Impact of smokeless cooking fuel use on health status of women in a rural setting of eastern India.
Krushna Chandra SahooGirish Chandra DashSubhashree PandaJaya Singh KshatriAzhar UddinMatrujyoti PattnaikRakesh Kumar SahooRinshu DiwediSubrat Kumar PaloDebdutta BhattacharyaSanghamitra PatiPublished in: International journal of environmental health research (2022)
The sustainable development goals (SDG 7.1) reinforce to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, safe and renewable energy. In India, women are typically responsible for cooking and are most vulnerable to household air contaminants. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional comparative study in Odisha, India between exclusive LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) users and non-LPG users. A total of 900 women, 450 from each group, were randomly selected. The LPG-users had a better predictor of physical, psychological, social, and environmental wellbeing than non-LPG users. We found the ophthalmic disorders (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.87, 95% CI 1.16-7.10, p = .023), asthma (AOR 2.05, 95% CI 1.15-3.65, p = .015), and ALRI (acute lower respiratory infections) (AOR 9.19, 95% CI 2.06-40.96, p < .004) were significantly higher in non-LPG users in comparison to LPG users. Access to smokeless cooking fuel will improve women's quality of life by eliminating the consumption of biofuel and thereby providing a healthier cooking environment.
Keyphrases
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- cross sectional
- pregnancy outcomes
- cervical cancer screening
- mental health
- physical activity
- breast cancer risk
- liver failure
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- depressive symptoms
- lung function
- risk assessment
- hepatitis b virus
- drug induced
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- carbon dioxide
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation