Clinical trial NCT06442969: Implementing an Intervention to Reduce Heat Stress and Chemical Exposures
Official title: Implementing an Intervention to Reduce Heat Stress and Chemical Exposures
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dehydration
Heat Stress
Keywords: Farm worker
Heat exposure
Chemical exposure
Agricultural worker
Take-home exposure
Lead sponsor: San Diego State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-05
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The investigators are studying the dangers that farmworkers face while working in the fields and at home. The investigators goals are:

1. Measure how much heat and chemicals farmworkers in Imperial County are exposed to.

   The investigators will ask the participants to wear a special belt under their clothes during work to measure heat. The investigators will also put two small temperature monitors in the participant's home for a day. The investigators will collect a urine sample to check hydration, and also measure the participants height, weight, blood pressure, and some blood markers for diseases using a simple finger-prick test.

   To measure chemicals, the investigators will give the participants a wristband to wear for a week and hang another in the participants home. The investigators will also collect dust from each participant's home with a vacuum. Then, the investigators will analyze everything at San Diego State University.

   After collecting samples, a trained community health worker will ask the participants a few questions about their work, lifestyle, health symptoms, and any hazards they face. The investigators will meet the participants twice at their homes to distribute the tools which will later be collected. Once the tools are collected, the investigators will have the chance to follow up with the participants if they have any questions.
2. Provide help to lower heat and chemical exposure with the help of community health workers.
3. Measure heat and chemicals again using the same methods to see if the project made a difference.
4. Talk to participants about what they liked and how the investigators can make future projects better.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Currently living in Imperial County, California, USA
* Currently work in agriculture
* Plan on living in Imperial Valley for the next 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not currently living in Imperial County, California, USA
* Not currently working in agriculture
* Not planning to live in Imperial Valley for the next 6 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Individual heat stress
timeFrame: Assessment at baseline (pre-intervention) and again immediately (week) after the intervention
measure: Participant household temperature
timeFrame: Assessment at baseline (pre-intervention) and again immediately (week) after the intervention
measure: Participant hydration level
timeFrame: Assessment at baseline (pre-intervention) and again immediately (week) after the intervention
measure: Concentration of chemicals measured in silicon wristband worn by study participant
timeFrame: Assessment at baseline (pre-intervention) and again immediately (week) after the intervention
measure: Concentration of chemicals measured in silicon wristbands hung in the participant's household.
timeFrame: Assessment at baseline (pre-intervention) and again immediately (week) after the intervention
measure: Concentration of chemicals measured in participant's household dust collected with a vacuum
timeFrame: Assessment at baseline (pre-intervention) and again immediately (week) after the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: El Centro
country: United States
facility: Lideres Campesinas Imperial
state: California
Study officials:
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