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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
VETERINARY SERVICES
NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM
2150 CENTRE AVE, BLDG B
FORT COLLINS, CO 80526
OMB Approved
0579-0079
EXP: XX/20XX
HEALTH MANAGEMENT ON U.S.
FEEDLOTS 2020 AFTER ACTION
SURVEY – ALL PHASE 2 DATA
COLLECTORS
Thank you for your help to implement the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Health Management on
U.S. Feedlots 2020 study. The NAHMS staff would like to receive input from you regarding your work on the study.
Please return this survey to NRRC Building B, 2150 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, CO, 80526-8117 within 10 days. We value your
opinion, so please take a few minutes to complete this evaluation.
1.
Which State did you represent during the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Study?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
2.
3.
What was your role in the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Study?
a.
Coordinator
b.
Federal VMO, not a coordinator
c.
Federal AHT
d.
State employee
e.
Other (specify:__________)
Please rate your level of satisfaction with the communication you received from NAHMS during the Health Management
on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Study:
4.
a.
Extremely satisfied
b.
Very satisfied
c.
Moderately satisfied
d.
Slightly satisfied
e.
Not at all satisfied
If you were slightly satisfied or not at all satisfied with the communication you received from NAHMS during the Health
Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Study, please explain how NAHMS could improve its communication with you:
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
5.
6.
Did you have adequate personnel to contact and visit the feedlots turned over to you by NASS?
a.
Yes
b.
No
Did the NASS employee who turned over names to you know how to fill out the NASS ADM-043 form (e.g., did he/she
know what signatures were required)?
7.
a.
Yes
b.
No
Please describe any difficulties you experienced with the NASS ADM-043 form:
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
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8.
Did you experience any difficulty with NASS in having names turned over to you?
a.
Yes
If yes, please explain the difficulty you experienced:
________________________________________________________________________________
b.
9.
No
Did you experience any other problems with NASS? If so, please describe them below:
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
10. Was there any other information you wish was included on the consent form?
a.
Yes
If yes, please specify what information you would like included:
________________________________________________________________________________
b.
No
11. Did you use the Tableau dashboard for the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 study?
a.
Yes
b.
No
12. If yes, how many times did you log on to use the dashboard?
a.
1 to 5 times
b.
6 to 10 times
c.
11 to 15 times
d.
16 or more times
13. If yes, please rank each page by their usefulness to you during the study?
a.
Contact Information
b.
Questionnaire Tracking
c.
Field Staff Paperwork Tracking
d.
Completion and Response Rates
14. Is there other information that you would like to see on future Tableau dashboards?
a.
Yes
If yes, what additional information would you like to see?
________________________________________________________________________________
b.
No
15. Would you like to see a dashboard for future NAHMS studies?
a.
Yes
b.
No
If no, why not?
________________________________________________________________________________
16. In how many NAHMS studies, including the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 study, have you been a
coordinator?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
17. Would you be willing to be a NAHMS coordinator for future NAHMS studies?
a.
Yes
b.
No
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18. Did you attend the NASS field interviewer training for your State?
a.
Yes
b.
No
19. If previous question = Yes, please rate how valuable the training was to prepare field interviewers to administer the
NASS questionnaire:
a.
Extremely valuable
b.
Very valuable
c.
Moderately valuable
d.
Slightly valuable
e.
Not at all valuable
20. Were the consent forms filled out with information about the feedlot, and clear notes regarding how to get to the feedlot
or if cattle were located in a different spot than the address?
a.
Yes
b.
No
If no, please explain the deficiencies in what NASS gave you:
________________________________________________________________________________
21. Did you participate in the NAHMS training webinar on XX/XX/XX, which gave an overview of the U.S. feedlot industry
and training on the VS questionnaire?
a.
Yes
b.
No
22. Rate the value of the training materials below (1=most important; 5=least important).
a.
NAHMS Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Training Manual
b.
Overview of feedlot industry by XX
c.
First Webinar- Review of NAHMS and the Feedlot study
d.
Second Webinar- Review of NASS
e.
Third Webinar- Questionnaires Overview
f.
Fourth Webinar- Tableau Overview
23. Did you find the monthly webinars leading up to the study useful?
a.
Yes
b.
No
24. Were there any topics not discussed on these monthly webinars that you would have liked to have addressed?
a.
Yes
If yes, what topics?
________________________________________________________________________________
b.
No
25. Would you like to see monthly webinars included in future NAHMS studies?
a.
Yes
b.
No
26. Did you receive a NAHMS Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Training Manual?
a.
Yes
b.
No
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27. If previous question = Yes, how many times did you refer to the NAHMS Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020
Training Manual during the study?
a.
0 (not at all)
b.
1 to 5 times
c.
6 to 10 times
d.
11 or more times
28. As part of the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Study, NAHMS tried to increase outreach leading up to the
study. One part of this included providing a list of events for field staff to attend. Did you attend any of these events?
a.
Yes
b.
No
If not, why did you not attend any events?
________________________________________________________________________________
29. If yes, did you find this helpful for promoting the study in your state?
a.
Yes
b.
No
30. Would you like NAHMS to include lists of events for future studies?
a.
Yes
b.
No
31. NAHMS posted various outreach materials on the website that could be used for conferences, meetings, or events. Did
you ever refer to the outreach material on the website?
a.
Yes
b.
No
32. If yes, please rank how useful these materials were:
a.
NAHMS Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Launch Sheet
b.
Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Flyer
c.
Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Field Flyer
d.
Feedlot Presentations
33. Is there other specific outreach material you would like to see available?
a.
Yes
If yes, please specify:
________________________________________________________________________________
b.
No
34. Calling producers to get them to participate in a NAHMS study can involve "selling" the study to the producer. Did you
feel comfortable doing this?
a.
Yes
b.
No
35. Did you find the training from NASS about getting producers to participate useful?
a.
Yes
b.
No
36. Did you use the script provided when contacting producers?
a.
Yes
b.
No
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37. What changes would make the NAHMS Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 Training Manual more useful?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
38. What additional training would have been helpful to prepare you for the NAHMS Health Management on U.S. Feedlots
2020 study?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
39. What incentives could be offered to encourage producer participation?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
40. Please rate the length of the VS questionnaire:
a.
Too short
b.
Appropriate length
c.
Too long
41. If you had difficulty understanding or administering any of the questions in the VS questionnaire, please list the section
letter and question number below and briefly describe why you had trouble with the question(s):
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
42. Did you use the NAHMS Web site during the study to obtain study information, outreach material, forms, or to watch
webinars or training videos?
a.
Yes
b.
No
43. If the previous question = Yes, approximately how many times did you access the NAHMS Web site to obtain forms or
watch training videos during the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 study?
a.
1 to 5 times
b.
6 to 10 times
c.
11 to 15 times
d.
16 or more times
44. For communication, we used both an internal SharePoint site and our website. Did this communication method work for
you?
a.
Yes
b.
No
45. For feedlots that were turned over, but did not agree to participate, please rank the reasons below by their importance in
causing producers to decline to participate:
a.
Poor time of year (e.g., too busy with shows, etc.)
b.
Producer gets asked to do too many surveys
c.
The producer did not answer the phone or return calls
d.
Lack of incentives for participation
e.
The producer did not think their operation fit the survey
f.
The producer did not think the survey provided any value to his feedlot
g.
The producer did not think the survey provided any value to the feedlot industry
h.
Other reason : __________________________________________________________
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46. What did not go well for you in the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 study? What could NAHMS do to improve
your experience in participating in NAHMS studies in the future?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
47. What went well for you in the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 study? Could NAHMS have made this any
better?
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
48. If you have any other feedback on the Health Management on U.S. Feedlots 2020 study, please describe it below:
Write in ________________________________________________________________________________
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