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Improving Food Protection through EHS-Net Research

Award Number: U01EH001293
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2015
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/29/2021

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Improving Food Protection through EHS-Net Research - ¿ DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) has been an integral part of the Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) for ten years and impacted retail food safety at a national level. In support of the Healthy People 2020 Food Safety goals, HEALTH aims to reduce foodborne illnesses, disabilities, and death through interventions that target reducing food contamination from ill food workers, reducing hand contamination, improving controls through certified kitchen managers always being present during food preparation at food establishments, and improving regulatory effectiveness. Each intervention builds on prior EHS-Net findings that have identified factors associated with food safety issues, but shifts the research paradigm by utilizing a systems approach aimed at achieving maximum impact by targeting the culture of food safety at food service establishments. Reducing illnesses and outbreaks due to ill food workers will be the focus of the first two years of the grant. RI EHS-Net will deliver an intervention packet to all RI food establishments, reinforce with inspections, and compare critical violations before and after the intervention delivery. Behavioral factors will be evaluated at a subset of establishments and compared pre and post intervention using a survey designed to measure indicators of a positive food safety culture. Other proposed interventions will follow similar designs and be conducted in the years that follow. Results from the Certified Kitchen Manager intervention could be used to justify changing the Food Code to require a certified manager during all food preparation, or to mimic the Rhode Island law which allows requiring a CKM at all times if there are serious repeat operational violations. HEALTH has established an effective collaborative structure to achieve the outlined objectives. The Office of Food Protection, Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and the State Health Laboratory are centrally located and will ensure effective, coordinated responses. The University of Rhode Island also supports this statewide initiative. HEALTH will collaborate with EHS-Net in the data analysis of all EHS-Net research projects. Results will be disseminated to the public health community through scientific journals, presentations, possible changes to the Food Code, and other means to encourage national changes in food safety practices.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2019	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	5	11/3/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2018	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	5	11/3/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2017	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	5	11/3/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2016	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	5	11/3/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2015	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	02	5	11/3/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	01	5	12/22/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $192,500 )
2019	2019	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	5	7/22/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$192,500
														Subtotal = $192,500

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $192,500 )
2018	2018	Health, Rhode Island Department Of	3 Capitol Hill	Providence	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	00	4	8/14/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$192,500
														Subtotal = $192,500

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $192,500 )
2017	2017	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HL STE 3	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	002	3	7/7/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$192,500
2017	2016	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HL STE 3	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	000	2	11/23/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2017	2016	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HL STE 3	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	001	2	1/23/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $192,500

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $192,500 )
2016	2016	RI ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	003	2	7/26/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$192,500
2016	2015	RI ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	001	1	1/29/2016	NEW	-$192,500
2016	2015	RI ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	000	1	11/2/2015	NEW	$0
2016	2015	RI ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	002	1	2/4/2016	NEW	$192,500
														Subtotal = $192,500

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $192,500 )
2015	2015	RI ST HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE OFFICERS	600 NEW LONDON AVENUE	CRANSTON	RI	02920	PROVIDENCE	USA	Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response	000	1	9/2/2015	NEW	$192,500
														Subtotal = $192,500

Grand Total All Awards = $962,500

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Improving Food Protection through EHS-Net Research

Award Number: U01EH001293

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2015

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/29/2021

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