Effects and acceptability of implementing improved cookstoves and heaters to reduce household air pollution: a FRESH AIR study.

ABSTRACT: The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of locally tailored implementation of improved cookstoves/heaters in low- and middle-income countries. This interventional implementation study among 649 adults and children living in rural communities in Uganda, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan, was performed after situational analyses and awareness programmes. Outcomes included household air pollution (PM_2.5 and CO), self-reported respiratory symptoms (with CCQ and MRC-breathlessness scale), chest infections, school absence and intervention acceptability. Measurements were conducted at baseline, 2 and 6-12 months after implementing improved cookstoves/heaters. Mean PM_2.5 values decrease by 31% (to 95.1 µg/m³) in Uganda (95%CI 71.5-126.6), by 32% (to

SUBMITTER: van Gemert F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6695425 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature