Sustained use of liquefied petroleum gas following one year of free fuel and behavioral support in Puno, Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing efforts to promote cleaner fuels have not achieved exclusive use. We investigated whether receiving 12 months of free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and behavioral support could motivate continued purchase and use.

Methods

The Cardiopulmonary outcomes and Household Air Pollution (CHAP) trial enrolled 180 women. Half were randomly assigned to an intervention group, which included free LPG delivered in months 1-12 followed by a post-intervention period in which they no longer received free fuel (months 13-24). For the purposes of comparison, we also include months 1-12 of data from control participants. We tracked stove use with temperature monitors, surveys, and observations, and conducted in-depth interviews with 19 participants from the intervention group

SUBMITTER: Williams KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9928150 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature