Pengetahuan dan sikap mahasiswa fakultas kedokteran hewan Institut Pertanian Bogor terhadap foodborne disease

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate correlation between characteristics (sex, age, graduate level, entrance to Bogor Agricultural University, and activity on organisations), knowledge and attitude of Veterinary Students of Bogor Agricultural University on foodborne diseases. The data collection was carried out using quetionnaires for 239 respondents from August 2010 to January 2011 by stratified random sampling. The significant possitive correlation was observed between knowledge and age, graduate level, and activity on organisations (p<0.05), nevertheless sex and entrance to Bogor Agricultural University did not show a correlation with knowledge (p>0.05). The significant possitive was found between attitude and entrance to Bogor Agricultural University (p<0.05). In this study, the correlation between sex, age, graduate level, and activity on organisations and attitude were not found significantly (p>0.05). There was no correlation was observed between knowledge and attitude (p>0.05).