Working with Individuals Who Provide Nursing Care to Educate Older Adults about Foodborne Illness Prevention: The Food Safety Because You Care! Intervention
Table 2
Respondents’ opinions of the booklet ( = 88).
Statement
% strongly agree
% agree
% neither agree nor disagree
% disagree
% strongly disagree
% do not remember/no answer
After reading the booklet I now feel better prepared to advise older adults and/or their caregivers to safely prepare food.
54.6
36.4
4.6
1.1
1.1
2.3
The information in this booklet was easy to understand.
60.2
29.6
3.4
0
1.1
5.7
Reading this booklet made me more aware of food safety.
56.8
35.2
2.3
2.3
2.3
1.1
I learned at least one new thing regarding food safety after reading the booklet.
58.0
29.6
6.8
1.1
1.1
3.4
Reading this booklet has shown me that I do not know enough about properly preparing food for older adults.
21.6
33.0
23.9
15.9
4.6
1.1
There was too much information to read.
5.7
18.2
22.7
34.1
17.1
2.3
I thought the information was interesting.
47.7
43.2
5.7
0
1.1
2.3
The booklet was tailored to older adults.
23.9
40.9
20.5
11.4
2.3
1.1
I found the information to be credible.
48.9
42.1
4.6
0
2.3
2.3
Adults aged 60 or older are at an increased risk of getting food poisoning or foodborne illness.
