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Article

Tailoring Can Improve Consumers’ Hygienic Food-Handling Behavior to Reduce the Transmission Risk of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria through Food

by
Claudia Freivogel
*,
Sarah H. Lehmann
and
Vivianne H. M. Visschers
School of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Riggenbachstrasse 16, 4600 Olten, Switzerland
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Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2022, 12(2), 169-192; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12020014
Submission received: 7 November 2021 / Revised: 22 January 2022 / Accepted: 28 January 2022 / Published: 1 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Collection Research in Clinical and Health Contexts)
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Abstract

Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria spread via food to humans and can seriously impair infection treatment. Hygienic food handling is an effective measure to avoid the transmission of bacteria. Therefore, we tested three types of interventions (tailored, generic, and no intervention) for their effectiveness in improving consumers’ hygienic food handling against the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria through foods in a longitudinal randomized control trial. We based the determinants of hygienic food-handling behavior on the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA). The tailored intervention raised self-reported hygienic food handling, self-efficacy, and perceived likelihood of risk compared to no intervention. Moreover, interventions yielded different effects for participants with high vs. low intentions to improve their food-handling behavior. However, there were no differences between the tailored and generic interventions. More research is needed to find out whether including other behavior change techniques in the tailored intervention may increase the effect of tailoring.
Keywords: tailored intervention; antimicrobial resistance; consumers; food-handling measures; hygienic behavior; randomized control trial tailored intervention; antimicrobial resistance; consumers; food-handling measures; hygienic behavior; randomized control trial

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Freivogel, C.; Lehmann, S.H.; Visschers, V.H.M. Tailoring Can Improve Consumers’ Hygienic Food-Handling Behavior to Reduce the Transmission Risk of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria through Food. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2022, 12, 169-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12020014

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Freivogel C, Lehmann SH, Visschers VHM. Tailoring Can Improve Consumers’ Hygienic Food-Handling Behavior to Reduce the Transmission Risk of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria through Food. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2022; 12(2):169-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12020014

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Freivogel, Claudia, Sarah H. Lehmann, and Vivianne H. M. Visschers. 2022. "Tailoring Can Improve Consumers’ Hygienic Food-Handling Behavior to Reduce the Transmission Risk of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria through Food" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 12, no. 2: 169-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12020014

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Freivogel, C., Lehmann, S. H., & Visschers, V. H. M. (2022). Tailoring Can Improve Consumers’ Hygienic Food-Handling Behavior to Reduce the Transmission Risk of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria through Food. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 12(2), 169-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12020014

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