142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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An Integrated Pest Management Intervention in Child Care Centers

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Abbey Alkon, PhD , School of Nursing, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Bobbie Rose, RN, PHN , Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA
Dana Cox, RN, PHN , Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA
Regina Vittore, RN, PHN , Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA
Alicia Swartz, RN, PNP, PhD student , Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA
Sahar Nouredini, PHN, MSN, CNS , School of Nursing/Occupational Environmental Health Nursing, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Michelle Stephens, RN, PNP , Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA
This session will cover ways to reduce the exposure of harmful chemicals and hazards to young children attending child care programs by using Integrated Pest Management (IPM). An IPM Toolkit was developed by the California Childcare Health Program at UCSF School of Nursing and included in an experimental study with 35 licensed child care centers. The study evaluated the effectiveness of an IPM educational intervention conducted by trained nurse child care health consultants for the child care staff using the IPM Toolkit. It included interviews with the director and inspection of the child care facility using an IPM Checklist. The directors were given feedback on the IPM Checklist inspection with pictures of the problems identified and ideas on how to address the problems. Preliminary results showed that there were improvements in the child care centers. The centers included primarily children from low-income, ethnically diverse backgrounds. The IPM Checklist identified IPM policies and practices targed during the intervention. Director interviews revealed positive attitudes about the IPM Toolkit, support for using IPM in the center and satisfaction with the intervention. Information on IPM practices and policies are relevant for all public health professionals, child care staff and parents to learn how to use IPM to reduce the exposure of harmful substances to young children at home and in child care programs.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Environmental health sciences
Public health or related education
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Identify the key strategies used in integrated pest management. Summarize the ways to reduce exposure of harmful substances for children. Describe the results of the integrated pest management intervention project. Identify IPM resources to share with parents, staff and colleagues.

Keyword(s): Child Health, Environmental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Abbey Alkon, RN MPH PhD is a Professor at the UCSF School of Nursing. Dr. Alkon has over 15 years of experience conducting community-based research on the relationship between children’s environments and their health in minority, diverse populations. Dr. Alkon and her staff recently developed an integrated pest management (IPM) toolkit for child care and they are conducting an intervention study on the effectiveness of the IPM workshops and nurse consultation in child care centers.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.