Food handling in the private sector in the health area of Policlínico Universitario Rampa

Abstract

Introduction: the actions aimed at developing a training for food manipulators of the health area Ramp require a diagnosis that allows, from the deficiencies identified, to work based on achieving greater results. Objective: diagnose the current status of food handling in health area Ramp in Havana. Method: a descriptive study was performed, in a universe of 107 food handling of the area the ramp. The instruments were built and validated. The variable "Training to food manipulators" was parameterized with 3 dimensions and 15 indicators. The summary measures used were absolute and relative frequency. Results: the dimension that the best result exhibited was attitudinal. In the integral evaluation of the variable, the category of inadequate predominated, at 51.0 % of the study universe, followed by 26.0% as little adequate. In 23% of the manipulators surveyed, they evaluated the appropriate variable. Inadequacies and potentialities were listed in each of the dimensions. Conclusions: in the diagnosis of the current situation carried out, more than the third of the respondents value the variable as inadequate the knowledge of the skills that are investigated