O papel da educação ambiental para promoção da higiene e salubridade no mercado do Xipamanine

Abstract

The present study seeks to understand the contribution of environmental education in promoting hygiene and health in the Xipamanine market. The materialisation of this study followed a line of qualitative methodological approach, of descriptive character and a non-probabilistic sampling by convenience through the application of semi-structured semi-structured interview and systematic observation of the food handling processes The data analysis was based on the technique of data analysis and data analysis was based on Bardin's content analysis technique (2001). The study reveals that there is lack of hygiene and salubrity in the process of handling and sale of meat and meals at Xipamanine market. This problem is associated with the lack of information and environmental awareness on the part of the traders, constituting an attack on public health. It is concluded that environmental education has an important contribution to important contribution to give in the dissemination of information and awareness of traders to adopt a new attitude and adoption of a new posture and participation in ensuring better hygiene and salubriousness in the exercise of their activities. In this way, it was recommended that meat and the observance of personal hygiene measures and participation in the improvement of salubrity. To the Municipal Council of Maputo the intensification of the campaigns of Environmental Education campaigns and the improvement of sanitation infrastructures.