Associations between Indoor Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Infections among Under-Five Children in Afghanistan
Do SES and Sex Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15512100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juwel Rana (0000-0001-5597-664X, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, corresponding author), Jalal Uddin (0000-0002-8337-3480, University of Alabama at Birmingham), Richard E Peltier (0000-0002-0402-0979, University of Massachusetts Amherst), Richard Peltier (Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA), Youssef Oulhote (0000-0002-2323-1982, University of Massachusetts Amherst) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 2910-2910 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph16162910 |
| PMID | 31416159 |
| OpenAlex | W2963314527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 29 |
Background : Low-income families often depend on fuels such as wood, coal, and animal dung for cooking. Such solid fuels are highly polluting and are a primary source of indoor air pollutants (IAP). We examined the association between solid fuel use (SFU) and acute respiratory infection (ARI) among under-five children in Afghanistan and the extent to which this association varies by socioeconomic status (SES) and gender. Materials and Methods : This is a cross-sectional study based on de-identified data from Afghanistan's first standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2015. The sample consists of ever-married mothers with under-five children in the household ( n = 27,565). We used mixed-effect Poisson regression models with robust error variance accounting for clustering to examine the associations between SFU and ARI among under-five children after adjusting for potential confounders. We also investigated potential effect modification by SES and sex. Additional analyses were conducted using an augmented measure of the exposure to IAP accounting for both SFU and the location of cooking/kitchen (High Exposure, Moderate, and No Exposure). Results : Around 70.2% of households reported SFU, whereas the prevalence of ARI was 17.6%. The prevalence of ARI was higher in children living in households with SFU compared to children living in households with no SFU (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) = 1.10; 95% CI: (0.98, 1.23)). We did not observe any effect modification by SES or child sex. When using the augmented measure of exposure incorporating the kitchen's location, children highly exposed to IAP had a higher prevalence of ARI compared to unexposed children (aPR = 1.17; 95% CI: (1.03, 1.32)). SES modified this association with the strongest associations observed among children from the middle wealth quintile. Conclusion : The findings have significant policy implications and suggest that ARI risk in children may be reduced by ensuring there are clean cookstoves as well as clean fuels and acting on the socio-environmental pathways
Confidence interval · Confounding · Effect modification · Environmental health · Poisson regression · Population · Socioeconomic status · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Energy and Environment Impacts · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |