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

• 批准号: 10259652
• 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
• 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/10259652
• 关键词: Environmental; Health; Specialists; Network; EHS

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-Net食品安全项目摘要/摘要 拟议工作的长期目标是减少与食源性疾病有关的 与明尼苏达州和整个美国的商业食品机构的具体目标是 （1）增加和改善食源性疾病期间进行的环境评估 疾病爆发调查; 2）确定促成因素和前因因素 与食源性疾病爆发有关; 3）识别和了解环境 通过专门研究与散发性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）综合和传播来自 环境卫生网络研究项目，以环境卫生界和食品服务 工业;以及，6）制定，实施和评估对商业食品的干预措施 减少食源性疾病发病率的设施。 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，一直在积极参与，并建议EHS-Net继续参与 时尚向前走环境卫生专家从MDH司 来自MDH食源性、水生、 媒介传播和人畜共患病科将继续组成卫生和保健部环境卫生和保健科- 网络团队，并将密切合作，开展EHS网络活动。活性 对可报告的细菌和原生动物病原体进行基于人群的监测， 沿着最先进的爆发检测和调查。 将对所有食源性疫情进行环境评估， 明尼苏达州的商业食品企业使用标准工具， 国家环境评估报告系统的高质量数据 [接近]。专门研究，以确定导致疾病的做法、行为或其他风险因素。 到散发性食源性疾病，将在 以前选择的抽样框架。另一个拟议的项目是调查 运营商更好地了解如何有效地实施和评估干预措施 在商业食品机构。此外，我们还提出了研究， 在爆发疫情的餐馆前进行检查，以确定是否有 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），并将积极参与多中心研究 由EHS网络指导委员会决定。环境卫生教育 专家和整个明尼苏达州的行业团体，根据从 EHS-Net将继续积极推行。