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Food Safety Knowledge of Undergraduate Nutrition Majors vs. Hospitality Management Majors

Brown, Paul T
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492092442420771

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2017, MS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Health Sciences.
The purpose of this study was to compare food safety knowledge among undergraduate hospitality majors versus nutrition majors. The four hypotheses included there being a difference in food safety knowledge between hospitality management majors and nutrition majors, between freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors within each major, between participants who are ServSafe certified and those who are not, and participants with food service experience and those without. This was a non- experimental, two-way factorial design, with independent variables including major and education level of student. Dependent variables included food safety knowledge on five subsections of food safety and total food safety knowledge. Undergraduate nutrition majors and hospitality majors completed the statistically validated Food Safety Knowledge Questionnaire, FSKQ. The scores for each scale, which corresponded to a section in the test, were calculated by adding the total points earned within each section. Means and standard deviations for knowledge scores from each section were reported along with the total. Data was analyzed using SPSS software with significant data required to have a p value of =0.05. A 2x4 factorial ANOVA was performed on each subscale knowledge section and overall. Results suggested that food safety knowledge does not appear to be any different among hospitality management and nutrition students, or students who are ServSafe certified or not. However, there appears to be a significant differences educational level, which may be due to class order.
Natalie Caine-Bish, Dr. (Advisor)
78 p.
Nutrition
food safety; nutrition students; undergraduate nutrition; hospitality management; food safety knowledge questionnaire; hospitality management students; food safety knowledge; nutrition; hospitality management

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  • Brown, P. T. (2017). Food Safety Knowledge of Undergraduate Nutrition Majors vs. Hospitality Management Majors [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492092442420771

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brown, Paul. Food Safety Knowledge of Undergraduate Nutrition Majors vs. Hospitality Management Majors . 2017. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492092442420771.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brown, Paul. "Food Safety Knowledge of Undergraduate Nutrition Majors vs. Hospitality Management Majors ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492092442420771

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