2021
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 interventions
2018
Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use
Carrión D, Dwommoh R, Tawiah T, Agyei O, Agbokey F, Twumasi M, Mujtaba M, Jack D, Asante KP. Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use. BMC Public Health 2018, 18: 689. PMID: 29866127, PMCID: PMC5987623, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5622-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold air pollutionSustained useBehaviour change interventionsControl armIntervention allocationSecond interventionIntervention householdsPremature deathHAP reductionHealth conditionsHealth effectsEducational interventionInterventionBehavioral factorsCookstove technologiesChange interventionsIntervention designPublic healthTrialsSelf-regulation modelRandomization approach