# Presentation: 945415

## Partnering for Food-Safe Schools:The Action Guide

**Partnering for Food-Safe Schools:*****The Action Guide***

**David DeLozier, MPH, CFSP**
**Division of Adolescent and School Health**

## Division of Adolescent and School Health

**Division of Adolescent and School Health**

- Mission: to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents, and young adults
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## National Food Safety Initiative‘From Farm to Table’

**Primary DASH objective:**
**To promote and incorporate food safety into existing school health programs**
**How?**
_**Building partnerships**_

## Why food safety in schools?

**Approximately 1/3 of the U.S. population attends, works for, or has children in schools*******
**Most students and staff eat meals and snacks throughout the school environment every day **
**In 1998, 43% of all food preparation and food service workers were 16-24 years old********** **
**Young children are more at-risk for foodborne illness**
- * ACS, 1998     *** US Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPS 1998

## School Food Safety in the News...

**School Food Safety in the News...**

## Enabling the Nation’s Schools to Prevent Foodborne Illness through ‘Food-Safe School’ Programs

**Enabling the Nation’s Schools to Prevent Foodborne Illness through ****‘Food-Safe School’ Programs**

**DASH strategies: **
**Monitor school food safety policies and practices through the School Health Policies and Practices Survey**
**Synthesize research into the *****Food-Safe School Action Guide***** and disseminate**
**Enable states and national organizations to implement ‘Food-Safe School’ programs**
**Evaluate and continuously improve those programs**

## Academy for Educational Development (AED) ‚American Association of School Administrators (AASA)‚American Commodity Distribution Association (ACDA) ‚American Dietetic Association (ADA)‚American Nurses Foundation‚American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) ‚American School Health Association (ASHA) ‚Arkansas Department of Education‚Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)‚California Department of Education‚CDC - Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases (BMD)‚CDC - Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)‚CDC- Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) ‚CDC - Food Safety Activity Office (FSAO) ‚CDC - Food Safety Liaison, Washington DC ‚CDC - National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) ‚CDC - Office of the Director/ Office of  Communications (OD/OC)‚Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) ‚Education development Center (EDC) ‚FDA - Division of Federal-State Relations ‚FDA - Food Safety Initiative (FSI) ‚Food Marketing Institute (FMI) ‚International Food Information Council (IFIC) ‚JMH Communication‚Kids First Program (Rhode Island)‚National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)‚National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)‚National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ‚National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) ‚National Cattlemen=s Beef Association ‚National Center for School Health Nursing‚National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)‚National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI)‚National School Boards Association (NSBA)‚ORC MACRO International‚Rhode Island Department of Education ‚Rhode Island Department of Health‚Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.)‚Soap and Detergent Association‚University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension‚University of Rhode Island Department of Education‚ University of Rhode Island Department of Health

- Academy for Educational Development (AED) ‚American Association of School Administrators (AASA)‚American Commodity Distribution Association (ACDA) ‚American Dietetic Association (ADA)‚American Nurses Foundation‚American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) ‚American School Health Association (ASHA) ‚Arkansas Department of Education‚Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)‚California Department of Education‚CDC - Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases (BMD)‚CDC - Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)‚CDC- Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) ‚CDC - Food Safety Activity Office (FSAO) ‚CDC - Food Safety Liaison, Washington DC ‚CDC - National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) ‚CDC - Office of the Director/ Office of  Communications (OD/OC)‚Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) ‚Education development Center (EDC) ‚FDA - Division of Federal-State Relations ‚FDA - Food Safety Initiative (FSI) ‚Food Marketing Institute (FMI) ‚International Food Information Council (IFIC) ‚JMH Communication‚Kids First Program (Rhode Island)‚National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)‚National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)‚National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ‚National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) ‚National Cattlemen=s Beef Association ‚National Center for School Health Nursing‚National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)‚National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI)‚National School Boards Association (NSBA)‚ORC MACRO International‚Rhode Island Department of Education ‚Rhode Island Department of Health‚Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.)‚Soap and Detergent Association‚University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension‚University of Rhode Island Department of Education‚ University of Rhode Island Department of Health

##   www.FoodSafeSchools.org

**One-stop gateway for school food safety information and resources**
**Links to NCFSS 50+ member organizations’ websites**

## Monitoring School Food Safety Policies and Practices

**Sample information:**
**77.1% of elementary schools, 65.9% of middle/high schools, and 70.2% of senior high schools taught about food safety in at least one required health education class or course***

***  Source:  Fact Sheet:  Food Service; From CDC’s School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000**

## Slide 10

**Notes:**
Finally, we synthesized the lessons learned from these activities into a draft Food-Safe School Action Guide which is currently being pilot testing in Rhode Island.

## ‘Food-Safe School’ Framework 

## The Food-Safe School Action Guide:

**Utilizes the coordinated school health program approach**
**Contains separate components for each target audience**
**Provides specific, customized recommendations for what each audience might do to ensure a ‘Food-Safe School’**

## The Food-Safe School Action Guide contains...

**Tangible recommendations and resources for improving a schools food safety practices**
**Key food safety messages appropriate to each audience **
**Resource lists, fact sheets, and web links**
**Solutions for possible barriers and obstacles **
**Success stories/vignettes **
**Ideas for collaboration **
**Ideas for involving the entire school and members of the community**** **

## CDC-Funded ‘Food-Safe Schools’ Development Team

**American Nurse Foundation**
**American School Food Service Association **
**National Environmental Health Association**
**National Association of County and City Health Officials**
**Rhode Island Department of Health and Department of Education**
**ORC Macro International **

## ‘Bottom-up Approach’ for Development:

**Literature review**
**Expert panel**
**In-depth interviews**
**Focus groups**
**Case studies**
**Pilot testing**

## What will schools ultimately receive as part of the Food-Safe Schools Action Guide?

**User’s guide with operational strategies**
**Continuously-updated website with links to databases and other downloadable resources**
**Continuous e-mail updates with new program-related information**
**CD-ROM training module[s]**
**‘****Food-Safe Schools’ promotional materials for special audiences**
**e.g. school administrators**
**	****	**
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## Enabling States to Implement ‘Food-Safe Schools’ Programs in Schools

**CDC funds CA,RI,SD, WI, and WV to:**
**Form a state multidisciplinary advisory committee to develop and oversee implementation of a state plan to implement ‘Food-Safe Schools’ programs**
**Hire a state school food safety specialist within the department of education, health, or other state-level agency**
**Develop a state-specific model ‘Food-Safe Schools’ program based upon CDC’s recommendations and resources outlined in the *****Action Guide***

## Enabling States to Implement ‘Food-Safe Schools’ Programs in Schools

**Continued:**
**Implement ‘Food-Safe Schools’ programs in schools **
**Provide training and technical assistance to school staff on food safety**
**Strengthen collaboration among key stakeholders at the state and local levels**
**Monitor and continuously improve school food safety programs**

## Building State Infrastructure for ‘Food-Safe School’ Programs

**Building State Infrastructure for ****‘Food-Safe School’ Programs**

**CDC / DASH Cooperative Agreement**

**State School Food Safety Specialist/Coordinator**

**State School Food Safety Coalition**

**Department of Education**

** ****Department of Health**

**Department of Agriculture and Cooperative Extension**

## Rhode Island’s Model ‘Food-Safe Schools’ Program

**Rhode Island’s Model ‘Food-Safe Schools’ Program**

## CDC funds 4 NGOs:
American School Food Service Association (ASFSA)
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
The American Nurse Foundation (ANF

**CDC funds 4 NGOs:**
**American School Food Service Association (ASFSA)**
**The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)**
**The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)**
**The American Nurse Foundation (ANF**

## Enabling National Organizations to Implement ‘Food-Safe Schools’Programs

**NGOs programs include:**
**Collaborating with CDC, USDA, FDA and other National Coalition for Food-Safe School members to promote and support ‘Food-Safe Schools’ programs**
**Strengthening their capacity to provide continuous technical assistance to state and local members**

## Enabling National Organizations to Implement ‘Food-Safe Schools’Programs

**Continued:**
**Conducting training activities for state and local members**
**Developing audience-specific resources**

## NGO ‘Food-Safe Schools’ Activities

**Examples:**
**NEHA is collaborating with USDA’s National Agriculture Library to build a web-based database of available school food safety educational materials (450+ items to date)**
**ANF has developed a training program for schools nurses to strengthen their capacity to prevent, detect and respond to foodborne illness in schools**

## Other Ongoing CDC ‘Food-Safe School’ Activities:

**Publish journal articles and disseminate**
**Disseminate CDC’s *****Food-Safe Schools Action Guide***** containing recommendations and resources for schools on how to ensure ‘Food-Safe Schools’**
**Developing School Health Guidelines to Prevent Foodborne Illness**
**Promoting school-based handwashing to prevent infectious disease through the *****Healthy Kids...Healthy Schools:  It’s a SNAP!***** program****	**

## Questions and Answers