Project Grant R01ES036261

The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been awarded a $188,694 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The funding will support a 4-year study to develop best practices for reporting back pesticide exposure results to family child care home (FCCH) directors in California's Central Valley region. The study aims to: 1) collaborate with local stakeholders to define an ethical process for reporting pesticide findings, 2) determine how providing pesticide exposure results via a digital interface influences FCCH directors' understanding and actions to reduce children's pesticide exposures, and 3) develop and disseminate recommended best practices for reporting pesticide exposure results to FCCH directors. The project involves a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative interviews, an integrated pest management intervention in 30 FCCH facilities, and a final policy brief summarizing the findings. The goal is to provide FCCH directors with actionable strategies to measurably reduce children's pesticide exposures.