Exploring Respiratory Health Outcomes From Sustained Use of Efficient Cookstoves
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
Summary
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The investigators adopted a cluster randomized controlled trial with village as the unit of randomization. Villages were randomized to have participating households assigned to either a traditional biomass burning cookstove (control group) or to an improved cookstove (intervention group). A household that was willing to participate was considered eligible: 1) if it had a traditional wood burning cookstove; and 2) if the household included at least one child between the ages of 8-15. If a household had more than one child within the target age range, the oldest child within the age range was selected for study. Study participants within each household were the mother and the selected child.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
In this study, the investigators undertake a 12-month cluster randomized trial in 96 households in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states of India. The investigators enrolled women (primary cook) and one child (age 8-15) in each of these 96 households. The investigators compare the e...
In this study, the investigators undertake a 12-month cluster randomized trial in 96 households in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states of India. The investigators enrolled women (primary cook) and one child (age 8-15) in each of these 96 households. The investigators compare the effect of traditional wood burning stoves (the control condition) to that of improved wood burning stoves on the respiratory health of women and children, and also undertake community-based system dynamics modeling to delineate the feedback mechanisms involved in sustained use or abandonment of improved cookstoves. The study and research program are aligned with recent international attention to explore determinants impacting the sustained use of cleaner cooking systems in poor communities of the world. Thus, in achieving the aims of this R21, the investigators will then have: 1) necessary preliminary data; 2) pre-emptive strategies for most of these unanticipated but preventable challenges. The investigators will leverage these insights to proceed with a larger scale intervention: 1) to examine the effect of sustained use of cleaner cooking systems and respiratory health outcomes in women and children due to reduced HAP in rural India; 2) to explore barriers and enablers of implementation of cleaner cooking systems in multiple resource poor settings. Numerous studies have shown that sustained and exclusive use of cleaner cooking systems irrespective of their types have been a challenge. Lukewarm sustenance of cleaner cooking systems in poor households stems from a limited understanding on the grounds of social, technical, economic, and ecological intersections of energy security. The investigators intend to address this gap by using a trans-disciplinary approach to contribute to our understanding of factors that influence the implementation of cleaner cooking systems for rural poor in India.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03726957
- Collaborators
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Sri Ramachandra University
- Investigators
- Not Provided
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