Identifying Those at Risk:
The Young, Elderly, Pregnant, & Immune Compromised
Resources
Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians
This primer is intended to provide health professionals with current and accurate information for the diagnosis, treatment and reporting of foodborne illnesses. The primer also provides health care professionals with patient education materials on prevention of foodborne illness.
Produced Collaboratively by: The American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Food and Drug Administration Food Safety and Inspection Service — United States Department of Agriculture.
USDA Food Safety Information For Consumers In Languages Other Than English
Children
"Don't give kids a tummy ache" Spanish and English CD is directed towards parents and other caregivers of young children. The curriculum is on a CD and includes English and Spanish lesson plans, pre/post quizzes, handouts, and 19 full color visuals. The visuals can be used as a PowerPoint presentation or printed out to be used as a flipchart or as overhead transparencies.
The program is a fun & interactive way to teach food safety to those who care for young children. This program was adapted from the Penn State curriculum "Safe Foods--It's Up to You" and has been piloted tested for effectiveness.
The cost of the CD is $20. Order from:
University of California
ANR Communication Services
6701 San Pablo Ave.
Oakland, CA 94608-1239
1-800-994-8849
Web: anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu
"Safe Food and You" For parents and pre-schoolers. See description below under Women.
Information on food safety for children and teenagers (Foodsafety.gov)
Women
Information on food safety for women, including pregnant women (Foodsafety.gov)
Information about methyl mercury in fish (FDA)
Information in Spanish on listeriosis and pregnancy (USDA)
"Safe Food and You" is a curriculum produced by Purdue University, Iowa State University, and their respective EFNEP, FSNEP, and Cooperative Extension Programs. The curriculum for pregnant women includes a video and a lesson plan. For parents and pre-schoolers there is a lesson plan for individual or group instruction as well as a CD containing songs about food safety and handwashing. The portion of the curriculum for pre-schoolers includes a lesson plan, coloring/activity pages and the CD on handwashing and food safety.
The cost of the program is $45.
Order by mail, telephone, fax, or e-mail:
Ag Comm -MDC
Purdue University
1187 Service Building
West Lafayette IN 47907-1187
Phone: (765)494-6794 or 1-888-EXT-INFO
Fax: (765) 496-1540
E-mail: Media.Order@ces.purdue.edu
Advice on food safety for seniors (foodsafety.gov)
Provides links to FDA and USDA publications for seniors.
"To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors" For trainers: Includes a 14 minute video and a publication for seniors. For more information on ordering contact:
Laura Fox
Attn: To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors
FDA, CFSAN
200 C Street, SW, HFS 32
Washington, DC 20204
Immune Deficiencies
Food safety advice for persons with immune deficiencies(foodsafety.gov)
General Information
Foodborne pathogens(foodsafety.gov)
Links to sites on foodborne pathogens
Listeria monocytogenes(FSIS)
See consumer information from FSIS for a nice brochure.
Cryptosporidium(EPA)
Guidance on drinking water and Cryptosporidium for people with severely weakened immune systems (also available in Spanish). EPA and CDC
Vibrio vulnificus (USDA)
"If you eat raw oysters, you need to know..." This brochure explains the risk of eating raw oysters. Vibrio vulnificus is an organism that may be found in raw oysters. Illness associated with this organism is particularly serious for people with liver disease, either from excessive alcohol intake, viral hepatitis or other causes, hemochromatosis, an iron disorder, diabetes, stomach problems, including previous stomach surgery and low stomach acid (for example, from antacid use), cancer, immune disorders, including HIV infection, long-term steroid use (as for asthma and arthritis).
Fight Bac! (Parners for Food Education)
FightBac is a partnership of organizations interested in education related to food safety. This web site includes lots of information on food safety with PDF files with camera ready copies of educational materials.
Advice on food choices when dining out and taking out. (USDA)
References
Mead, P.S., L. Slutsker, V. Dietz, L.F. McCaig, J.S. Bresee, C. Shapiro, P.M. Griffin, and R.V. Tauxe. Food-related illness and death in the United States. Emerging Inf. Dis. 5:607-625. Available at: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm
Smith, J.L. 1997. Long-term consequences of foodborne toxoplasmosis: Effects on the unborn, the immunocompromised, the elderly, and the immunocompetent. J. Food Prot. 60:1595-1611.
Smith, J.L. 1998. Foodborne illness in the elderly. J. Food Prot. 61:1229-1239.
Smith, J.L. 1999. Foodborne infections during pregnancy. J. Food Prot. 62:818-829.
Smith, J.L. and P.M. Fratamico. 2000. Long term consequences of foodborne disease. In B.M. Lund, T.C. Baird-Parker, G.W. Gould (eds.) The microbiological safety and quality of food, pp. 1545-1562.