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Investigating Cooking Activity Patterns and Perceptions of Air Quality Interventions among Women in Urban Rwanda

Household air pollution (HAP) from biomass cooking with traditional stoves is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) worldwide. Air quality interventions such as improved cookstoves (ICS) may mitigate HAP-related impacts; however, poor understanding of co...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Catherine A., Bartington, Suzanne E., Woolley, Katherine E., Pope, Francis D., Thomas, Graham Neil, Singh, Ajit, Avis, William R., Tumwizere, Patrick R., Uwanyirigira, Clement, Abimana, Pacifique, Kabera, Telesphore
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8199661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34199593
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115984
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author Campbell, Catherine A.
Bartington, Suzanne E.
Woolley, Katherine E.
Pope, Francis D.
Thomas, Graham Neil
Singh, Ajit
Avis, William R.
Tumwizere, Patrick R.
Uwanyirigira, Clement
Abimana, Pacifique
Kabera, Telesphore
author_facet Campbell, Catherine A.
Bartington, Suzanne E.
Woolley, Katherine E.
Pope, Francis D.
Thomas, Graham Neil
Singh, Ajit
Avis, William R.
Tumwizere, Patrick R.
Uwanyirigira, Clement
Abimana, Pacifique
Kabera, Telesphore
author_sort Campbell, Catherine A.
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description Household air pollution (HAP) from biomass cooking with traditional stoves is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) worldwide. Air quality interventions such as improved cookstoves (ICS) may mitigate HAP-related impacts; however, poor understanding of contextual socio-cultural factors such as local cooking practices have limited their widespread adoption. Policymakers and stakeholders require an understanding of local cooking practices to inform effective HAP interventions which meet end-user needs. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 36 women residing in biomass-cooking fuel households in Kigali, Rwanda to identify cooking activity patterns, awareness of HAP-related health risks and ICS intervention preferences. Overall, 94% of respondents exclusively used charcoal cooking fuel and 53% cooked one meal each day (range = 1–3 meals). Women were significantly more likely to cook outdoors compared to indoors (64% vs. 36%; p < 0.05). Over half of respondents (53%) were unaware of HAP-related health risks and 64% had no prior awareness of ICS. Participants expressed preferences for stove mobility (89%) and facility for multiple pans (53%) within an ICS intervention. Our findings highlight the need for HAP interventions to be flexible to suit a range of cooking patterns and preferred features for end-users in this context.
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spelling pubmed-81996612021-06-14 Investigating Cooking Activity Patterns and Perceptions of Air Quality Interventions among Women in Urban Rwanda Campbell, Catherine A. Bartington, Suzanne E. Woolley, Katherine E. Pope, Francis D. Thomas, Graham Neil Singh, Ajit Avis, William R. Tumwizere, Patrick R. Uwanyirigira, Clement Abimana, Pacifique Kabera, Telesphore Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Household air pollution (HAP) from biomass cooking with traditional stoves is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) worldwide. Air quality interventions such as improved cookstoves (ICS) may mitigate HAP-related impacts; however, poor understanding of contextual socio-cultural factors such as local cooking practices have limited their widespread adoption. Policymakers and stakeholders require an understanding of local cooking practices to inform effective HAP interventions which meet end-user needs. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 36 women residing in biomass-cooking fuel households in Kigali, Rwanda to identify cooking activity patterns, awareness of HAP-related health risks and ICS intervention preferences. Overall, 94% of respondents exclusively used charcoal cooking fuel and 53% cooked one meal each day (range = 1–3 meals). Women were significantly more likely to cook outdoors compared to indoors (64% vs. 36%; p < 0.05). Over half of respondents (53%) were unaware of HAP-related health risks and 64% had no prior awareness of ICS. Participants expressed preferences for stove mobility (89%) and facility for multiple pans (53%) within an ICS intervention. Our findings highlight the need for HAP interventions to be flexible to suit a range of cooking patterns and preferred features for end-users in this context. MDPI 2021-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8199661/ /pubmed/34199593 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115984 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Uwanyirigira, Clement
Abimana, Pacifique
Kabera, Telesphore
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34199593
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115984
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