Milwaukee Day Cares Indoor Air Quality Assessment and Educational Response Study

NCT ID: NCT03675009

Last Updated: 2019-04-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-04-01

Study Completion Date

2019-04-19

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Pollution; Exposure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

stepped wedge
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Caregivers
Participants and education providers will be unaware whether they are in an early or late delivery of education randomization group.

Study Groups

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Early Intervention

Educational curriculum will be delivered earlier in the timeframe after IAQ monitoring has initiated.

Group Type OTHER

Educational Programming

Intervention Type OTHER

Green Cleaning educational programming to day care staff.

Late Intervention

Educational curriculum will be delivered later in the timeframe after IAQ monitoring has initiated.

Group Type OTHER

Educational Programming

Intervention Type OTHER

Green Cleaning educational programming to day care staff.

Interventions

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Educational Programming

Green Cleaning educational programming to day care staff.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* licensed child day care staff within Milwaukee County
* authorized consent to participate in study by day care organization

Exclusion Criteria

* medical or adult day care centers
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical College of Wisconsin

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Joshua Steinberg

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anne Dressel, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing

Joshua Steinberg, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical College of Wisconsin

Locations

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Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

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5520466

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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