2019
Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort
Carrión D, Kaali S, Kinney PL, Owusu-Agyei S, Chillrud S, Yawson AK, Quinn A, Wylie B, Ae-Ngibise K, Lee AG, Tokarz R, Iddrisu L, Jack DW, Asante KP. Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort. Environment International 2019, 133: 105150. PMID: 31518936, PMCID: PMC6868532, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNasal carriageExposure-response relationshipHealthy controlsPneumonia casesMassTag polymerase chain reactionGhana Randomized Air PollutionHousehold air pollution exposureExposure-response analysisAir pollution exposureViral carriageHousehold air pollutionTreat comparisonArm participantsITT analysisStudy armsNasopharyngeal swabsGhanaian cohortPolymerase chain reactionLeading causeMicrobial carriageMoraxella catarrhalisRespiratory microbesChildhood mortalityHealth StudyPneumonia
2018
Experiences with the Mass Distribution of LPG Stoves in Rural Communities of Ghana
Abdulai MA, Afari-Asiedu S, Carrion D, Ae-Ngibise KA, Gyaase S, Mohammed M, Agyei O, Boamah-Kaali E, Tawiah T, Dwommoh R, Agbokey F, Owusu-Agyei S, Asante KP, Jack D. Experiences with the Mass Distribution of LPG Stoves in Rural Communities of Ghana. EcoHealth 2018, 15: 757-767. PMID: 30232662, PMCID: PMC7366325, DOI: 10.1007/s10393-018-1369-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnhancing 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