Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward Clostridium Botulinum outbreak in home-canned bamboo shoots at Pakaluang subdistrict, Ban Luang district, Nan province, Thailand

Abstract

To assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice toward clostridium botulinum outbreak in home-canned bamboo shoots at Pakalung Subdistrict, Ban Luang District, Nan Province, Thailand. Using cross-sectional analytic study, 280 participants was selected by systematic random sampling form Pakalung Subdistrict, Ban Luang District, Nan Province, Thailand. Data collection was done by face to face interview using structure-questionnaire. The results indicated that the prevalence of knowledge and attitude of whom were at moderate level, 57.90% and positive level, 48.20% respectively. The prevalence of good practice level was 89.60%. Furthermore, the knowledge was associated with social-demographic characteristics (p < 0.05) such as age group, occupation, level of education (p < 0.001) and monthly income (p < 0.001). The attitude was associated with age group (p < 0.05), level of education (p < 0.002), monthly income and occupation (p < 0.001) respectively. Education level (p < 0.05), monthly income and occupation were associated with practice level (p < 0.001). There was a significant association between attitude and practice (p < 0.001). The knowledge was not statistically significant with the practice (p = 0.201). In conclusion, this study could be applied for prevention and control of C.botulinum in other area with similar context.