Monitoring Environmental Exposures and Behavioral Change

Risk Reduction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Environmental Exposures of the Northern Arapaho Tribe: An Exploratory Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05338242
• Other study ID #: R21NArapaho
• Secondary ID: R21ES032137
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 28, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 2024

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: University of Utah
• Contact: Darrah K Sleeth, PhD
• Phone: 801-585-3587
• Email: darrah.sleeth[@]hsc.utah.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to examine what effect real-time feedback on particulate matter (PM) air pollution levels has on risk recognition and behavior. The hypothesis is that real-time exposure feedback will change perceptions of risk and increase behaviors that avoid exposure to environmental risks. At least one representative household member in participating households will complete a questionnaire to fully understand environmental concerns, risk perceptions, and related behaviors. Half of the households will have PM monitors that continuously display real-time concentrations and an indication of the hazard level. The other participants will have the same device but it will only display the date and time. All participants will then be surveyed again: (a) immediately after sampling is complete (i.e., when the devices are removed from the home), (b) after 3 months and, (c) after 6 months. The goal of repeated surveys is to determine changing understanding of risks, how participating in research and/or receiving real-time exposure data may have changed participant behavior, and what concerns they continue to have. The questionnaire will include questions with categorical and/or quantitative answers (e.g., frequency of specific behaviors) so that changes in risk perception and behavior can be effectively analyzed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: April 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Participants must live in a household where at least one adult is a member of the N. Arapaho tribe who is a Primary Participant in the related exposure assessment study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Environmental Exposure
• Risk Behavior, Health
• Risk Reduction

Intervention

Device:
• Real-Time Exposure Feedback
Participants will receive real-time exposure monitors that continuously display real-time air concentration information and a color-coded designation for the current risk level.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	Utah

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Utah	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Behaviors Related to Reduction in Exposure	Outcomes will be measured as a change in how often (frequency) behaviors related to reduction in exposure occur	At removal of device
Primary	Behaviors Related to Reduction in Exposure	Outcomes will be measured as a change in how often (frequency) behaviors related to reduction in exposure occur	3 months after removal of device
Primary	Behaviors Related to Reduction in Exposure	Outcomes will be measured as a change in how often (frequency) behaviors related to reduction in exposure occur	6 months after removal of device