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Funding Program:
Regional IPM Competitive Grants - Northeastern |
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Project Title:
Design and Delivery of IPM Outreach Programs to Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods |
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Lead State: PA Lead Organization: Pennsylvania State University |
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Cooperating State(s):
New Jersey |
| Extension Funding: $66,209 |
| Research Funding: $108,791 |
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Start Date: Jul-01-2006 End Date: Jun-30-2008 |
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No-Cost Extension Date: Jun-30-2009 |
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Site/Commodity: urban, residential, community |
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Area of Emphasis: public health |
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Summary:
Inner-city urban residents face cumulative health risks from multiple sources of environmental pollutants and toxins both indoors and out. Particularly in low-income urban communities, exposure to pests and pesticides are a ubiquitous, pernicious health threat inside homes. The most vulnerable populations include infants and children, pregnant women and the elderly. This project assesses inner-city residents' knowledge and behavior concerning pests and pest management. In addition, it will develop new and improved outreach materials and deliver educational programming about pests and pesticide misuse.
Objectives: Research Component of the Project: 1. Research city residents' understanding and behavior pertaining to pests and pesticides using standard demographic methods. Anticipated impacts are (a) IPM educators will learn how to better serve this large and under-served clientele and (b) city residents will begin to express and question their assumptions and understandings of pest presence and pesticide use in the home. Outreach Component of the Project: 2. Develop new and improved outreach materials targeted to the expressed needs of city clientele. Anticipated impacts are that new culturally and situation-appropriate materials will enable and empower residents to make positive behavioral changes in the home, reducing health risks attributable to both the presence of noxious pests and uninformed use of toxic pesticide active ingredients and formulations. 3. Deliver information about pests, pesticides and IPM approaches Anticipated impacts are that at least 500 residents, 6 health care provider organizations and the outreach staff will be exposed to new information on pests, pesticides and IPM. This information will be in a format to be used directly by the target audience. In the train-the-trainer contacts, a potentially much larger population can be reached through their own outreach to clientele. Proposal USDA CRIS data Progress Report 2008 Final Report 2009 |
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