Using time-resolved monitor wearing data to study the effect of clean cooking interventions on personal air pollution exposures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personal monitoring can estimate individuals' exposures to environmental pollutants; however, accuracy depends on consistent monitor wearing, which is under evaluated.

Objective

To study the association between device wearing and personal air pollution exposure.

Methods

Using personal device accelerometry data collected in the context of a randomized cooking intervention in Ghana with three study arms (control, improved biomass, and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) arms; N = 1414), we account for device wearing to infer parameters of PM_2.5 and CO exposure.

Results

Device wearing was positively associated with exposure in the control and improved biomass arms, but weakly in the LPG arm. Inferred community-level air pollution was similar across

SUBMITTER: Gould CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815893 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature