"Is it done yet?" Food Thermometer Research
| Important research prompted this educational campaign. The research underscored the fallibility of traditional consumer methods for determining when food is "done." Research also shows effective strategies for changing consumer behavior and encouraging thermometer use. |
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Research Reports: Food Thermometer Use
- A Report of the "Is It Done Yet?" Social Marketing Campaign To Promote the Use of Food Thermometers (Dec 1, 2005; PDF Only, 1.5MB)
- Food Thermometer Use Among Boomburb Family Observational Research Participants (Feb 1, 2005; PDF Only, 801kb)
- Focus Groups to Test Materials for the "Is it DONE yet?" Campaign (Dec 31, 2004; PDF Only, 1MB) | Appendices (PDF Only, 2.5 MB)
- Evaluation of Slogans and Concepts for USDA's Food Thermometer Education Campaign (Feb 24, 2004; PDF Only, 3.7MB)
- Communications Guide for Boomburbs Families (Oct 2003; PDF Only)
- Food Thermometer Education Campaign - "Boomburbs" Communications Concept Testing (Mar 2003; PDF Only)
- Thermometer Usage Messages and Delivery Mechanisms for Parents of Young Children and Appendices (Mar 1, 2002; PDF Only)
- Final Research Report: A Project to Apply Theories of Social Marketing To the Challenge of Food Thermometer Education In the United States (Dec 21, 2001)
- Focus Groups on Barriers that Limit Consumers' Use of Thermometers when Cooking Meat and Poultry Products, Phase One (Jan 1998; PDF Only)
USDA Research: Premature Browning of Hamburger
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Last Modified Aug 28, 2013
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