Cooking and coughing: Estimating the effects of clean fuel for cooking on the respiratory health of children in the Philippines
| Autor: | Carlos Antonio R. Tan, Joseph J. Capuno, Xylee Javier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Philippines Population Psychological intervention Developing country Environmental pollution Population health 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Liquefied petroleum gas Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Indoor air quality Environmental health medicine Humans Cooking 030212 general & internal medicine education 0105 earth and related environmental sciences education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Child Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Middle Aged Cough Air Pollution Indoor Child Preschool Female business |
| Zdroj: | Global Public Health. 13:20-34 |
| ISSN: | 1744-1706 1744-1692 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17441692.2016.1202297 |
| Popis: | Household air pollution (HAP) arising from the use of solid fuels for cooking is known to have adverse health effects including acute respiratory infections in children, which remains a major public health concern in developing countries. Hence, various interventions to reduce HAP have been advocated or piloted in many countries. To provide additional evidence on the effectiveness and applicability of the interventions in various settings, we investigate the effects of clean fuel for cooking on the risks of respiratory illness of children below five years old in the Philippines. We apply the propensity score matching method on a subsample of households culled from the 2013 round of the National Demographic and Health Survey to account for the systematic differences in their characteristics that could influence their choices of cooking fuel. We find that the use of electricity, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas or biogas can lower by 2.4 percentage points the incidence of severe coughing with difficulty in breathing in young children. Our results support worldwide initiatives to promote the household use of clean fuels for cooking and heating to reduce HAP and its undesirable impacts on population health. |
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