Doctoral Dissertation Research: Governing Foodborne Disease in a Changing World

博士论文研究：在不断变化的世界中治理食源性疾病

• 批准号: 1256027
• 负责人: Stephen Hilgartner
• 金额: $ 1.22万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-04-15 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1256027&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Governing; Foodborne

Foodborne disease outbreaks and associated product recalls have become major sociopolitical problems in recent years. Governance of this problem requires coordination amongst a heterogeneous, extensive, and distributed set of institutional actors who utilize a variety of technical means and tools to try to keep pathogens out of food. This dissertation details how foodborne disease is governed in the contemporary United States. Using qualitative STS methods, including organizational ethnography, in-depth interviewing, and document analysis, this study focuses on the challenges institutional actors grapple with in detecting and managing risk, and standardizing methods.The topic of foodborne pathogen outbreaks is an important policy problem of public concern that touches on one of our nation?s largest economic sectors, the food system. Results of the research will be communicated with federal and state public health and regulatory officials to promote better understanding and improved communication between institutional actors. In addition to academic audiences, some publications resulting from the research will be aimed at policy-makers and consumers given the wide public concern about food safety.

近年来，食源性疾病暴发和相关产品召回已成为社会政治问题。对这个问题的治理需要协调一组异质，广泛和分布的机构参与者，他们利用各种技术手段和工具来试图使病原体脱离食物。本文详细介绍了如何在当代美国治理食源性疾病。 本研究使用定性的STS方法，包括组织人种志，深入的访谈和文档分析，重点介绍机构参与者在发现和管理风险方面遇到的挑战，以及标准化方法。该研究的结果将与联邦和州公共卫生和监管官员进行交流，以促进机构参与者之间的更好理解和改善沟通。除了学术观众外，该研究引起的一些出版物将针对政策制定者和消费者，鉴于公众对食品安全的关注。