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Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study

Despite its benefits and espousal in developed counties, the adoption of clean cookstoves is reportedly low in less developed countries, especially in Sub–Saharan Africa. This qualitative study aimed at exploring and documenting the enablers and barriers for adoption of clean cookstove in the middle...

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Autores principales: Agbokey, Francis, Dwommoh, Rebecca, Tawiah, Theresa, Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi, Mujtaba, Mohammed Nuhu, Carrion, Daniel, Ali Abdulai, Martha, Afari-Asiedu, Samuel, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Jack, Darby W.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30987276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207
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author Agbokey, Francis
Dwommoh, Rebecca
Tawiah, Theresa
Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi
Mujtaba, Mohammed Nuhu
Carrion, Daniel
Ali Abdulai, Martha
Afari-Asiedu, Samuel
Owusu-Agyei, Seth
Asante, Kwaku Poku
Jack, Darby W.
author_facet Agbokey, Francis
Dwommoh, Rebecca
Tawiah, Theresa
Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi
Mujtaba, Mohammed Nuhu
Carrion, Daniel
Ali Abdulai, Martha
Afari-Asiedu, Samuel
Owusu-Agyei, Seth
Asante, Kwaku Poku
Jack, Darby W.
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description Despite its benefits and espousal in developed counties, the adoption of clean cookstoves is reportedly low in less developed countries, especially in Sub–Saharan Africa. This qualitative study aimed at exploring and documenting the enablers and barriers for adoption of clean cookstove in the middle belt of Ghana. The findings showed convenience of clean cookstove use, reduced firewood usage, less smoke emission and associated health problems resulting from indoor air pollution and time for firewood gathering and cooking, good smell and taste of food as enabling factors for clean cookstove adoption. Factors such as safety, financial constraint (cost), non-availability of spare parts on the open market to replace faulty stove accessories, stove size and household size were the potential barriers to clean cookstove adoption. These findings help us to understand the factors promoting and inhibiting the adoption of clean cook stoves, especially in rural settings.
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spelling pubmed-64801612019-04-29 Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study Agbokey, Francis Dwommoh, Rebecca Tawiah, Theresa Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi Mujtaba, Mohammed Nuhu Carrion, Daniel Ali Abdulai, Martha Afari-Asiedu, Samuel Owusu-Agyei, Seth Asante, Kwaku Poku Jack, Darby W. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Despite its benefits and espousal in developed counties, the adoption of clean cookstoves is reportedly low in less developed countries, especially in Sub–Saharan Africa. This qualitative study aimed at exploring and documenting the enablers and barriers for adoption of clean cookstove in the middle belt of Ghana. The findings showed convenience of clean cookstove use, reduced firewood usage, less smoke emission and associated health problems resulting from indoor air pollution and time for firewood gathering and cooking, good smell and taste of food as enabling factors for clean cookstove adoption. Factors such as safety, financial constraint (cost), non-availability of spare parts on the open market to replace faulty stove accessories, stove size and household size were the potential barriers to clean cookstove adoption. These findings help us to understand the factors promoting and inhibiting the adoption of clean cook stoves, especially in rural settings. MDPI 2019-04-04 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6480161/ /pubmed/30987276 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dwommoh, Rebecca
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Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi
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Carrion, Daniel
Ali Abdulai, Martha
Afari-Asiedu, Samuel
Owusu-Agyei, Seth
Asante, Kwaku Poku
Jack, Darby W.
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title_short Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study
title_sort determining the enablers and barriers for the adoption of clean cookstoves in the middle belt of ghana—a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30987276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207
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