en Food Safety and Hygiene Food Safety and Hygiene پژوهشي Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background:</strong> The studies on children and adolescents provide the basic information for educational interventions such as the assessment of the knowledge of community health promotion. The present study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of secondary high school students regarding food safety and hygiene in Khorramdarreh, Zanjan, Iran.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 640 secondary high school students during December 2014-December 2015. The participants were selected via cluster sampling, and data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire after assessing its validity and reliability. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 16.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The mean scores of the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the students were 36.6&plusmn;6.96 (moderate), 57.95&plusmn;6.88 (favorable), and 40.59&plusmn;5.80 (favorable), respectively. The lowest knowledge level of the students was observed in milk and egg hygiene (27%), meat hygiene (35%), effect of temperature on microorganisms (35%), and brucellosis-related aspects (7.33%).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Although the students had a positive attitude toward food safety, they had inadequate knowledge of the effects on their practices. Therefore, it seems that training is essential in the food safety and hygiene fields for students and their parents.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></div> Attitude, Food safety and hygiene, Knowledge, Practice, Secondary high school students 60 68 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-47-6&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Aghdas Moghaddam Aghdas.moqaddam@gmail.com 10031947532846009937 10031947532846009937 No Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Hassan Hassanzadazar hassanzadazar_h@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009938 10031947532846009938 Yes Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Mohammad Masoud Vakili vakili@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009939 10031947532846009939 No Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Fatemeh Jafari fjafari@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009940 10031947532846009940 No Department of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Majid Aminzare m.aminzare@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846009941 10031947532846009941 No Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.