Reducing Pesticide Exposures in Child Care Centers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Children, Only, Risk Reduction, Environmental Exposure

In brief

A randomized control study was conducted to reduce the exposure to pesticides in child care centers. A 7-month child care health consultant-led integrated pest management (IPM) intervention was conducted in 85 child care centers serving preschool-age children in five California counties. Changes in IPM knowledge, self-efficacy, policies, IPM practices, pests, and pesticide exposure were assessed in the IPM centers and the control centers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03319927

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

987

Starts

2017-10-09

Expected to finish

2024-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-17

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The centers must meet the following criteria:
• Be a licensed child care center with a child care director who speaks English
• Used pesticides (i.e., baits or sprays) in the last year
• Operated for at least two years with no plans to close in the next 12 months
• Enroll children between three to five years of age of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds
• Have at least 25% of enrolled children receiving a government subsidy (e.g., Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Head Start, Child Care Development Fund, Alternative Payment program).
• Have a carpet or couch on-site.
• The child care providers must meet the following criteria:
• Work in the participating child care centers
• Work in the classroom of the participating children
• Work at least 30 hours a week
• Plan to work at the center over the next 9 months
• The families must have a preschool-age child enrolled in the participating child care center and meet the following criteria:
• Three or four years of age
• The child spends at least six hours per day in the center
• Will be enrolled in the center for the next nine months
• Has a parent present during enrollment who speaks either English or Spanish
• Parents will complete surveys or interviews in English or Spanish in the Fall and Spring

You may not qualify if…

• Centers that participated in an IPM intervention and training project
• Families that have children who have special health care needs or disabilities who can not participate in physical activity at the child care center.
• Center directors who do not read and write in English.
• Child care providers who do not read and write in English.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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