Impact of the Wood-Burning <i>Justa</i> Cookstove on Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c): A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial in Rural Honduras.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes is a rapidly growing global health challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and evidence suggests that air pollution exposure contributes. Household air pollution from burning solid fuels for cooking is a major burden in LMICs, but studies demonstrating associations between reductions in household air pollution and improvements in HbA1c, a biomarker of diabetes risk, are lacking. We previously reported substantial reductions in fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5μm (PM2.5) and black carbon concentrations following an intervention in rural Honduras with the Justa cookstove, a wood-burning stove with an engineered combustion chamber and chimney.

Objective

In a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial among

SUBMITTER: Young BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12110914 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature