1、3600 英文单词, 18500 英文字符 ,中文 6100 字 文献出处: Mckay F H, Singh A, Singh S, et al. Street vendors in Patna, India: Understanding the socio-economic profile, livelihood and hygiene practicesJ. Food Control, 2016, 70:281-285. Street vendors in Patna, India: Understanding the socio-economic prole, livelihood a
2、nd hygiene practices Fiona H. McKay, Arbind Singh, Sangeeta Singh, Suvajee Good, Richard H. Osborne Abstract Street food vending is fundamental to daily life in many low and middle income countries where much of the urban population rely on food provided by street vendors. While street vendors are k
3、nown to be important providers of food; limited research has investigated vendors hygiene practices and their socioeconomic circumstances in India. The aims of this study were to investigate the hygienic practices of food vendors and the context of their socioeconomic and living circumstances. Struc
4、tured interviews were conducted with 31 street food vendors in Patna, India. The interviews explored issues around vending, hygiene practices, planning, and nancial stability. Findings from this study indicate that food vendors are aware of good basic hygiene practices despite having low levels of l
5、iteracy, low incomes, and limited job security. Keywords: Street vendor; India;Food environment; Street food;Food safety and hygiene 1. Introduction Over the last two decades, India has experienced signicant economic growth and change, including a substantial increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
6、 and per capita income. These changes have meant that that over 60 million Indians have beneted from improved living conditions (Planning Commission, 2013). Despite these changes, many public health improvements have failed to keep pace with the increased prosperity. Life expectancy at birth remains low (India, 68; world average, 71), infant mortality rates (48 per 1000) are higher than the global average (32 per 1000), and the average for the South East Asian region (34 per 1000), and