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ArticleHeliyon2023

Assessing the combined effect of household cooking fuel and urbanicity on acute respiratory symptoms among under-five years in sub-Saharan Africa.

Iddrisu Amadu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Aliu Mohammed, Eric Duku, Michael K Miyittah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, John Elvis Hagan, Mohammed Hafiz Musah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Iddrisu AmaduAfrica Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR)-Centre for Coastal Management, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Abdul-Aziz SeiduCentre for Gender and Advocacy, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Box 256, Ghana.
Aliu MohammedDepartment of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Eric DukuAfrica Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR)-Centre for Coastal Management, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Michael K MiyittahAfrica Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR)-Centre for Coastal Management, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Edward Kwabena AmeyawInstitute of Policy Studies and School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
John Elvis HaganDepartment of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Mohammed Hafiz MusahDepartment of Health Information Management, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Bright Opoku AhinkorahSchool of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia.
University of Cape Coast · GHTamale Teaching Hospital · GHUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study sought to investigate the association between urbanicity (rural-urban residency), the use of solid biomass cooking fuels and the risk of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) among children under the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods: Cross-sectional data from the most recent surveys of the Demographic and Health Survey Program conducted in 31 sub-Saharan African countries were pooled for the analysis. The outcome variables, cough and rapid short breath were derived from questions that asked mothers if their children under the age of 5 suffered from cough and short rapid breath in the past two weeks preceding the survey. To examine the associations, multivariable negative log-log regression models were fitted for each outcome variable. Results: Higher odds ratios of cough occurred among children in urban households that use unclean cooking fuel (aOR = 1.05 95% CI = 1.01, 1.08). However, lower odds ratios were observed for rural children in homes that use clean cooking fuel (aOR = 0.93 95% CI = 0.87, 0.99) relative to children in urban homes using clean cooking fuel. We also found higher odds ratios of short rapid breaths among children in rural households that use unclean cooking fuel compared with urban residents using clean cooking fuel (aOR = 1.12 95% CI = 1.08, 1.17). Conclusion: Urbanicity and the use of solid biomass fuel for cooking were associated with an increased risk of symptoms of ARIs among children under five years in SSA. Thus, policymakers and stakeholders need to design and implement strategies that minimize children's exposure to pollutants from solid biomass cooking fuel. Such interventions could reduce the burden of respiratory illnesses in SSA and contribute to the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 3.9, which aims at reducing the number of diseases and deaths attributable to hazardous chemicals and pollution of air, water and soil.

Indexed as

Acute respiratory infectionsChild morbidityHousehold cooking fuelIndoor air pollutionsub-Saharan Africa

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PMID37346351
PMCPMC10279788
OpenAlexW4378619204

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