Improving food safety culture in restaurants and retail food businesses
Official title: EH20-001 SNHD Food Safety Culture
Funded at Southern Nevada Health District · NIH-11423402 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project works with restaurant workers and managers to find practical ways to make food safer where you eat.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Southern Nevada Health District NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Las Vegas, United States) |
| Project start | September 30, 2020 |
| Project end | September 29, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2024 |
| Award (this year) | $192,587 |
| NIH project number | 6U01EH001369-05M001 |
| Project ID | NIH-11423402 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are restaurant and retail food workers or managers in the Southern Nevada/Las Vegas area who can join focus groups or complete surveys about workplace food safety.
✕Less likely to help
People who never eat at retail food establishments or who live outside the study area may not see direct benefits from this project.
What this research studies
The Southern Nevada Health District will talk directly with restaurant food handlers and managers using focus groups and follow-up surveys to learn what helps or hurts safe food practices. They will use those findings to create easy-to-use resources and guidance for retail food establishments. The team aims to help restaurants adopt safer routines so food is handled and served more safely. Results and tools will be shared with local businesses and the public to spread better food safety practices.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could reduce foodborne illness by helping restaurants follow safer food-handling practices.
How similar studies have gone: Past research links food safety culture to outbreaks and some workplace-focused interventions have improved practices, but culture-targeted resources at the retail level are still an emerging approach.
Where this research is happening
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Southern Nevada Health District
Las Vegas, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Diprete, Lauren — Southern Nevada Health District
- Study coordinator: Diprete, Lauren
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.