Improving food safety culture in restaurants and retail food businesses
EH20-001 SNHD Food Safety Culture
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 ID | NIH-11423402 on NIH RePORTER |
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.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: 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.
Not a fit: People who never eat at retail food establishments or who live outside the study area may not see direct benefits from this project.
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 performed: 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
Las Vegas, United States
- 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 below.