SynthesisEnvironmental health perspectives2012
Who adopts improved fuels and cookstoves? A systematic review.
Synthesis in Environmental health perspectives, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03352830 (Understanding Adoption of Clean Cookstoves), which is not on this map. Cited by 106 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Understanding Adoption of Clean Cookstoves
Who cites it
106 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The mirror mechanism in schizophrenia: A systematic review and qualitative meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Neurocognitive Outcomes Among People Living with HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Improved stove interventions to reduce household air pollution in low and middle income countries: a descriptive systematic review.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- Factors influencing household uptake of improved solid fuel stoves in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative systematic review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Pooled it
- Enablers and barriers to large-scale uptake of improved solid fuel stoves: a systematic review.Environmental health perspectives · 2014Pooled it
- Pregnant Women's Exposure to Household Air Pollution in Rural Bangladesh: A Feasibility Study for Poriborton: The CHANge Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
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- Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Biomonitoring Human Exposure to Household Air Pollution and Association with Self-reported Health Symptoms - A Stove Intervention Study in Peru.Environment international · 2016Trial
- The Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) in Malawi: A Nested Pilot of Photovoice Participatory Research Methodology.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Improving Health Outcomes in Women Who Use Traditional Open Fire Cookstoves by Addressing Cooking Behaviors: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Mapping inequities in safe water access: a spatial and geographically weighted regression analysis of unimproved water source use in sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Advancing Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, and Equity Simultaneously: The Transformative Potential of Investments in Gender Equality.Public health reviews · 2026Article
- Clean Energy and Health Expenditure in an African Setting: A Socioeconomic Analysis of Household Costs and Willingness to Pay.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2026Article
- Medical care or clean energy? The impact of medical insurance on rural households' use of clean cooking energy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Determinants and spatial patterns of solid fuel use in East Africa based on demographic and health survey data from 2012 to 2023.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The use and impacts of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion pilot in Dar es Salaam.Energy for sustainable development : the journal of the International Energy Initiative · 2025Article
- Adoption of nature based solutions for energy transition in rural households of Northern Nigeria.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Laboratory Performance of Pellet-Fueled Semigasifier Cookstoves.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
46 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundThe global focus on improved cookstoves (ICSs) and clean fuels has increased because of their potential for delivering triple dividends: household health, local environmental quality, and regional climate benefits. However, ICS and clean fuel dissemination programs have met with low rates of adoption.
objectivesWe reviewed empirical studies on ICSs and fuel choice to describe the literature, examine determinants of fuel and stove choice, and identify knowledge gaps.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of the literature on the adoption of ICSs or cleaner fuels by households in developing countries. Results are synthesized through a simple vote-counting meta-analysis.
resultsWe identified 32 research studies that reported 146 separate regression analyses of ICS adoption (11 analyses) or fuel choice (135 analyses) from Asia (60%), Africa (27%), and Latin America (19%). Most studies apply multivariate regression methods to consider 7-13 determinants of choice. Income, education, and urban location were positively associated with adoption in most but not all studies. However, the influence of fuel availability and prices, household size and composition, and sex is unclear. Potentially important drivers such as credit, supply-chain strengthening, and social marketing have been ignored.
conclusionsAdoption studies of ICSs or clean energy are scarce, scattered, and of differential quality, even though global distribution programs are quickly expanding. Future research should examine an expanded set of contextual variables to improve implementation of stove programs that can realize the "win-win-win" of health, local environmental quality, and climate associated with these technologies.
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