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 interventionsInfant Nasopharyngeal Microbiota Subphenotypes and Early Childhood Lung Function: Evidence from a Rural Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort
Dubowski K, Kaali S, Jack D, Prah RKD, Clemente JC, Tawiah T, Mujtaba M, Iddrisu L, Carrión D, Konadu DG, Agyei O, Kornu FM, Osei-Owusu S, Lee AG, Asante KP. Infant Nasopharyngeal Microbiota Subphenotypes and Early Childhood Lung Function: Evidence from a Rural Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2021, 18: 7276. PMID: 34299726, PMCID: PMC8305530, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung functionNasopharyngeal microbiotaPregnancy cohortLung healthPolymerase chain reactionRespiratory microbiotaLatent class analysisMassTag polymerase chain reactionGhana Randomized Air PollutionFuture lung healthChildhood lung functionSmall airway resistanceMultivariable linear regression modelsProspective pregnancy cohortAge four yearsAsymptomatic childrenMiddle-income countriesPulmonary diseaseAirway resistanceImpulse oscillometryNasopharyngeal swabsSubphenotypesCohortMore pathogensChain reactionPrenatal 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
2020
Time Use Implication of Clean Cookstoves in Rural Settings in Ghana: A Time Use Study
Prah RKD, Carrion D, Oppong FB, Tawiah T, Mujtaba MN, Gyaase S, Kwarteng A, Ae-Ngibise KA, Agyei O, Twumasi M, Agbokey F, Asante KP, Jack DW. Time Use Implication of Clean Cookstoves in Rural Settings in Ghana: A Time Use Study. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2020, 18: 166. PMID: 33383624, PMCID: PMC7795878, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18010166.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 StudyPneumoniaDetermining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study
Agbokey F, Dwommoh R, Tawiah T, Ae-Ngibise KA, Mujtaba MN, Carrion D, Abdulai M, Afari-Asiedu S, Owusu-Agyei S, Asante KP, Jack DW. Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2019, 16: 1207. PMID: 30987276, PMCID: PMC6480161, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16071207.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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