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'I don't think I ever had food poisoning'. A practice-based approach to understanding foodborne disease that originates in the home.
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Appetite [Appetite] 2015 Feb; Vol. 85, pp. 118-25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 25. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Food stored, prepared, cooked and eaten at home contributes to foodborne disease which, globally, presents a significant public health burden. The aim of the study reported here was to investigate, analyse and interpret domestic kitchen practices in order to provide fresh insight about how the domestic setting might influence food safety. Using current theories of practice meant the research, which drew on qualitative and ethnographic methods, could investigate people and material things in the domestic kitchen setting whilst taking account of people's actions, values, experiences and beliefs. Data from 20 UK households revealed the extent to which kitchens are used for a range of non-food related activities and the ways that foodwork extends beyond the boundaries of the kitchen. The youngest children, the oldest adults and the family pets all had agency in the kitchen, which has implications for preventing foodborne disease. What was observed, filmed and photographed was not a single practice but a series of entangled encounters and actions embedded and repeated, often inconsistently, by the individuals involved. Households derived logics and principles about foodwork that represented rules of thumb about 'how things are done' that included using the senses and experiential knowledge when judging whether food is safe to eat. Overall, food safety was subsumed within the practice of 'being' a household and living everyday life in the kitchen. Current theories of practice are an effective way of understanding foodborne disease and offer a novel approach to exploring food safety in the home.<br /> (Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cooking
Family Characteristics
Female
Food Contamination prevention & control
Food Microbiology
Food Safety
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Qualitative Research
United Kingdom
Foodborne Diseases prevention & control
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-8304
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Appetite
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25464023
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.022