Reporting Back Pesticide Results to Family Child Care Home Directors

NCT06910462 | Active Not Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 4000 317300 144257A 01R01ES036261-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Child Care Health Consultants will provide an integrated pest management (IPM) intervention for \~30 family child care home directors. The intervention will include an educational component, collecting carpet dust samples, reporting back the pesticides identified in the carpet, and 7-monthly consultations to identify ways to reduce their exposure to pesticides and lower their long term health risks.

Conditions

Pesticide Exposure; Community-based; Family

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• IPM practices

  Increased IPM practices as identified on the standardized, observational IPM Checklist post-intervention.

  one year

• Decrease Pesticide Use and Exposure in Family Child Care Home

  Observational checklists will be used to identify the number of pesticide sprays in the family child care home. Carpet dust analyses conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will identify the detection and concentration of pesticides in the carpet dust.

  one year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Increased understanding of health risks associated with pesticide use

  one year

Study Arms (1)

Integrated Pest Management and Report Pesticide Exposure

EXPERIMENTAL

Provide integrated pest management (IPM) toolkit and results of dust sample identifying pesticide exposure.

Behavioral: Integrated pest management (IPM) practices

Interventions

Integrated pest management (IPM) practices BEHAVIORAL

Provide IPM resources to family child care home directors along with information about their exposure to pesticides and use of pesticides to lower their health risks.

Also known as: Reduce use of pesticides to lower health risks

Integrated Pest Management and Report Pesticide Exposure

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco: lead
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UCSF School of Nursing

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Hazard K, Alkon A, Gunier RB, Castorina R, Camann D, Quarderer S, Bradman A. Predictors of pesticide levels in carpet dust collected from child care centers in Northern California, USA. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Mar;34(2):229-240. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00516-8.

  PMID: 36599924 BACKGROUND

• Alkon A, Gunier RB, Hazard K, Castorina R, Hoffman PD, Scott RP, Anderson KA, Bradman A. Preschool-Age Children's Pesticide Exposures in Child Care Centers and at Home in Northern California. J Pediatr Health Care. 2022 Jan-Feb;36(1):34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Oct 8.

  PMID: 34629233 BACKGROUND

• Stephens M, Hazard K, Moser D, Cox D, Rose R, Alkon A. An Integrated Pest Management Intervention Improves Knowledge, Pest Control, and Practices in Family Child Care Homes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Oct 26;14(11):1299. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111299.

  PMID: 29072618 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Abbey Alkon, PhD

  University of California, San Francisco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The intervention will include resources about IPM practices and understanding the potential exposure to pesticides and health effects for family child care home staff and children.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 13, 2025
• First Posted: April 4, 2025
• Study Start: August 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2027
• Last Updated: April 30, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)