- Table 1 Prevalence of foodborne pathogens among adults aged ≥65 years in Scotland and from global studies
- Table 2 Determinants of food safety risks, behaviours and vulnerabilities
- Table 3 Physical environment determinants upon food shopping, storage, cooking and eating practices among adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 4 Biological determinants upon food shopping, storage, cooking and eating practices among adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 5 Social determinants upon food shopping, storage, cooking and eating practices among adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 6 Psychological determinants upon food shopping, storage, cooking and eating practices among adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 7 Impact of economic determinants upon food shopping, purchase decisions, food storage and eating practices among adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 8 Impact of economic determinants upon food shopping, storage, cooking and eating practices among adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 9 Perceived susceptibility to foodborne illness among family-caregivers and adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 10 Perceived severity of foodborne illness among family-caregivers and adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 11 Perceived benefits of food safety practices among family caregivers and adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 12 Perceived barriers to food safety practices among family caregivers and adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 13 Perceived self-efficacy of implementing food safety practices among family-caregivers and adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 14 Motivations of individuals aged ≥ 65 years in Scotland to implement recommended food safety practices
- Table 15 Cues to action that have resulted in adopting food safety behaviours among family-caregivers and adults over 65 in Scotland
- Table 16 Impact of being responsible for food provision of relatives upon family caregivers
- Table 17 Considerations for future Food Standards Scotland food safety messaging.
13. Recommendations
Recommendations for future research and interventions by Food Standards Scotland and other organisations have arisen because of the research undertaken:
- Future food safety communication campaigns should consider the points of discussion in this report.
- Dissemination of food safety tools to the target audience successfully resulted in behaviour change, furthermore, the majority reported that they would continue to utilise these tools, there is a need for future research to establish the longevity of this behaviour change. This will establish if the provision of food safety tools is a sufficient cue-to-action to facilitate food safety behaviour change.
- Given the findings of this SEFARI fellowship have been combined with the data captured in the Food Standards Scotland systematic review of foodborne illness prevalence among clinically vulnerable group to create a data-driven infographic intended to communicate clinically vulnerable groups that are susceptible to foodborne illness, future research needs to be undertaken to assess the acceptability, understandability and potential effectiveness of the infographic on communicating why certain groups of the population are particularly susceptible to foodborne illness.
- The researcher believes there is a need to develop Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for healthcare professionals such as dietitians to identify individuals that are susceptible to foodborne illness and enable them to educate service users of their susceptibility to foodborne illness and of appropriate food safety practices to reduce risks by applying constructs of the health belief model to facilitate behaviour change.