Pest Control
		
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					Chronic Condition Choose up to 3
						Pest Control
				Pest eradication services that are necessary to ensure the health, welfare, and safety of the chronically ill enrollee. Services may include pest control treatment(s) or products that may assist the enrollee in the pest eradication (e.g., traps, pest control sprays, cleaning supplies).
				
			Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2007|
															Journal of Community Health|
															Google Scholar|
																				10.1007/s10900-007-9064-6
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Pest infestation, pesticide use, and pest allergens have health implications for residents, particularly residents with asthma.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2010|
															Ontario's Public Health Agency|
															Google Scholar|
																				
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Beg bugs can cause numerous health effects, including HBV, skin reactions, asthmatic reaction, and anemia.
					
							
																												Systematic Review
																																									
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Outcome type: Favorable
						Pests can have many negative effects on both the mental and physical health of residents in infested homes, such as causing anxiety, transmitting diseases such as West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, and Zika, and more.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Intervention and Impact
					
					
					
										2017|
															PLoS One|
															Google Scholar|
																				10.1371/journal.pone.0190399
										
										The authors measure how different rationale for pest control influenced intention to take action against pests.
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Interventions to encourage pest control actions should emphasize the potential health consequences of pests and reduce barriers.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Intervention and Impact
					
					
					
										2009|
															Asthma Regional Council of New England, Boston Public Health Commission|
															Google Scholar|
																				
										Integrated Pest Management: a preventive pest control intervention that aims to reduce the need for pesticides and reduce allergen levels in the home.
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						IPM is a cost-effective pest control intervention for high-risk asthma patients when compared to standard clinical methods of asthma treatment
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Outcome type: Favorable
						Cockroaches can carry disease-causing germs and their debris (old shells, saliva, body parts, and droppings) can triggers asthma attacks
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2018|
															J Urban Health|
															Google|
															30141116|
															10.1007/s11524-018-0298-7
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Cockroach infested residents had almost three times the odds of experiencing high depressive symptoms than those without infestation. Dual infested homes of cockroach and mice had over five times the odds of experiencing high depressive symptoms
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
						
						Mental health effects from urban bed bug infestation (Cimex lectularius L.): A cross-sectional study 
													
												
					
					
					
										2012|
															BMJ Open|
															Google Scholar|
																				
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Bed bug infestation was strongly associated with anxiety symptoms and sleep disturbances.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2023|
															Ethiop. J. Health Dev|
															Google Scholar|
																				
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Among the residents with bed bug infestations, social, psychological, and health impacts were recorded.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Outcome type: Favorable
						Bed bugs can cause allergic reactions, infections of the skin, mental health impacts on people living in infested homes.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2015|
															Int J Public Health|
															Google Scholar|
																				10.1007/s00038-015-0713-8
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Bed bug infestations can have adverse impacts on mental health, including severe psychiatric symptoms.
					
							
																												Systematic Review
																																									
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Intervention and Impact
					
					
					
										2017|
															Environ Sci Pollut Res Int|
															PubMed|
															28634803|
															10.1007/s11356-017-9533-0
										
										Bergamot, lavender, and thyme essential oils were used as bait components to deter pests.
					
					
				Outcome type: Neutral
						Lavender and thyme oils had no effects on house mice diet. Bergamot oil showed a repellent effect.
					
							
																					Prospective Cohort Study
																																																
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2021|
															Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology|
															Google Scholar|
																				10.1016/j.jaad.2021.06.690
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						The authors present evidence that bed bugs can, under the right circumstances, infest organic matter, such as human skin.
					
							
																																										Case Study
																											
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2018|
																				Google Scholar|
																				10.1002/9781119171539.ch12
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Bed bugs may carry infectious disease and have the ability to transmit diseases to humans.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2018|
															Annu Rev Entomol|
															PubMed|
															29324037|
															10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043218
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Anthropod infestation can lead to food contamination and the development of fungi and microorganisms that can produce toxins that endanger human health.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2021|
															Heliyon|
															Google Scholar|
																				10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08107
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						Bed bug infestation are more likely for patients with positive blood cultures, blood cultures growing coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, and those diagnosed with pneumonia, with cellulitis, or who had an infectious disease consult, a chest radiograph, and higher percentages of eosinophils in the blood.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Gap and Impact
					
					
					
										2019|
															Electronic Physician|
															Google Scholar|
																				10.19082/7636
										
					
					
				Outcome type: Neutral
						While bed bugs do not spread disease, infestations can produce numerous issues, such as social health problems, for the infested.
					
							
																																										Case Study
																											
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Intervention and Impact
					
					
					
										2024|
															CDC|
															Google|
																				
										Integrated Pest Management: an approach focusing on pest prevention, reduction, and eliminating the conditions that cause pest intervention
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						IPM reduces the incidence of pest infestations, reducing the need to use harmful pest-control products.
					
							
																																																	Federal Policy or Report
																				
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Outcome type: Favorable
						Pests can  contribute to public health issues such as vector-borne diseases, asthma and allergies, and microbial diseases and infections
					
							
																																																	Federal Policy or Report
																				
						
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Intervention and Impact
					
					
					
										2020|
															China CDC Wkly|
															Google|
																				10.46234/ccdcw2020.112
										
										Sustainable Pest Management, a systematic and sustainable approach to pest management, was implemented.
					
					
				Outcome type: Favorable
						The intervention promotes reduction of disease, hunger, poverty, and protects the environment.
					
							
																																																								Other
													
						
												Peer Reviewed
						
						
						
																																																																					Linking Intervention and Impact
					
					
					
										2017|
															PLoS Negl Trop Dis|
															PubMed|
															29117180|
															10.1371/journal.pntd.0006031
										
										Two types of insecticide interventions are included in this study: periodical intra- and peri-domiciliary residual insecticide treatment and long lasting insecticide treated curtains.
					
					
				Outcome type: Neutral
						In the first month, there was a significant decline in Aedes indices after residual insecticide treatment, but the effect did not last and overall dengue incidence was not reduced.
					
							
														Randomized Controlled Trial
																																																							
						
												Peer Reviewed