Telephone Manager Recruiting Script

Attachment 4 – EHS-Net Food Safety Practices & Beliefs Study: Telephone Manager Recruiting Script

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-0792

Exp. Date 9/30/2018

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Hello, this is _______with _______Health Department. We are working on a project looking at restaurant workers’ food safety beliefs and practices. Your restaurant was picked at random to be a part of this project. I’d like to come to your restaurant and interview you about what you do at work and the restaurants’ policies and practices,

I’d also like to provide a short survey to your staff to assess their food safety attitudes and practices, and take a brief look around the kitchen. What you say will be kept anonymous- it will not be possible to link anything you say with you or your restaurant. Your participation, and your workers’, would be voluntary, but we would really appreciate your participation. It will help us understand the importance that employee attitudes pose for restaurants.  Whether you are part of the study or not will not affect your restaurant’s score on any health inspection.

Having said that, I need to let you know that at any time during the visit if I see something that is an imminent health hazard, such as no power, no water or sewage on the floor, I will need to stop the interviews and report the problem to your local health department.

Could I schedule a time to come out and speak with a manager and some other employees? I’ll be there about an hour.

􀂅 No

􀂅 Yes

YES NO

Great! I’ll visit your restaurant for about an hour. Keeping in mind that I’d like to speak with a kitchen manager, and survey your workers, when would be a convenient time to come out? Date: Time: _________________________ Please call me if you need to cancel or re-schedule, or if you have any questions. Here is my contact info (Local Contact Name and Telephone Number).

I understand. Thank you for your time.