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Enhancing Response to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks: Findings of the Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response Enhancement (FoodCORE), 2010–2019
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2022
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Source: J Public Health Manag Pract. 28(4):E702-E710
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Alternative Title:J Public Health Manag Pract
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Description:Context:
Each year, foodborne diseases cause an estimated 48 million illnesses resulting in 128 000 hospitalizations and 3000 deaths in the United States. Fast and effective outbreak investigations are needed to identify and remove contaminated food from the market to reduce the number of additional illnesses that occur. Many state and local health departments have insufficient resources to identify, respond to, and control the increasing burden of foodborne illnesses.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response Enhancement (FoodCORE) program provides targeted resources to state and local health departments to improve completeness and timeliness of laboratory, epidemiology, and environmental health activities for foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response.
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In 2009, pilot FoodCORE centers were selected through a competitive application process and then implemented work plans to achieve faster and more complete surveillance and outbreak response activities in their jurisdiction. By 2019, 10 centers participated in FoodCORE: Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York City, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.
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CDC and FoodCORE centers collaboratively developed performance metrics to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of FoodCORE activities. Centers used performance metrics to document successes, identify gaps, and set goals for their jurisdiction. CDC used performance metrics to evaluate the implementation of FoodCORE priorities and identify successful strategies to develop replicable model practices. This report provides a description of implementing the FoodCORE program during year 1 (October 2010 to September 2011) through year 9 (January 2019 to December 2019).
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FoodCORE centers address gaps in foodborne disease response through enhanced capacity to improve timeliness and completeness of surveillance and outbreak response activities. Strategies resulting in faster, more complete surveillance and response are documented as model practices and are shared with state and local foodborne disease programs across the country.
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Pubmed ID:34939601
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11027903
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Volume:28
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Issue:4
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