An Evaluation of the Impact of Restaurant Sanitary Grade Posting on Health Hazard

描述（由申请人提供）： 项目摘要/摘要为了减少因餐馆卫生习惯差而导致的食源性疾病的风险，纽约市（NYC）卫生和心理卫生部计划要求从2010年7月开始以字母等级的形式公开张贴餐馆卫生评分。这一努力背后的理由是，增加公众对餐馆评分的了解将迫使餐馆经营者更好地遵守旨在降低食源性疾病风险的法规。我们建议评估等级张贴在纽约市改善餐厅卫生和减少食源性疾病的程度。我们还建议使用评估结果来提高纽约市餐馆检查计划中的做法的有效性。为了进行这项评估，我们将使用来自五个来源的数据：一。纽约市餐馆检查数据库（“FACTS”）-在基线和随时间监测餐馆卫生。二.纽约市社区健康调查（CHS）-跟踪纽约市成年居民在餐馆用餐的频率和对检查结果的认识。三.餐馆经营者和食客调查-两个新的调查开发，以衡量餐饮业和食客的反应等级张贴。四.纽约州全州规划和研究合作系统（SPARCS）住院患者出院和急诊就诊数据-用于跟踪纽约市严重食源性疾病的发生情况。五、纽约市综合症监测系统-追踪纽约市内的慢性病的发生情况。我们将进行统计分析，以描述和测试随着时间的推移，我们已经开发的指标的变化，以代表一系列问题，包括餐厅遵守关键食品安全参数，纽约市食源性疾病的发生，等级卡对公众餐厅卫生意识的影响，等级卡对影响餐厅选择的影响，以及纽约市餐饮业对等级张贴的反应。我们将把这次评估的信息纳入餐馆检查员和餐馆经营者的培训计划和在线资源。 公共卫生相关性： 项目叙述为了减少因餐馆卫生习惯差而导致的食源性疾病的风险，纽约市（NYC）卫生和心理卫生部计划要求从2010年7月开始以字母等级的形式公开张贴餐馆卫生评分。这一努力背后的理由是，增加公众对餐馆评分的了解将迫使餐馆经营者更好地遵守旨在降低食源性疾病风险的法规。我们建议评估等级张贴改善餐厅卫生和减少纽约市食源性疾病发生的程度。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract To reduce risks of food borne illness resulting from poor sanitary practices in restaurants, the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is scheduled to require public posting of restaurant sanitary scores in the form of letter grades beginning July 2010. The rationale behind this effort is that increased public access to restaurant scores will compel restaurant operators to better comply with regulations designed to reduce risks of food borne illness. We propose to evaluate the extent to which grade-posting improves restaurant hygiene and reduces food borne illness in NYC. We also propose to use results from the evaluation to improve the effectiveness of practices within the NYC restaurant inspection program. To conduct this evaluation, we will use data from five sources: I. New York City restaurant inspection database ("FACTS") - to monitor restaurant hygiene at baseline and over time. II. New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) - to track frequency of restaurant dining and awareness of inspection results among resident NYC adults. III. Restaurant Operator and Diner Surveys - two new surveys developed to measure restaurant industry and diner response to grade-posting. IV. New York State Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) inpatient hospital discharge and emergency department visit data - to track the occurrence of serious food borne illness in NYC. V. NYC Syndromic Surveillance System - to track the occurrence of diarrheal illness in NYC. We will conduct statistical analyses to describe and test for changes over time in metrics we have developed to represent a range of issues including restaurant compliance with critical food safety parameters, the occurrence of food borne illness in NYC, the impact of grade cards on public awareness of restaurant hygiene, the impact of grade cards on influencing restaurant choice, and the NYC restaurant industry's response to grade-posting. We will incorporate information from this evaluation into restaurant inspector and restaurant operator training programs and online resources. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Project Narrative To reduce risks of food borne illness resulting from poor sanitary practices in restaurants, the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is scheduled to require public posting of restaurant sanitary scores in the form of letter grades beginning July 2010. The rationale behind this effort is that increased public access to restaurant scores will compel restaurant operators to better comply with regulations designed to reduce risk of food borne illness. We propose to evaluate the extent to which grade-posting improves restaurant hygiene and reduces the occurrence of foodborne illness in NYC.