The Impact of Indoor Air Pollution on the Incidence of Life Threatening Respiratory Illnesses: Evidence from Young Children in Peru

Gajate-Garrido, Gissele

doi:10.1080/00220388.2012.709617

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“…This corroborated earlier findings from Nigeria and other places in the direction of these associations between under-five deaths and child and maternal characteristics [53, 64, 65, 70–77]. …”

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Housing materials as predictors of under-five mortality in Nigeria: evidence from 2013 demographic and health survey

2017

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BackgroundNigeria is among countries with high Under-Five Mortality (U5M) rates worldwide. Both maternal and childhood factors have been linked to U5M in the country. However, despite the growing global recognition of the association between housing and quality of life, the role of housing materials as predictors of U5M remain largely unexplored in Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigated the relationship between housing materials and U5M in Nigeria.MethodsThe study utilised the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data. A representative sample of 40,680 households was selected for the survey. The sample included 18,516 women of reproductive age who had given birth in the past 5 years prior the survey; with attention on the survival status of the index child (the most recent delivery). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square, Cox-proportional hazard and Brass 2-parameter models (α = 0.05).ResultsThe hazard ratio of U5M was 1.46 (C.I = 1.02–1.47, p < 0.001) and 1.23 (C.I = 1.24–1.71, p < 0.001) higher among children who lived in houses built with inadequate and moderate housing materials respectively than those in good housing materials. Under-five deaths show a downward trend (slope = −0.4871) relative to the housing materials assessment score. The refined U5M rate was 143.5, 127.0 and 90.8 per 1000 live birth among women who live in houses built with inadequate, moderate and adequate housing materials respectively. Other predictors of U5M were; the size of the child at birth, preceding birth interval, prenatal care provider, residence and education. Under-five death reduces with increasing maternal level of; education, wealth quintile, media exposure and housing material type and mostly experienced by Muslim women (6.0%), rural women (6.5%) and women residence in the North-West geopolitical zones (6.9%).ConclusionsLiving in houses built with poor housing materials promoted U5M in Nigeria. Provision of sustainable housing by the government and the maintenance of existing housing stock to healthful conditions will play a significant role in reducing the burden of U5M in Nigeria.

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Housing materials as predictors of under-five mortality in Nigeria: evidence from 2013 demographic and health survey

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“…sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), particulates, nitrogen oxides (NO x ), formaldehyde, benzene, arsenic, polyaromatic compounds, and lead) which also remains unclear in the literature (Naeher et al 2007). Several studies have indicated that children under the age of five compose the most susceptible group for fatalities caused by pollutant cooking fuels (Smith et al 2000;Gajate-Garrido 2013;Upadhyay et al 2015). Recent evidence in SSA also indicates that children under five are at a greater risk of death when solid fuel is used in the household (Ezeh et al 2014;Kleimola et al 2015).…”

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“…However, most studies on IAP as a result of solid fuel in LMIC have majorly focused on ill health such as respiratory illnesses among others (Smith et al 2000;Gajate-Garrido 2013), which is plausible, and not the fatal effect of the chemical components generated by indoor air pollutants (i.e. sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), particulates, nitrogen oxides (NO x ), formaldehyde, benzene, arsenic, polyaromatic compounds, and lead) which also remains unclear in the literature (Naeher et al 2007).…”

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Cooking fuel and risk of under-five mortality in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries: a population-based study

Owili¹,

Muga

Pan³

et al. 2017

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

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Relationship between cooking fuel and under-five mortality has not been adequately established in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We therefore investigated the association between cooking fuel and risk of under-five mortality in SSA, and further investigated its interaction with smoking. Using the most recent Demographic Health Survey data of 23 SSA countries (n = 783,691), Cox proportional hazard was employed to determine the association between cooking fuel and risk of under-five deaths. The adjusted hazard ratios were 1.21 (95 % CI, 1.10-1.34) and 1.20 (95 % CI, 1.08-1.32) for charcoal and biomass cooking fuel, respectively, compared to clean fuels. There was no positive interaction between biomass cooking fuel and smoking. Use of charcoal and biomass were associated with the risk of under-five mortality in SSA. Disseminating public health information on health risks of cooking fuel and development of relevant public health policies are likely to have a positive impact on a child's survival. Evidence before this studyGlobally, over 4 million deaths occur yearly due to indoor air pollution resulting from cooking fuel. Studies indicate that the under-five children are the most vulnerable group to pollutant cooking fuels with negative health outcome. Moreover, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the most affected region because 4 out of 5 of its population use solid biomass for cooking, and this may not decrease any time soon in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era where reduction of deaths as result of hazardous chemicals in the air, water, and soil is a key target. However, most studies have been country-specific and the effects of cooking fuel have majorly focused on ill-health, and not the fatal consequences. This study seeks to fill this gap in a much wider scale in SSA. Added value of this studyThis study explored the fatal effect cooking fuel using a large representative sample of SSA which increases the generalizability of our findings. It also provides evidence that would ensure development this is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-noDerivatives license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.

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“…Dherani et al (2008) use meta-analysis and find that the risk of pneumonia in young children is increased by exposure to unprocessed solid fuels by 80%. Using different nonexperimental techniques, other studies highlight the relationship between the choice of cooking fuels and morbidity (among several, Ezzati and Kammen, 2002, Ezzati et al 2000, Silwal and McKay, 2015, Gajate-Garrido, 2013, Mueller et al 2013, however this topic lies outside the objective of the current review.…”

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Access to Modern Energy: A Review of Barriers, Drivers and Impacts

2016

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Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as a fundamental challenge for development. Despite strong praise for action and the deployment of large-scale electrification programs and improved cookstove (ICS) distribution campaigns, few studies have shed light on the barriers to, the enablers of and the impacts of access to energy on development outcomes, using rigorous methodologies. This paper reviews this recent strand of research, trying to fill these gaps. We focus on the demand-side and household perspective. Our main outcomes of interest are electricity connection and ICS adoption for the analysis of barriers, time allocation, labour market outcomes and welfare for the impact analysis. We provide evidence of significant wellbeing impacts of electrification, and mixed evidence for cookstoves.JEL classification: O1, O13, Q4, Q48

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The Impact of Indoor Air Pollution on the Incidence of Life Threatening Respiratory Illnesses: Evidence from Young Children in Peru

Cited by 25 publications

References 29 publications

Housing materials as predictors of under-five mortality in Nigeria: evidence from 2013 demographic and health survey

Housing materials as predictors of under-five mortality in Nigeria: evidence from 2013 demographic and health survey

Cooking fuel and risk of under-five mortality in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries: a population-based study

Access to Modern Energy: A Review of Barriers, Drivers and Impacts

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