Att 6 EFSPs_ Participation Request Email

Attachment 6

Evaluation of Food Safety Programs Participation Request Email

Dear Participant:

My name is Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah and I work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC is conducting a survey called an “Evaluation of Food Safety Programs (FSPs)” implemented by local and state health departments in the U.S.

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information that will help us better understand the relationship between different levels of funding and FSP effectiveness in the U.S. The CDC is authorized to conduct this survey under the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C 241).

We are contacting you today to invite you to participate in this survey because you are a representative of your health department’s food safety program. We are providing this information to let you know more about this new survey and about your rights should you choose to participate on behalf of your program.

Please read the attached informed consent information. It will help you decide whether or not to participate in the survey on behalf of your health department.

Your participation in this survey is very important. Would you be interested in taking this survey?

If yes: Thank you. Please reply to this email and specify which type of survey you would like to complete by stating:

• I agree to take part and wish to take the Paper FSP Survey, or

• I agree to take part and wish to take the Electronic FSP Survey

In the next few days, we will send you your chosen FSP survey for completion.

If no: Thank you for your time.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 770-488-3464 or at EArmstrongMensah@cdc.gov.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah, PhD.

ORISE Evaluation Fellow

CDC National Center for Environmental Health

Environmental Health Services Branch

4770 Buford Highway, MS F-58

Atlanta, GA 30341-3717