Mental Health Impacts

Perron, Stéphane; Hamelin, G.; Kaiser, David

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“…The public health concerns attributed to bed bugs are significant, ranging from minor dermatological concerns to allergic responses, sleeplessness, stress and shame, to more severe mental health conditions (Hwang, Doggett, & Fernandez‐Penas, 2018; Perron, Hamelin, & Kaiser, 2018). These direct health impacts translate into potentially large social and economic costs (Doggett, Miller, Vail, & Wilson, 2018; Xie, Hill, Rehmann, & Levy, 2019); it can cost in excess of $1,000 to efficiently treat and eradicate bed bugs from homes, and many affected by infestations resort to the needless disposal of their belongings or relocation in an effort to avoid their detrimental effects.…”

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“…Globally common prior to the 1930s, bed bug populations declined over the following 50 years. However, for reasons that are not well understood, but likely related to a general lack of responsiveness to infestation and the concurrence of increased global connectivity, pesticide resistance and decreased surveillance beginning in the 1990s, populations have begun to increase again with well-documented adverse public health (Doggett, Miller, & Lee, 2018) and socioeconomic (Eddy & Jones, 2011) implications.The public health concerns attributed to bed bugs are significant, ranging from minor dermatological concerns to allergic responses, sleeplessness, stress and shame, to more severe mental health conditions (Hwang, Doggett, & Fernandez-Penas, 2018;Perron, Hamelin, & Kaiser, 2018). These direct health impacts translate into potentially large social and economic costs (Doggett,…”

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Socioeconomic drivers of urban pest prevalence

2020

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Bed bugs have re‐established themselves as a common household pest in the United States and pose significant public health and economic concerns, particularly in urban areas. Documenting the scale of the bed bug resurgence and identifying the underlying predictors of the spatial patterns of their incidence is challenging, largely because available data come from biased self‐reporting through local government code enforcement. Here, we make use of a novel source of systematically collected data from periodic inspections of multifamily housing units in Chicago to investigate neighbourhood drivers of bed bug infestation prevalence in Chicago. Bed bug infestations are strongly associated with income, eviction rates and crowding at the neighbourhood level. That bed bug prevalence is higher in lower‐income neighbourhoods with higher levels of household crowding and eviction notices provides unique empirical evidence of the disproportionate allocation of public health burdens upon neighbourhoods facing multiple dimensions of disadvantage. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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“…2012; Doggett & Russell 2009), and if there are pre‐existing underlying mental health conditions, suicide can be an unfortunate outcome (Perron et al . 2018). Even if an infestation has been eradicated or none existed in the first place, the belief that an infestation is present can result in serious mental health impacts often leading patients to undertake extreme measures to rid themselves of the perceived infestation (Hinkle 2010, 2011; Le & Gonski 2003; Potter 1997; Slaughter et al .…”

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“…The presence of an infestation from insects such as head lice and bed bugs is seen by the majority of the population as being a serious social stigma, and afflicted people often feel dirty and ashamed (Perron et al . 2018). Similarly, other arthropod infestations in a person's home can have a catastrophic effect on an individual's well‐being.…”

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30 years of samples submitted to an Australian Medical Entomology Department

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Arthropods are the cause of considerable human morbidity. In spite of numerous text books and reviews published on arthropods of medical importance, this is the first paper in the world to present a comprehensive review of specimens sent to a medical entomology laboratory over an extended period. The Department of Medical Entomology at Westmead Hospital is the New South Wales reference laboratory for arthropods of medical importance. In the years 1988–2017, there were 5655 samples submitted for identification. Some 25 orders, 188 families and 177 different genera were recorded, with 170 unique species. The most common specimens included the Australian paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus (708 specimens submitted), the bird mite Ornithonyssus bursa (506), bed bugs Cimex spp. (149), moth flies Clogmia spp. (135), head lice Pediculus capitis (105), pubic lice Pthirus pubis (91) and scabies Sarcoptes scabiei (57). In 1211 samples submitted, there was no evidence for any life stages of arthropods. For these common samples, data analysed included yearly and seasonal trends, female vs. male patient submissions and the age classes of the patients. Some species such as I. holocyclus, O. bursa, Cimex spp., Clogmia spp. and P. capitis demonstrated strong seasonal trends. In the case of the female vs. male patients, there were significant differences in submissions with O. bursa, P. capitis, P. pubis and with the samples containing no arthropod evidence. Of these, only with P. pubis did more males submit than females. Younger ages classes (<10 years) were more associated with I. holocyclus and P. capitis, older patients >70 years) with scabies, mature females (50–69 years) with samples containing no evidence of arthropods and middle‐aged adults (40–69) with the remainder of the common samples. Key diagnostic features are included for some of the more challenging arthropod species to distinguish and as well as case studies provided of situations involving unique or unusual infestations. The data provides useful information on the risks that arthropods of medical importance pose to the community and will refine educational programs.

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“…Bed bugs have been reported to cause stress, sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression in their human hosts ( Goddard and DeShazo 2012 , Susser et al 2012 , Ashcroft et al 2015 , Wang et al 2016 ). Residents with infested homes often suffer from social stigmatization and isolation ( Bonnefoy et al 2008 , Bennett et al 2016 , Perron et al 2018 ). The presence of bed bugs has been known to have detrimental impacts on businesses, with economic and reputation effects on the housing and accommodation industry, healthcare facilities, offices, and a range of other urban environments ( Doggett et al 2018 , Scarpino and Althouse 2019 ).…”

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Procurement Competence and Framework Agreements for Upgraded Bed Bug Control [Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)]

Rukke

Roligheten

Aak

2021

Journal of Economic Entomology

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The prevalence of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) is increasing worldwide. Due to this increase, low-income housing owners and managers need an efficient method for controlling the pests without excessive resource use. The quality of pest control efforts is crucial for efficient eradication. Infestations often need to be approached using a variety of strategies through an integrated pest management (IPM) framework. Efficient eradication is often thought to be the responsibility of the pest control contractor alone. However, the purchase and supply management theory suggests that optimal solutions actually involve sound buyer–supplier relations to support the strategic aim of pest eradication. This study illustrates the positive outcomes of elevating pest management competence on the buyer’s part. Further, this study outlines a large-scale purchase situation that quantifies bed bug control efforts, in addition to their outcomes. In total, 11,000 apartment units were observed in Oslo, Norway, over a period of six years. The release and implementation of a procurement officer together with a state-of-the-art pest management framework agreement quickly reversed the consistent escalation of bed bug infestations in the observed units. Observations revealed that the study yielded the most success in eradicating bed bugs by increasing both the number of visits to the infested apartment and the overall duration of control efforts. The improved control was achieved at a reduced cost per infested apartment unit, which allowed for the implementation of bed bug preventive measures and building-wide inspections. The observations made in this study have been discussed in the context of the impact of bed bugs in low-income communities, relative to the factors of pest burden, demography, socioeconomics, and the welfare system in Norway.

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Mental Health Impacts

Cited by 5 publications

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Socioeconomic drivers of urban pest prevalence

Socioeconomic drivers of urban pest prevalence

30 years of samples submitted to an Australian Medical Entomology Department

Procurement Competence and Framework Agreements for Upgraded Bed Bug Control [Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)]

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