Household Fuel Use for Heating and Cooking and Respiratory Health in a Low-Income, South African Coastal Community.

ABSTRACT: In low-income communities, non-electric fuel sources are typically the main cause of Household Air Pollution (HAP). In Umlazi, a South African coastal, informal settlement, households use electric- and non-electric (coal, wood, gas, paraffin) energy sources for cooking and heating. The study aimed to determine whether respiratory ill health status varied by fuel type use. Using a questionnaire, respondents reported on a range of socio-demographic characteristics, dwelling type, energy use for cooking and heating as well as respiratory health symptoms. Multivariate Poisson regression was used to obtain the adjusted Odds Ratios (ORs) for the effects of electric and non-electric energy sources on prevalence of respiratory infections considering potential confounding factors. Among the 245 hou

SUBMITTER: Buthelezi SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406283 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature