Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective
BackgroundWith widely adequate efforts to promote food (cassava) safety, adoption still remains low. This study explored the knowledge of cassava cyanide poisoning, perceived threat, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda.MethodsData were collected using focus group discussions (...
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| description | BackgroundWith widely adequate efforts to promote food (cassava) safety, adoption still remains low. This study explored the knowledge of cassava cyanide poisoning, perceived threat, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda.MethodsData were collected using focus group discussions (10), in-depth individual interviews (10), and household interviews (420). Participants responded to a culturally specific questionnaire that comprised demographic inquiries and adapted questions from the qualitative findings on knowledge, perceived threat, and adoption of preventive measures.ResultsPerceived threat mediated the path between knowledge and the adoption of preventive measures, and the indirect effect was moderated by education and not gender. In other words, having knowledge of cassava cyanide poisoning was interconnected to the adoption of preventive measures through the risk perception of educated respondents.ConclusionFrom the Health Belief Model perspective, the study recommends that cassava cyanide poisoning responsiveness campaigns should hinge on raising awareness of the risk associated with cyanide poisoning to motivate households to adopt recommended preventive measures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e1c6df12a8f141c8a3a7abb19c90fd212025-08-20T03:41:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2025-08-01910.3389/fsufs.2025.15926611592661Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspectiveJenifer Apil0Lucy Mulugo1Peter Atekyereza2Bernard Obaa3Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaDepartment of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaDepartment of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaBackgroundWith widely adequate efforts to promote food (cassava) safety, adoption still remains low. This study explored the knowledge of cassava cyanide poisoning, perceived threat, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda.MethodsData were collected using focus group discussions (10), in-depth individual interviews (10), and household interviews (420). Participants responded to a culturally specific questionnaire that comprised demographic inquiries and adapted questions from the qualitative findings on knowledge, perceived threat, and adoption of preventive measures.ResultsPerceived threat mediated the path between knowledge and the adoption of preventive measures, and the indirect effect was moderated by education and not gender. In other words, having knowledge of cassava cyanide poisoning was interconnected to the adoption of preventive measures through the risk perception of educated respondents.ConclusionFrom the Health Belief Model perspective, the study recommends that cassava cyanide poisoning responsiveness campaigns should hinge on raising awareness of the risk associated with cyanide poisoning to motivate households to adopt recommended preventive measures.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1592661/fullcassava cyanide knowledgerisk perceptionpreventive measuresNorthwestern Ugandaadoption |
| spellingShingle | Jenifer Apil Lucy Mulugo Peter Atekyereza Bernard Obaa Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems cassava cyanide knowledge risk perception preventive measures Northwestern Uganda adoption |
| title | Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective |
| title_full | Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective |
| title_fullStr | Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective |
| title_short | Cassava cyanide knowledge, risk perception, and adoption of preventive measures in Northwestern Uganda: a moderated mediation perspective |
| title_sort | cassava cyanide knowledge risk perception and adoption of preventive measures in northwestern uganda a moderated mediation perspective |
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