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Alternative Title:
Environ Int
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105932
Personal Author:
Williams, Kendra N ; Kephart, Josiah L ; Fandiño-Del-Rio, Magdalena ; Simkovich, Suzanne ; Koehler, Kirsten ; ... More +
Williams, Kendra N ; Kephart, Josiah L ; Fandiño-Del-Rio, Magdalena ; Simkovich, Suzanne ; Koehler, Kirsten ; Harvey, Steven ; Checkley, William ; Less -
Corporate Authors:
CHAP trial Investigators ;
Description:
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, a randomized controlled trial with 180 participants assessing exposure and health impacts of an LPG stove, fuel, and behavioral intervention. Surveys conducted with 90 intervention women receiving free LPG and 90 control women cooking primarily with biomass assessed time spent cooking and collecting biomass fuel and use of time savings. Cooking time was objectively measured with temperature sensors on all stoves. Qualitative interviews explored perceptions and use of time savings in more depth. Results Intervention women spent 3.2 fewer hours cooking and 1.9 fewer hours collecting fuel per week compared to control women, but cooked on average 1.0 more meals per day. Participants perceived time saved from LPG positively, reporting more time for household chores, leisure activities, and activities with income-generating potential such as caring for animals and working in fields. Discussion This paper suggests that the benefits of LPG extend beyond health and the environment. LPG use could also lead to economic and quality of life gains, through increased time for work, rest, and consumption of hot meals, and reduced arduous biomass fuel collection.
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Air Pollution, Indoor
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Clean Cookstoves
Cooking
Fuel Collection
Household Air Pollution
Humans
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Mixed Methods
Peru
Petroleum
Quality Of Life
Time Savings

Source:
Environ Int. 145:105932
Pubmed ID:
33032164
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7578081
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Funding:
UF2 CE002402/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 TW010107/TW/FIC NIH HHSUnited States/ ; F32 HL143909/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 ES007141/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 HL007534/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; ... More +
UF2 CE002402/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 TW010107/TW/FIC NIH HHSUnited States/ ; F32 HL143909/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 ES007141/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 HL007534/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; D43 TW009340/TW/FIC NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U2R TW010114/TW/FIC NIH HHSUnited States/ ; Less -
Place as Subject:
Peru ;
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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