Provision of a liquefied petroleum gas cookstove and fuel during pregnancy and infancy and linear growth trajectories between birth and 12 months: evidence from the multi-center Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Exposure to particulate pollution from cooking with solid biomass fuels is associated with impaired child linear growth. We examined the effect of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstove randomized control trial during pregnancy and infancy on linear growth trajectories among infants born to women enrolled during pregnancy.

Methods

The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) randomized control trial enrolled 3195 pregnant women (9 to <20 weeks gestation) from rural areas in Guatemala, Peru, India, and Rwanda that relied primarily on biomass fuels for cooking. Women in the intervention group received an LPG cookstove and fuel for approximately eighteen months, while those in the control group continued to use biomass for cooking. We measured the child

SUBMITTER: Sivalogan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12155024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature