RRFSS Manual of Operations

GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION DISCLUSORE:

KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL PROGRAM

MODULE INFORMATION

PURPOSE OF THE MODULE:

To determine public awareness of the health unit’s public health inspection disclosure program.

MODULE HISTORY:

Added to RRFSS: January 2014, Cycle 16

DATA DICTIONARY HISTORY:

Created: November 12, 2013

MODULE QUESTIONS

VARIABLE NAME:gphid_loc1

VARIABLE HISTORY:

Cycle 16 – new variable

QUESTION:

Have you seen or heard anything about[Health Unit’s] [Disclosure Program Name] [extra program description if required]?

Response Options

1Yes

5No

8Don’t Know

9Refused

ANALYSIS ISSUES:

None.

COMPARABILITY TO OTHER SURVEYS:

RRFSS:

Question is based on dw_1 in the Food Safety Disclosure: Knowledge of Local Program module, with the following change:

Generalized to include all program areas, not just food safety.

VALIDITY/RELIABILITY TESTS: None

EVALUATION QUESTIONS: None

MODULE QUESTIONS

VARIABLE NAME:gphid_loc1a

VARIABLE HISTORY:

Cycle 16 – new variable

QUESTION:

How did you FIRST hear about [fill H_UNIT PROGRAM NAME]?

Response Options

1Sign at inspected premises

2Passive Visual Media

3Health Professional

4Word of mouth

5Internet/website/online

6Online search (Google, Bing)

7Newspaper

8Television

9Radio

10Print Materials

11Facebook

12Twitter

13E-mail

14Other (specify)

98Don’t Know

99Refused

ANALYSIS ISSUES:

Asked only if respondent is aware of the disclosure program, gphid_loc1=1
Response options are expanded from the standard Response Categories for Modules Evaluating Awareness of Public Health Programs or Services (as described in MOO, section 3.5). The extra response options reflect the additional focus on online promotion for disclosure programs.
Interviewer does not read response options, giving a “top of mind” measurement.
Text file requires additional analysis to include other responses, response option #14.

COMPARABILITY TO OTHER SURVEYS:

RRFSS:

Question is based on dw_2 in the Food Safety Disclosure: Knowledge of Local Program module, with the following change:

Generalized to include all program areas, not just food safety.

VALIDITY/RELIABILITY TESTS: None

EVALUATION QUESTIONS: None

MODULE INDICATORS

Awareness of LOCAL Public Health Inspection Disclosure Program

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION:

% of adults (18+) who are aware of the local public health inspection disclosure program.

INDICATOR OBJECTIVES:

To assess public awareness of the local public health inspection disclosure program.

ANALYSIS CHECK LIST:

Denominator is all adults (18+)
For health units switching from the Food Safety Disclosure module to the General Public Health Inspection module, the removal of the explanatory introduction may affect indicator results and thus reduce comparability between years.

METHOD OF CALCULATION:

adults (18+) who have seen or heard anything about the local public health inspection disclosure program (ghpid_loc1=1)
all adults (18+)

MODULE INDICATORS

Source of Information for LOCAL Public Health Inspection Disclosure Program

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION:

% of adults (18+) who first found out about the local public health inspection disclosure program by source of information.

INDICATOR OBJECTIVES:

To compare promotion methods for the local public health inspection disclosure program.

ANALYSIS CHECK LIST:

gphid_loc1a asked only if respondent is aware of the disclosure program (gphid_loc1=1)
Denominator is all adults (18+) including those who were skipped as indicated above
Response options are mutually exclusive, allowing addition between categories.
If preferred, the extended response options can be collapsed to replicate the standard Response Categories for Modules Evaluating Awareness of Public Health Programs or Services (as described in MOO, section 3.5)

Group response option #1:Sign at an inspected premise

into response option #2:Passive Visual Media

Group response option #6:Online search (Google/Bing)

and response option #11:Facebook

and response option #12:Twitter

and response option #13:E-mail

into response option #5:Internet/website

Text file for ghpid_loc1a=14, other (specify), requires separate analysis.