Exploring the impact of a liquefied petroleum gas intervention on time use in rural Peru: A mixed methods study on perceptions, use, and implications of time savings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts to promote clean cooking through adoption of clean-burning fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are often based on the idea that near-exclusive use of LPG could lead to health improvements. However, benefits beyond health, such as time savings, could be more tangible and meaningful to LPG users.

Objectives

This study investigated the effect of an LPG intervention on time spent cooking and collecting fuel, using objective measures of stove temperatures combined with self-reports under conditions of near-exclusive LPG use. We also investigated the perceived value of any time savings and potential economic and quality of life implications.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Cardiopulmonary outcomes and Household Air Pollution trial in Puno, Peru,

SUBMITTER: Williams KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578081 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature