Learning and Living With Wildfire Smoke

NCT06322966 | Active Not Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY00017745K99ES034442
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 85
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The proposed intervention in this Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) proposal will improve knowledge and awareness of the health impacts of air pollution exposure, will elevate the youth voice, improve youth self-efficacy and lead to behavior changes that would reduce exposure to air pollution in a high school setting. These outcomes will be accomplished through the introduction of a new air quality curriculum into science classes, and the establishment of an after-school air quality monitoring program. All students enrolled in Food Science (Montrose High School), Intro to Agriculture (The STEAD School) and Environmental Science Academy (Grand Junction High School) will participate in the new air quality curriculum, as it will be built into the existing lesson plans. For the after-school monitoring program, the PI and participating teachers (Letters A and B) will recruit 10 to 15 students at each school to be involved in the Student Research Cohort (SRC). Information on this program and how to apply will be shared with students through their health and science classes, included in the school newsletter, and posted on billboards around the school. Students will be identified within the following inclusion criteria: 1) freshman or sophomores in high school and 2) participation in the air quality curriculum. New students will be recruited each year to keep a consistent group as students leave and/or graduate. New students will be brought up to speed by carry-over students, and each new year will represent a separate SRC dedicated to a specific goal.

Conditions

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Number of students, staff, teacher and administrators with higher scores on a Likert-style questionnaire for content knowledge learning objectives.

  Improved Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice related to the health impacts of local air pollution across students, staff, teachers and administrators are measured pre and post involvement in an air quality curriculum intervention via a likert scale survey to measure predetermined learning objectives.

  Year 1 and 2

• Scores on Likert-style questionnaire to evaluate behavior change around air quality.

  A Likert-style survey will be given to all students to assess the impact of the curriculum and monitoring program on air-quality related behavior changes post-intervention. (The air quality intervention is to be designed by students as part of the project but could include interventions such as changes to filtration systems, an anti-idling or educational campaign.) The Likert-style survey will be validated questions from the 2007-2011 NHANES survey to evaluate behavior change specific to air quality. Questions include the following themes: mask use; time outdoors versus indoors; exercise schedule; transportation and air filtration.

  Year 3 and 4

• Change in student exposure to air pollution calculated through measurements of indoor particulate matter and indoor carbon dioxide.

  Indoor air quality levels (particulate matter and carbon dioxide) will be measured with indoor air quality sensors before and after each air quality intervention plan (such as changes to filtration systems, an anti-idling or educational campaign) has been implemented. Overall student exposure is calculated with approximate respiratory rates and time spent in each indoor location.

  Year 4 and 5

Interventions

Air Action Curriculum OTHER

The goal of integrating a new curriculum into classrooms is to improve student knowledge on the health effects of air pollution, specifically of wildfire smoke. The goal is to implement a student-designed and student-driven air quality study in each school that will lead to improved air quality and health impacts in schools, promote health equity, and train young people to be more informed about their health and proactive citizens in their school community and beyond.

Also known as: YPAR monitoring project

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Freshman and Sophomore students at Montrose High School in Montrose, Colorado, Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, Colorado and the STEAD School in Commerce City, Colorado with the ability to participate for more than two years.
• Teachers, Administrators and Staff at aforementioned high schools willing to participate for more than two years.

You may not qualify if:

• Junior and Senior Students at the aforementioned schools (unable to participate for more than two years)
• Teachers, Administrators and Staff at aforementioned high schools unwilling or unable to participate for more than two years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Washington: lead
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Officials

• Savannah D'Evelyn

  University of Washington

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2024
• First Posted: March 21, 2024
• Study Start: September 4, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 28, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 26, 2028
• Last Updated: April 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Locations

US (1)