Implementing an Intervention to Reduce Heat Stress and Chemical Exposures

San Diego State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Dehydration; Heat Stress

Treatments: Other: Education and resources provided by community health workers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06442969

HS-2024-0081

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

All participants

Other group

Description:

All participants will receive the intervention

Treatment:

Other: Education and resources provided by community health workers