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The effect of clean cooking interventions on mother and child personal exposure to air pollution: results from the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS).
Chillrud, Steven N; Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi; Gould, Carlos F; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Mujtaba, Mohammed; Manu, Grace; Burkart, Katrin; Kinney, Patrick L; Quinn, Ashlinn; Jack, Darby W; Asante, Kwaku Poku.
Affiliation
  • Chillrud SN; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA.
  • Ae-Ngibise KA; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana.
  • Gould CF; Department of Environmental Health Science, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA. c.gould@columbia.edu.
  • Owusu-Agyei S; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana.
  • Mujtaba M; Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
  • Manu G; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana.
  • Burkart K; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana.
  • Kinney PL; Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Quinn A; Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Jack DW; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  • Asante KP; Department of Environmental Health Science, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol ; 31(4): 683-698, 2021 07.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33654272
BACKGROUND: Clean cooking interventions to reduce air pollution exposure from burning biomass for daily cooking and heating needs have the potential to reduce a large burden of disease globally. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the air pollution exposure impacts of a fan-assisted efficient biomass-burning cookstove and a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove intervention in rural Ghana. METHODS: We randomized 1414 households in rural Ghana with pregnant mothers into a control arm (N = 526) or one of two clean cooking intervention arms: a fan-assisted efficient biomass-burning cookstove (N = 527) or an LPG stove and cylinder refills as needed (N = 361). We monitored personal maternal carbon monoxide (CO) at baseline and six times after intervention and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure twice after intervention. Children received three CO exposure monitoring sessions. RESULTS: We obtained 5655 48-h maternal CO exposure estimates and 1903 for children, as well as 1379 maternal PM2.5 exposure estimates. Median baseline CO exposures in the control, improved biomass, and LPG arms were 1.17, 1.17, and 1.30 ppm, respectively. Based on a differences-in-differences approach, the LPG arm showed a 47% reduction (95% confidence interval: 34-57%) in mean 48-h CO exposure compared to the control arm. Mean maternal PM2.5 exposure in the LPG arm was 32% lower than the control arm during the post-intervention period (52 ± 29 vs. 77 ± 44 µg/m3). The biomass stove did not meaningfully reduce CO or PM2.5 exposure. CONCLUSIONS: We show that LPG interventions lowered air pollution exposure significantly compared to three-stone fires. However, post-intervention exposures still exceeded health-relevant targets. SIGNIFICANCE: In a large controlled trial of cleaner cooking interventions, an LPG stove and fuel intervention reduced air pollution exposure in a vulnerable population in a low-resource setting.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Air Pollution, Indoor / Air Pollution Type of study: Clinical_trials Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Pregnancy Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol Journal subject: EPIDEMIOLOGIA / SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Air Pollution, Indoor / Air Pollution Type of study: Clinical_trials Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Pregnancy Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol Journal subject: EPIDEMIOLOGIA / SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States