Perfil demográfico e socioeconômico de manipuladores em uma unidade de alimentação e nutrição na cidade de Juiz de Fora- MG

• Autor(a) principal: Azevedo, Daniel Inácio Peixoto Domingues de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Tiburcio, Rebeca Galhardo, Marinho, Bruna Laiza Silva, Binoti, Mirella Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Rasbran
• Texto Completo: https://rasbran.com.br/rasbran/article/view/1759

Changes resulting from the industrialization process affected society's customs and way of eating, leading to an increase in the number of meals taken outside the home environment as well as in the number of food producing establishments, and for this to be possible, it is essential to presence of food handlers. The objective of this work was to describe the demographic and socioeconomic profile of food handlers in a Food and Nutrition Unit. This is a cross-sectional study conducted at the headquarters of a Food and Nutrition Unit, in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, a self-administered questionnaire containing demographic and socioeconomic information was applied. The data were described through the distribution of absolute and relative frequencies. 81 food handlers participated in the research, grouped according to their role in the unit. The participants have an average age of 33.9 years (± 9.5 years), most of them are male (61.7%) and live in the city of Juiz de Fora (97.5%), 84% have the elementary school to high school; 48.1% are kitchen assistants; time in the profession (72.8%) and time in the company (55.6%) is longer than one year.  In view of the low level of education observed and the short time spent in the function, human resources management that promotes quality of life and the valuation of the individual in the organizational environment should be considered. In addition, constant and periodic implementation of training and incentives for capacity are important.