Risky Food Behind Bars: A Public Health Burden
Speakers will examine the disproportionate burden of outbreak-associated foodborne illnesses experienced by incarcerated persons, as evidenced through CDC surveillance data. Context-specific interventions, including food safety practices and legal oversight, can impact the type and frequency of these outbreaks and reduce gaps in preventative measures. Using legal epidemiology methods, this session highlights identified factors unique to correctional settings that affect foodborne outbreaks and identifies targeted solutions for the registered dietitian nutritionist.
Planned with the Dietetics in Health Care Communities Dietetic Practice Group
Learning Objectives:
- Summarize the disproportionate burden of foodborne illness in correctional settings
- Recognize food safety issues specific to correctional institutions and assess how targeted, context specific interventions could be applied, including the role and types of laws aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses.
- Successfully articulate the need for prevention measures specific to this marginalized population and apply potential public health and legal solutions going forward.
Performance Indicators:
- 12.1.4 Influences legislation, regulation, and policy
changes to impact nutrition in the community - 7.1.3 Investigates and analyzes work environment
to identify safety issues and risks to self, staff,
customers, public and organization. - 7.2.5 Develops, implements and adheres to policies
and procedures to optimize food and water safety.
Mitchel Holliday, EdD, RDN, FAND
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Hilary Whitham, PhD, MPH
Senior Epidemiologist and Advisor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Amanda Moreland, JD, MPH
Public Health Analyst
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention