Promoting LPG usage during pregnancy: A pilot study in rural Maharashtra, India.

ABSTRACT: Household air pollution from the combustion of biomass and coal is estimated to cause approximately 780,000 premature deaths a year in India. The government has responded by promoting uptake of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by tens of millions of poor rural families. Many poor households with new LPG stoves, however, continue to partially use traditional smoky chulhas. Our primary objective was to evaluate three strategies to transition pregnant women in rural Maharashtra to exclusive use of LPG for cooking. We also measured reductions in kitchen concentrations of PM_2.5 before and after our interventions. Our core intervention was a free stove, 2 free LPG cylinders (one on loan until delivery), and repeated health messaging. We measured stove usage of both the traditional and in

SUBMITTER: Pillarisetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7213905 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature