Impact of cleaner fuel use and improved stoves on acute respiratory infections: evidence from India Lamichhane, Prabhat, Sharma, Anurag and Mahal, Ajay 2017, Impact of cleaner fuel use and improved stoves on acute respiratory infections: evidence from India, International health, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 349-366, doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx041. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Impact of cleaner fuel use and improved stoves on acute respiratory infections: evidence from India Author(s) Lamichhane, Prabhat orcid.org/0000-0002-5719-7129 Sharma, Anurag Mahal, Ajay Journal name International health Volume number 9 Issue number 6 Start page 349 End page 366 Total pages 18 Publisher Oxford University Press Place of publication Oxford, Eng. Publication date 2017-11-01 ISSN 1876-3405 1876-3405 Keyword(s) Acute respiratory infection Child health Household fuel use Impact evaluation Improved stoves India Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health HOUSEHOLD AIR-POLLUTION RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL HEALTH SURVEYS CHILDREN BIOMASS COOKSTOVES PNEUMONIA COUNTRIES COOKING RISK Summary Background: The use of cleaner fuel and improved stoves has been promoted as a means to lower harmful emissions from solid fuels. However, little is known about how exclusive use of cleaner fuels, mixed fuel use and improved stoves influences children's health. Methods: We compared the impact of using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exclusively with mixed fuel use (LPG plus polluting fuels) and with exclusive use of polluting fuels on acute respiratory infections (ARI) among 16 157 children 0-4 years of age from households in the 2012 Indian Human Development Survey. Inverse probability weighting (IPW) procedures for multiple treatments were used for this evaluation. Results: Children from households using LPG had a 5.0% lower probability of reporting ARI relative to exclusive users of polluting fuels, with larger effects (10.7%) in rural households. The probability of ARI in households using improved stoves and mixed fuel use was also lower in rural households, by 2.9% and 2.8%, respectively. The magnitude of effect varied across population subgroups, with the highest effects for children living in households living in kachha (low quality material) houses households identified as poor. Conclusion: Use of LPG and improved stoves lowered the probability of ARI among children younger than 5 years. Language eng DOI 10.1093/inthealth/ihx041 Field of Research 11 Medical And Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, The Author(s) Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30109370 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 12 Jun 2018, 12:51:27 EST Tue, 12 Jun 2018, 12:52:00 EST Wed, 13 Jun 2018, 05:04:44 EST Wed, 13 Jun 2018, 06:07:11 EST Wed, 13 Jun 2018, 11:30:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 150 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 12 Jun 2018, 12:52:00 EST

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