Educational attainment and self-reported environmental exposures of pregnant women living in Nairobi, Kenya

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ID19592365
AutoresChristopher Zuidema (0000-0002-2233-2706, University of Vermont, autor de correspondencia), Priscillah Wanini Edemba (0000-0002-1084-6902, Kenyatta National Hospital, autor de correspondencia), Anne M Riederer (0000-0001-9905-5412, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), Vincent K Kipter (0000-0002-5497-1334, University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia), Allison R Sherris (0000-0002-7858-2608, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), Lewis Olweywe (Kenyatta National Hospital, autor de correspondencia), Judith Adhiambo (University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia), Brendah Isavwa (University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia), Erica Wetzler (0000-0002-3076-5034, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), Erica A Wetzler, Barbra A Richardson (0000-0001-9564-1828, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), John Kinuthia (0000-0001-6571-8927, Kenyatta National Hospital, autor de correspondencia), Michael Gatari (0000-0001-9193-6901, University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia), Michael J Gatari, Elizabeth Maleche‐Obimbo (0000-0001-7871-3367, Kenyatta National Hospital, autor de correspondencia), Edmund Seto (0000-0003-4058-0313, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), Catherine J Karr (0000-0002-4683-2270, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), Sarah Benki-Nugent (0000-0002-3564-6245, University of Washington, autor de correspondencia), Faridah Hussein Were (0000-0002-4574-5108, University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia)
EditoresBhargav Krishna (0000-0002-5316-4442)
Año2025
Volumen5
Número11
Páginase0005453
Fecha de publicación2025-11-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
EditorialPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0005453
PMID41252433
OpenAlexW4416324135
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas53

Environmental exposures experienced by pregnant women living in cities of low- and middle-income countries are poorly described. We collected information on housing characteristics, household and ambient air pollution, and work-related exposures through questionnaires in a cohort of 400 pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya and examined exposures in relation to educational attainment, a proxy for socioeconomic status. Participants were median 26 years of age, mostly married (85%) and self-described homemakers (54%), with at least some secondary school education (74%). Housing generally consisted of one room (58%) with one window (57%), access to electricity (94%), and no piped water (88%). Participants commonly reported living near sewers (55%) and the Dandora dumpsite (34%). Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) was the primary domestic cooking fuel, followed by kerosene, with 65% and 32%, respectively, reporting use most days to daily. Most participants reported exposure to outdoor cooking smoke (73%) and vehicle exhaust (66%) most days to daily. Employed participants (N = 151) reported work-related exposure to vehicle exhaust (68%), cigarettes (37%), marijuana (33%), dusty/unpaved roads (32%), welding (30%), and the dumpsite (30%) most days to daily. Exposure to rubbish burning was reported by 4.5% of participants at home, by 24% outdoors, and by 25% related to work most days to daily. Relative to women with primary school education or lower, women with at least secondary school education were more likely to use LPG (p

Cohort · Cohort study · Educational attainment · Secondary education · Socioeconomic status · Stove · Toilet · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Energy and Environment Impacts