| No. | Item Total (n = 180) | Freq. | Percent | |
| 1 | Mothers who heard about food poisoning. | Yes | 108 | 60% |
| No | 72 | 40% | ||
| 2 | Mothers know that; diseases could be transmitted by food. | Yes | 124 | 68.9% |
| No | 56 | 31.1% | ||
| 3 | Mothers’ knowledge about food-related diseases. | Diarrhea | 90 | 50.0% |
| Cholera | 152 | 84.4% | ||
| Food poisoning | 40 | 22.2% | ||
| Dysentery | 35 | 19.4.0% | ||
| 4 | Mothers’ knowledge about preventive measures for food-poisoning. | Hand washing | 67 | 37.2% |
| Washing vegetables | 56 | 31.1% | ||
| Appropriate cooking | 43 | 23.9% | ||
| 5 | Mothers’ knowledge about causes of food poisoning. | Contaminated food | 118 | 65.5% |
| Contaminated hands | 89 | 49.4% | ||
| Contaminated utensils | 67 | 37.2% | ||
| Average total mothers’ knowledge about food poisoning in Sharaab, Yemen. | 40.72% | |||