School and Child Day Care Facilities Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Articles
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Articles, checklists, and handouts reprinted from magazines, journals, and government publications.
SCHOOL IPM ARTICLES
Single copies of any document are available by sending your request to school-ipm@cdpr.ca.gov.
- A Survey of California Public School Districts‘ Ant and Weed Management Practices and a Review of Their Use of IPM, PDF (2012 reprint) (360 kb)
- California’s Use of IPM in Managing Pests in Schools, PDF (2010 reprint) ( 1.4 mb)
- Moving Toward Better Ant and Weed Management in Schools, PDF (2007 reprint) ( 743 kb)
- Pest Prevention - Indoor Maintenance Practices, PDF (2006 reprint) ( 521 kb)
- Pest Prevention - Outdoor Maintenance Practices, PDF (2006 reprint) (718 kb)
- Healthy Schools Act Spurs Integrated Pest Management in California Public Schools, PDF (2005 reprint) (820 Kb)
- Don’t Grow Your Own Mosquitoes!, PDF (2005 reprint) (283 kb)
- Pest Prevention Construction Guidelines and Practices, PDF (2005 reprint) (124 kb)
- Pest Prevention—Construction Guidelines and Practices (2005 checklist with examples and references)
- Facility Design: Pest Prevention, PDF (2005 reprint) (742 kb)
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Frequently Asked
Questions About The Healthy Schools Act
color, PDF (564 kb) b&w, PDF (170 kb) - Putting IPM into Practice, PDF (2003 reprint) (200 kb)
- Making the Grade in School Pest Management--Putting IPM to Work, PDF (2003 reprint) (270 kb)
- Pests and Pest Management: Making the Grade with Integrated Pest Management, PDF (2003 reprint) (117 kb)
- Pest Prevention —Maintenance Practices and Facility Design (2002 checklist with examples and references)
- Least-Toxic Alternatives for Argentine Ants, Fleas, and White Grubs of Lawns, PDF (2001 report) (170 kb)
- Pesticides In and Around Schools—Time For Change, PDF (1999 reprint) (240 kb)
CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES IPM ARTICLES
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The California Childcare Health Program (CCHP) (June 2009)
The California Childcare Health Program (CCHP) is a program of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing. CCHP publishes a newsletter “Child Care Health Connections” that provides up-to-date child health and safety information for the child care community. The newsletter is published six times per year. DPR’s Child Care IPM program collaborated with CCHP to produce the following nine articles about IPM-related topics for the newsletter:
- May-June 2008 - The Healthy Schools Act in Early Childhood Education (ECE) Settings
- July-August 2008 - Why Should ECE Programs Use Integrated Pest Management?; Adopting Greener Environmental Practices
- September-October 2008 - Integrated Pest Management: Ants; Integrated Pest Management: Yellow Jackets
- November-December 2008 - Green Cleaning in Child Care Settings; Sanitizing in Child Care Environments
- January-February 2009 - Integrated Pest Management: Rodents
- May-June 2009 - Integrated Pest Management: Mosquitoes
All of the newsletters are available at: http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/html/pandr/newslettermain.htm
