A study on knowledge, attitude and practices adopted by street food providers and rectification of wrong practices through training programme

The area for the study was Lucknow and seventy food vendors, twenty food handlers and 20 restaurant owners from different locations of the city was included in the study. The questionnaire based on knowledge, attitude and practices was used to collect the information from the respondents. Based on the analysis the problem areas were noted and various audio visual aids were prepared keeping in mind the various problem areas. These audio visual aids were used to convey the message effectively to the street food providers during the training programme. The training programme was conducted for fifteen days. Proper feedback was taken during and after the training sessions and the change in knowledge, attitude and practices of the street food providers after the training was again analyzed with the help of questionnaire. It was found that there was a drastic change in practices and attitudes of the food vendors, food handlers and restaurant owners regarding hygiene practices. The vendors were also taught about the nutritional factors of each product they sell and also how to make their product nutritionally sufficient through value addition techniques. They were also made aware about the HACCP technique and how to take care of it while preparing a food item. Value addition technique was practically taught to them in the home science kitchen so that they can easily found out that the cost of making that value added product is not too high and they are getting a different nutritionally correct product with different taste in a reasonable amount.