Milwaukee Day Cares Indoor Air Quality Assessment and Educational Response Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Alterations in total Volatile Organic Compounds (tVOC) temporally associated with the educational intervention
研究概览
简要总结
This CTSI pilot study will assess for benefit of a community health worker or nursing student taught green cleaning curriculum (developed by the local asthma coalition) provided to Milwaukee County day care staff. Consumer grade indoor air quality monitors will be deployed before and after the educational intervention to objectively monitor changes as a result of the intervention. Surveys regarding changes in cleaning practices by day care staff will also be obtained to assess changes resulting from the intervention.
详细描述
A research and community service partnership of the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing and the non-profit asthma coalition Fight Asthma Milwaukee Allies (FAM) was developed to describe and improve health relevant air quality conditions within urban Milwaukee daycare environments. Daycare air quality and the ability of education to improve air quality, both within Milwaukee and elsewhere, has not been extensively studied nor addressed in Wisconsin state law to date.
This project aims to understand the levels of indoor organic pollution and fine particles in the air, as well as temperature and humidity with using inexpensive, consumer-grade, internet cloud enabled continuous indoor air quality (IAQ) monitors. These air quality variables are scientifically established important risk factors for both the development and exacerbation of asthma.
This project aims to train UWM Nursing students, FAM Allies volunteers and MCW staff to teach an established educational programing curriculum developed by FAM Allies to daycare staff. Daycare programs may be motivated to participate in study as the curriculum is approved continuing education credits for daycare staff members.
The FAM Allies curriculum will address understanding of the importance of asthma and IAQ with irritant reduction measures, and safer cleaning and pest-control techniques. Additionally, the program will review the importance of IAQ upon the lungs and review knowledge about asthma.
The proposal is a 4-month intervention in which the IAQ monitor will be placed in daycares to obtain baseline measurements. Half of the facilities will receive education at the second month allowing the team to assess before and after education air quality readings. The rest of the facilities will receive the same education at the third month. After 4 months, the devices will be removed from the facilities and results in aggregate will be shared with the daycare.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
盲法说明
Participants and education providers will be unaware whether they are in an early or late delivery of education randomization group.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •licensed child day care staff within Milwaukee County
- •authorized consent to participate in study by day care organization
排除标准
- •medical or adult day care centers
研究组 & 干预措施
Early Intervention
Educational curriculum will be delivered earlier in the timeframe after IAQ monitoring has initiated.
干预措施: Educational Programming (Other)
Late Intervention
Educational curriculum will be delivered later in the timeframe after IAQ monitoring has initiated.
干预措施: Educational Programming (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Alterations in total Volatile Organic Compounds (tVOC) temporally associated with the educational intervention
时间窗: baseline through 4 months
Assessment of tVOC levels (ppb) before and after educational intervention, reduction an intended effect of the curriculum
Alterations in particulate matter (PM2.5) temporally associated with the educational intervention
时间窗: baseline through 4 months
Assessment of particulate matter 2.5um levels (PM2.5, ug/m3) before and after educational intervention; reduction an intended effect of the curriculum
次要结局
- Assessment of Cleaning Practices (including VOC generation) practice changes associated with the Educational Intervention(before educational curriculum, up to 4 months following educational intervention)
- Assessment of Perceived Obstacles to Cleaning Behavior Change(immediately following educational intervention)
- Assessment of Percieved Quality of Educational Program(immediately following educational intervention)
- Baseline Description of Day Care Indoor Air Quality tVOC(period of time before educational intervention (1-2 months))
- Baseline Description of Day Care Indoor Air Quality PM2.5(period of time before educational intervention (1-2 months))
研究者
Joshua Steinberg
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin