A Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Food Safety Measures and Food Borne Diseases Among Mess Workers in RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Research Article | Open Access

Volume 2025 - 4 | Article ID 266 | http://dx.doi.org/10.51521/IJFMPH.2025.41113

A Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Food Safety Measures and Food Borne Diseases Among Mess Workers in RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Academic Editor: John Bose

Received 2025-03-28
Revised 2025-04-13
Accepted 2025-04-15
Published 2025-04-18

¹Dr.Sudhadevi.M, ²Ms.Aanchal Kumari, ³Ms. Akiriti Kumari, ⁴Ms.Alka Kumari, ⁵Ms. Amrita Roy, ⁶Ms.Anita Kumari, ⁷Ms.Anjelina Dhan

¹Principal, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

²IV Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Student, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

³IV Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Student, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

⁴IV Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Student, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

⁵IV Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Student, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

⁶IV Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Student, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

⁷IV Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Student, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi

Corresponding Author: Dr.Sudhadevi.M, Principal, College of Nursing, RIMS, Ranchi, Email: danramsudha@gmail.com

Citation: Dr. Sudhadevi. M, Ms. Aanchal Kumari, Ms. Akiriti Kumari, Ms. Alka Kumari, Ms. Amrita Roy, Ms. Anita Kumari, Ms. Anjelina Dhan (2025) A Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Food Safety Measures and Food Borne Diseases Among Mess Workers in RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Int J Fam Med Pub Health, 4(1);1-3.

Copyrights: © 2025, Sudhadevi. M, et al., This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

The aim of the study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding food safety measures and food borne diseases among mess workers in RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand. The study was quantitative and cross-sectional with 100 mess workers selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted in mess functioning under RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand after ethical committee approval, provided subject information sheet and informed consent taken from participants. Structured questionnaire, 5- point likert scale and observational checklist were used as research instruments. The analysis of study depicts that majority of the mess workers (55%) had poor knowledge, favourable attitude (59%) and poor practice (50%) regarding food safety measures and food borne diseases.