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Funding Program:
IPM Enhancement Grants |
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Project Title:
Efficient Building-Wide Inspections for Early Detection of Bed Bugs in Multifamily Housing |
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Lead State: TN Lead Organization: The University of Tennessee |
| Undesignated Funding: $30,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2017 End Date: Feb-28-2018 |
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Summary:
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Outputs * We conducted eight building-wide bed bug inspections in low-income mid/high-rises for the elderly and disabled. Six buildings received a quick inspection, no furniture was flipped, but outer surfaces of bed and upholstered furniture were checked for bed bugs. Monitors (2, 4 or 8) were placed in apartments where bed bugs were suspected (shed skins or fecal spotting present, over-the-counter bed bug products observed, resident requested it or apartments were next to an apartment with a recent bed bug infestation), but not found. Monitors were checked at 2 weeks or 3 months. Two monitors were placed in all apartments in one building and four monitors in another. These monitors were checked after 3 months. * Seventeen bed bug management presentations, often including the results of the building-wide inspection conducted for this grant, were provided to 1332 stakeholders, including residents, housing personnel, pest management professionals, college students, and scientists and other professionals. |
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Outcomes * Forty-four percent of attendees of the 3rd Annual Tennessee Bed Bug Management in Low-income Multifamily Housing Meeting use monitors to detect bed bugs. Sixty-seven percent not currently using monitors plan to do so. * Fifty percent of attendees of the 3rd Annual Tennessee Bed Bug Management in Low-income Multifamily Housing Meeting use building-wide inspections to detect bed bugs. Sixty-one percent of the attendees not currently using building-wide inspections plan to do so. * Twenty-eight members attending the Tennessee Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities (TAHRA) 2018 Spring Workshop were divided into groups and used knowledge gained during the bed bug presentation and personal experience to problem-solve three bed bug scenarios in low-income housing high rises. Not only did this provide peer-to-peer training, but new peer networks were established to help attendees solve bed bug problems in the future. * Seventy-five percent of University of Tennessee Hall Directors attending our bed bug presentation agree or strongly agree that they are able to describe campus and local resources available about bed bugs. |
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