Progress 09/15/02 to 09/14/07
Outputs
An animated video of six food safety music parodies ("You'd Better Wash Your Hands," "Veggie Believer," "Don't Be a Gambler," "Don't Get Sicky Wit It," "They Might Kill You/We Are the Microbes," and "Stomachache Tonight") was produced and has been disseminated in a variety of formats. The videos have been downloaded as Flash files from http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu, as YouTube videos (http://www.youtube.com/foodsafetymusic) and in DVD format available for order from http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu. Since the DVD was made available in March 2007, more than 3,000 copies have been distributed to teachers, food safety trainers, and others, and animations from the DVD have frequently aired on local television programs. More than 4,000 YouTube downloads of the animations have occurred since being made available to YouTube in October 2007. The Food Safety Music website (http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu) has been significantly enhanced during this project and now offers downloadable
audio, video, lyric, and PowerPoint files. Site traffic is now about 25,000 distinct visitors each year from throughout the world. The project has been subject to numerous media features, including notable coverage from National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Sacramento Bee, and Good Housekeeping. Presentations of the research derived from this project were made at two national meetings: the 2006 International Association for Food Protection Annual Conference and the 2006 National Food Safety Education Conference.
Impacts
Musical approaches to educate diverse audiences about food safety have proven successful in educational settings. Food safety music parodies were incorporated into a nine lesson food service food safety curriculum for high school students. The curriculum was taught both with the addition nof music and without it in 17 high school family and consumer sciences food classes in Idaho. Students in the music-added group who were in classes with fewer students had a significantly higher food safety knowledge score than students in the control group. Students in the music-added group who were males or students who were also in classes taught by the teachers with more experience with the curriculum scored significantly higher on one of the food safety attitude instruments used in the study. Teachers using the music-added curriculum were universally positive about the addition of the songs and reported it increased the enjoyment of teaching the submect for both the teachers and
for the students. Qualitative studies conduced in Delaware, North Carolina, and South Carolina have also demonstrated that the music has been successfully used in food safety education trainings for culinary arts students, foodservice managers, foodservice workers, and youth enrolled in summer nutrition programs.
Publications
- McCurdy, S.M., C. Schmiege, and C.K. Winter. 2008. Incorporation of music in a food service food safety curriculum for high school students. Food Production Trends (in press, 02/08).
|
Progress 01/01/06 to 12/31/06
Outputs
Food safety music parodies were incorporated into a nine lesson food service food safety curriculum for high school students. The curriculum was taught both with the addition of music and without it in 17 high school family and consumer sciences food classes in Idaho. Students in the music-added group who were also in classes taught by teachers with more experience with this curriculum or who were also in classes with fewer students, had a significantly higher food safety knowledge score than students in the control group. Students in the music-added group who were males or students who were also in classes taught by the teachers with more experience with the curriculum scored significantly higher on one of the food safety attitude instruments used in the study. Teachers using the music-added curriculum were universally positive about the addition of the songs and reported it increased the enjoyment of teaching the subject for the teachers and the students. Six
animated videos of the food safety songs were produced and are available for download at http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu. The initial response to the videos has been great and efforts have continued to make the videos available to teachers, food service employees, educators, and health professionals in a variety of formats.
Impacts
Musical approaches to educate diverse audiences about food safety have proven successful in educational settings. Animated videos of some of the songs are being used widely in educational programs and have been extremely popular.
Publications
- None this period but several manuscripts are in preparation. 2007.
|
Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05
Outputs
A collaborative effort among five Land Grant Universities has focused upon incorporating music parodies of popular songs into existing food safety educational programs to examine the effectiveness of using music as an educational tool. Music parody songs addressing food safety topics have been incorporated into food safety educational curricula for foodservice managers, culinary arts instructors, culinary arts students, high school students, and elementary school students. The songs represent a variety of musical styles and are derived from popular contemporary music. The effectiveness of incorporating the music into the curricula is being assessed qualitatively and quantitatively. Results indicate that adding music to food safety curricula increased interest in the topic and increased the enthusiasm of the participants. Multimedia presentations of specific songs incorporating animations and lyrics have recently been developed that may also be useful as
non-traditional forms of food safety education. The incorporation of music into food safety educational curricula is applicable for educational activities of at-risk populations as well as those who may prepare and serve food for such audiences.
Impacts
Adding music to food safety educational programs may significantly increase the awareness and interest of food safety issues for a wide variety of learners including students of all ages, teachers, and foodservice workers. Improved understanding of food safety issues may help to decrease the estimated 76 million cases of foodborne illness that occur annually in the U.S.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
Progress 01/01/04 to 12/31/04
Outputs
Qualitative studies assessing the impact of incorporating music into food safety educational programs have been completed by project collaborators at Clemson University and at the University of Delaware. A total of 105 food service managers participated in the Clemson study and four songs were incorporated into the curriculum. All of the participants remembered that music was played during the training, and between 94 and 98 percent of the participants correctly recalled the main message associated with each song. The University of Delaware recruited 541 youth aged 8-12 to participate in one-week long sessions emphasizing food safety principles during the summer of 2004. Improvement on posttest results relative to pretest results ranged from 13 percent to 28 percent, and the percentage of youth correctly answering in the posttest ranged from 85 to 97 percent for each question. Students were also asked during the posttest what their favorite song was and were asked to
quote a line or a phrase from a song. The number one song was the rap parody 'Don't Get Sicky Wit It' and more than forty percent of the students (227) responded with a line or a phrase that involved hand washing.
Impacts
Preliminary research indicates that music incorporated into food safety curricula can significantly improve understanding of critical food safety concepts and can also add enjoyment to training sessions, which may make participants more receptive to learning. Widespread development and adoption of music-rich food safety educational curricula may significantly help to reduce the incidence of foodborne illness in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
Following an organizational meeting of project collaborators in the Fall of 2002, efforts were initiated to comprehensively search the available literature to identify research information coupling music with cognition. Concurrently, qualitative studies assessing the impact of incorporating music into food safety educational curricula of school food service supervisors and culinary arts instructors have been conducted in South Carolina and quantitative studies with similar audiences are being arranged in North Carolina. Efforts in Idaho have involved modifying a high school student food safety education curriculum and making arrangements for a quantitative study.
Impacts
A review of the literature indicates that musical approaches are frequently very effective in helping audiences understand and retain various types of information. The qualitative studies conducted in South Carolina indicated that incorporation of a variety of songs into ServSafe food safety educational curricula was positively viewed by the study group.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
|