). Netizens’ Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Demand for Science Popularization by WeMedia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(3), 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030730