Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas
There is limited literature on the frequency and distribution of pesticide exposures, specifically with respect to demographic and environmental factors in the United States. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate geographic trends and factors associated with unintentional pesticid...
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doaj-95a0f1cb5be7426b9186c57f9b0e26ba2020-11-25T00:01:20ZengKorean Society of Environmental Helath and ToxicologyEnvironmental Health and Toxicology2233-65672018-03-0133210.5620/eht.e2018008810Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in TexasAmber B. Trueblood0Daikwon Han1Eva M. Shipp2Leslie H. Cizmas3 Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Center for Transportation Safety, 3135 TAMU, College Station, TX 77845 Texas A&M University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 212 Adriance Lab Rd., College Station, TX 77843 Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Center for Transportation Safety, 3135 TAMU, College Station, TX 77845 Texas A&M University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 212 Adriance Lab Rd., College Station, TX 77843There is limited literature on the frequency and distribution of pesticide exposures, specifically with respect to demographic and environmental factors in the United States. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate geographic trends and factors associated with unintentional pesticide exposures in children and adolescents in Texas. The study used an ecological design with secondary data. A spatial scan statistic, based on a Poisson regression model, was employed to identify spatial clusters of unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures. Next, logistic regression models were constructed to identify potential demographic and environmental factors associated with unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures. There were 59,477 unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures from 2000 to 2013. The spatial scan statistic found a change in the number of counties in the identified clusters (e.g. , aggregation of counties with higher than expected exposures) for two time periods (2000-2006; 2007-2013). Based on the logistic regression models, factors associated with unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures were percent black or African American population, year structure built, and percent moved in the past 12 months. In conclusion, this study found certain demographic and environmental factors may be associated with unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures. Through understanding trends and associated factors, public health professionals can design interventions for populations at higher risk of pesticide exposures. This study also supports the use of spatial methods being utilized to expand upon current analysis of poison center data. Future research should confirm and build upon these findings.http://www.e-eht.org/upload/pdf/eht-33-2-e2018008.pdfPesticidesPoison CenterChildrenAdolescentsExposures |
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Amber B. Trueblood Daikwon Han Eva M. Shipp Leslie H. Cizmas Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas Environmental Health and Toxicology Pesticides Poison Center Children Adolescents Exposures |
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Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas |
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Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas |
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Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas |
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Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas |
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Exploring Demographic and Environmental Factors Related to Unintentional Pesticide Poisonings in Children and Adolescents in Texas |
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exploring demographic and environmental factors related to unintentional pesticide poisonings in children and adolescents in texas |
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Korean Society of Environmental Helath and Toxicology |
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Environmental Health and Toxicology |
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There is limited literature on the frequency and distribution of pesticide exposures, specifically with respect to demographic and environmental factors in the United States. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate geographic trends and factors associated with unintentional pesticide exposures in children and adolescents in Texas. The study used an ecological design with secondary data. A spatial scan statistic, based on a Poisson regression model, was employed to identify spatial clusters of unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures. Next, logistic regression models were constructed to identify potential demographic and environmental factors associated with unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures. There were 59,477 unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures from 2000 to 2013. The spatial scan statistic found a change in the number of counties in the identified clusters (e.g. , aggregation of counties with higher than expected exposures) for two time periods (2000-2006; 2007-2013). Based on the logistic regression models, factors associated with unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures were percent black or African American population, year structure built, and percent moved in the past 12 months. In conclusion, this study found certain demographic and environmental factors may be associated with unintentional pesticide-related poison center exposures. Through understanding trends and associated factors, public health professionals can design interventions for populations at higher risk of pesticide exposures. This study also supports the use of spatial methods being utilized to expand upon current analysis of poison center data. Future research should confirm and build upon these findings. |
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Pesticides Poison Center Children Adolescents Exposures |
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