A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana
Jack DW, Ae-Ngibise KA, Gould CF, Boamah-Kaali E, Lee AG, Mujtaba MN, Chillrud S, Kaali S, Quinn AK, Gyaase S, Oppong FB, Carrión D, Agyei O, Burkhart K, Ana-aro JA, Liu X, Berko YA, Wylie BJ, Etego SA, Whyatt R, Owusu-Agyei S, Kinney P, Asante KP. A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana. BMJ Global Health 2021, 6: e005599. PMID: 34452940, PMCID: PMC8404442, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of lifeBirth weightPregnant womenPollution exposureLPG armAir pollution exposurePneumonia riskHousehold air pollutionIntervention armSevere pneumoniaChildhood morbidityChild pneumoniaInfant healthLeading causeChild healthPrimary analysisPersonal carbon monoxideCookstove interventionControl participantsClean cooking interventionsTrialsExposure reductionHealth-based targetsPneumoniaCooking interventionsPrenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants
Quinn AK, Adjei IA, Ae-Ngibise KA, Agyei O, Boamah-Kaali EA, Burkart K, Carrión D, Chillrud SN, Gould CF, Gyaase S, Jack DW, Kaali S, Kinney PL, Lee AG, Mujtaba MN, Oppong FB, Owusu-Agyei S, Yawson A, Wylie BJ, Asante KP. Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants. Environment International 2021, 155: 106659. PMID: 34134048, PMCID: PMC8628363, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow birth weightHousehold air pollutionGestational ageBirth weightPlacental malariaMaternal exposureBirth lengthSubstantial public health benefitsGhana Randomized Air PollutionReduced birth weightImportant risk factorMalaria-endemic areasAge z-scoreEvidence of malariaPublic health benefitsAir pollutant exposureEffects of COMalarial statusPlacental histopathologyBirth outcomesPregnant womenFetal growthPrenatal exposureRisk factorsGhanaian infants