Campylobacter is the chief cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in developed countries and poultry is considered as the main cause of infection. Nonetheless, of extensive scientific efforts to exterminate the Campylobacter and numerous measures currently implemented, it has not been successful to provide Campylobacter‐free poultry. Therefore, this study aimed to depict the level of perceived risk and identify the target groups who exhibit particularly unsafe behavior by surveying the general public residing in Ireland. A total of 1,171 participants from all over the Republic of Ireland contributed to the survey. Result reveals that a substantial number of consumers still lacks awareness. Not more than 9.5% were very knowledgeable, that is, those who attained 70% passing score and 30.7% attain a score between 50 and 70%. A total of 40.2% overall pass rate. Significant differences were found in their risk perception and gender (p ≤ .05), age (p ≤ .05), and education level (p ≤ .05). This study observed that male, age between 18 and 25 with primary or no qualification and living alone are the group who exhibit particularly unsafe behavior when preparing poultry and are require most in risk communication effort. By informing, elevating the awareness, and affirming the severity of the risk to the consumer, subsequently, the incidents of Campylobacteriosis can be reduced in the Irish population.

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弯曲菌，消费者的风险感知以及与爱尔兰家禽处理相关的知识

弯曲杆菌是发达国家细菌性肠胃炎的主要原因，而家禽被认为是感染的主要原因。然而，在消灭弯曲杆菌的广泛科学努力和目前已实施的许多措施中，提供弯曲杆菌并没有成功无r家禽。因此，本研究旨在通过调查居住在爱尔兰的普通公众来描绘感知到的风险水平，并确定表现出特别不安全行为的目标人群。来自爱尔兰共和国各地的1,171名参与者为调查做出了贡献。结果表明，仍然有相当多的消费者缺乏认识。不多于9.5％的人是非常有知识的人，也就是说，那些获得70％及格分数和30.7％的那些人的分数介于50和70％之间。总体合格率为40.2％。在他们的风险认知和性别（发现显著差异p  ≤0.05），年龄（p  ≤0.05），受教育程度（p ≤.05）。这项研究发现，年龄在18到25岁之间且没有基本资格或没有资格并且独自生活的男性是准备家禽时表现出特别不安全行为并且最需要进行风险交流的人群。通过告知，提高认识并确认给消费者带来的风险的严重性，随后，可以减少爱尔兰人中弯曲杆菌病的发生。