Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) - Practice based research to improve food safety

环境健康专家网络 (EHS-Net) - 基于实践的研究，以改善食品安全

基本信息

批准号：
10657528
负责人：
Kirk Smith
金额：
$ 19.26万
依托单位：
MINNESOTA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-09-30 至 2025-09-29
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10657528
关键词：
Environmental Health Specialists Network EHS

项目摘要

EHS-Net Food Safety Project Summary/Abstract The long-term objective of the proposed work is to reduce foodborne illness associated with commercial food establishments in Minnesota and the entire U.S. Specific aims are to: 1) increase and improve environmental assessments conducted during foodborne illness outbreak investigations; 2) identify contributing factors and antecedents factors associated with foodborne illness outbreaks; 3) identify and understand environmental factors associated with sporadic foodborne illness through special studies; 4) evaluate food safety programs in Minnesota; 5) synthesize and disseminate the findings from EHS-Net research projects to the environmental health community and the food service industry; and, 6) develop, implement, and evaluate interventions at commercial food establishments that will reduce the incidence of foodborne illness. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has been a leader and active participant in EHS-Net since its inception and proposes to continue EHS-Net involvement in the same fashion going forward. Environmental health specialists from the MDH Division of Environmental Health and epidemiologists from the MDH Foodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Diseases Section will continue to comprise the MDH EHS- Net team and will work closely together to conduct EHS-Net activities. Active population-based surveillance for reportable bacterial and protozoal pathogens will be conducted, along with state-of the art outbreak detection and investigation. Environmental assessments will be conducted on all foodborne outbreaks in commercial food establishments in Minnesota using standard tools to allow collection of high quality data for the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System [NEARS]. Special studies to identify practices, behaviors, or other risk factors that lead to sporadic foodborne illness will be conducted at random samples of restaurants in previously selected sampling frameworks. Another proposed project is to survey operators to better understand how to effectively implement and evaluate interventions at commercial food establishments. Additionally, we have proposed research looking at inspection reports preceding outbreak restaurants to determine if there are any trends in the violations that are observed. MDH will continue to build communication and collaborations with EHS-Net partners (other states, CDC, FDA, and EPA) and will actively participate in multi-site studies decided on by the EHS-Net Steering Committee. Education of environmental health specialists and industry groups throughout Minnesota, based on lessons learned from EHS-Net, will continue to be actively pursued.

EHS网络食品安全项目摘要/摘要拟议工作的长期目的是减少与食源性疾病相关的疾病明尼苏达州和整个美国特定目标的商业食品机构是至：1）增加和改善食源期间进行的环境评估疾病爆发调查； 2）确定因素和前提因素与食源性疾病暴发有关； 3）识别和理解环境通过特殊研究与零星食源性疾病相关的因素； 4）评估明尼苏达州的食品安全计划； 5）合成并从中传播发现 EHS网络研究项目向环境健康社区和食品服务部门行业; 6）在商业食品中开发，实施和评估干预措施将减少食源性疾病的发生的机构。明尼苏达州卫生部（MDH）一直是领导者和积极参与者 EHS-NET自成立以来，并提议继续进行EHS-NET参与时尚前进。来自MDH部门的环境卫生专家来自MDH Foodborne的环境健康和流行病学家，Waterborne， Vectorborne和人畜共患病部分将继续构成MDH EHS- 净团队将密切合作，进行EHS网络活动。积极的可报告细菌和原生动物病原体的基于人群的监视将是与最新的爆发检测和调查一起进行。环境评估将对所有食源性爆发进行明尼苏达州的商业食品机构使用标准工具来收集国家环境评估报告系统的高质量数据 [临近]。特殊研究以确定领导的实践，行为或其他风险因素将在零星的食源性疾病中在随机的餐馆样本中进行先前选择的采样框架。另一个提议的项目是调查操作员更好地了解如何有效实施和评估干预措施在商业食品机构。此外，我们提出了研究的研究爆发餐厅之前的检查报告，以确定是否有任何趋势观察到的违规行为。 MDH将继续与EHS-NET合作伙伴建立沟通和合作（其他州，CDC，FDA和EPA），并将积极参与多站点研究由EHS-NET指导委员会决定。环境健康教育根据从中学到的教训，整个明尼苏达州的专家和行业团体 EHS-NET将继续积极追求。