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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.
Appetite. 2015 Feb; 85:118-25.A

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.

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Wills WJ
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK. Electronic address: w.j.wills@herts.ac.uk.
Meah A
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK.
Dickinson AM
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK.
Short F
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK.

MeSH

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCookingFamily CharacteristicsFemaleFood ContaminationFood MicrobiologyFood SafetyFoodborne DiseasesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedPregnancyQualitative ResearchUnited Kingdom

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

25464023

Citation

Wills, Wendy J., et al. "'I Don't Think I Ever Had Food Poisoning'. a Practice-based Approach to Understanding Foodborne Disease That Originates in the Home." Appetite, vol. 85, 2015, pp. 118-25.
Wills WJ, Meah A, Dickinson AM, et al. 'I don't think I ever had food poisoning'. A practice-based approach to understanding foodborne disease that originates in the home. Appetite. 2015;85:118-25.
Wills, W. J., Meah, A., Dickinson, A. M., & Short, F. (2015). 'I don't think I ever had food poisoning'. A practice-based approach to understanding foodborne disease that originates in the home. Appetite, 85, 118-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.022
Wills WJ, et al. 'I Don't Think I Ever Had Food Poisoning'. a Practice-based Approach to Understanding Foodborne Disease That Originates in the Home. Appetite. 2015;85:118-25. PubMed PMID: 25464023.
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TY - JOUR T1 - 'I don't think I ever had food poisoning'. A practice-based approach to understanding foodborne disease that originates in the home. AU - Wills,Wendy J, AU - Meah,Angela, AU - Dickinson,Angela M, AU - Short,Frances, Y1 - 2014/11/25/ PY - 2014/05/16/received PY - 2014/10/29/revised PY - 2014/11/19/accepted PY - 2014/12/3/entrez PY - 2014/12/3/pubmed PY - 2015/9/18/medline KW - Current theories of practice KW - Domestic kitchen practices KW - Food safety KW - Foodborne disease KW - Qualitative research KW - Visual research SP - 118 EP - 25 JF - Appetite JO - Appetite VL - 85 N2 - 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. SN - 1095-8304 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25464023/'I_don't_think_I_ever_had_food_poisoning'__A_practice_based_approach_to_understanding_foodborne_disease_that_originates_in_the_home_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -