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dc.contributor.authorDíaz, Esperanzaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBruce, Nigelen_US
dc.contributor.authorPope, Danen_US
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, Anaitéen_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Kirk R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith-Sivertsen, Toneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-25T09:11:38Z
dc.date.available2008-06-25T09:11:38Z
dc.date.issued2008-06-05eng
dc.identifier.issn1472-698X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/2718
dc.description.abstractBackground: Indoor air pollution (IAP) from solid fuels is a serious health problem in low-income countries that can be alleviated using improved stoves. Although women are the principal users, few studies have investigated the self-assessed impact of the stoves on their health and lives. Methods: This study was conducted in rural highland Guatemala, involving 89 intervention and 80 control Mayan Indian young women (mean 27.8 years, SD 7.2). Outcomes were assessed after approximately 18 months use of the new stove. Our objectives were to compare self-rated health and change in health among women participating in a randomised control trial comparing a chimney stove with an open fire, to describe impacts on women's daily lives and their perceptions of how reduced kitchen smoke affects their own and their children's health. Results: On intention-to-treat analysis, 52.8% of intervention women reported improvement in health, compared to 23.8% of control women (p < 0.001). Among 84 intervention women who reported reduced kitchen smoke as an important change, 88% linked this to improvement in their own health, particularly for non-respiratory symptoms (for example eye discomfort, headache); 57% linked reduced smoke to improvement in their children's health, particularly sore eyes. Conclusion: Women's perception of their health was improved, but although smoke reduction was valued, this was linked mainly with alleviation of non-respiratory symptoms like eye discomfort and headache. More focus on such symptoms may help in promoting demand for improved stoves and cleaner fuels, but education about more severe consequences of IAP exposure is also required.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.titleSelf-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomised intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemalaen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.articlenumber7
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1472-698x-8-7
dc.identifier.cristin357003
dc.source.journalBMC International Health and Human Rights
dc.source.408
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Allmennmedisin: 751nob


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