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Trial reportJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2025

Measured air quality impacts after teaching parents about cooking ventilation with a video: a pilot study.

Stephanie M Holm, Brett C Singer, Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, Woody Delp, James E S Nolan, P Jacob Bueno de Mesquita, Bailey Ward, Yahna Williamson, O'Philia Le, Marion L Russell and 2 more

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Trial report in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04464720 (AIM to Improve Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04464720 nacompletednot on this map

AIM to Improve Asthma: Airflow Improvements During Meal-Prep

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, BerkeleyRan2021 to 2022Enrolled19ConditionsAsthma in Children, Pollution, ExposureArmsCooking Ventilation Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Stephanie M HolmDivision of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. stephanie.holm@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5200-1716
Brett C SingerIndoor Environment Group, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Systems Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Mi-Suk Kang DufourSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Woody DelpIndoor Environment Group, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Systems Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
James E S NolanDivision of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
P Jacob Bueno de MesquitaIndoor Environment Group, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Systems Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Bailey WardSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Yahna WilliamsonSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
O'Philia LeSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Marion L RussellIndoor Environment Group, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Systems Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Kim G HarleySchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
John R BalmesDivision of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCooking-related emissions contribute to air pollutants in the home and may influence children's health outcomes.

objectiveIn this pilot study, we investigate the effects of a cooking ventilation intervention in homes with gas stoves, including a video-based educational intervention and range hood replacement (when needed) in children's homes.

methodsThis was a pilot (n = 14), before-after trial (clinicaltrials.gov #NCT04464720) in homes in the San Francisco Bay Area that had a school-aged child, a gas stove, and either a venting range hood or over-the-range microwave/hood. Cooking events, ventilation use, and indoor air pollution were measured in homes for 2-4 weeks, and children completed respiratory assessments. Midway, families received this intervention: (1) education about the hazards of cooking-related pollutants and benefits of both switching to back burners and using the range hood whenever cooking and (2) ensuring the range hood met airflow and sound performance standards. The educational intervention was delivered via a video developed in conjunction with local youth.

resultsWe found substantially increased use of back burners and slight increases in range hood use during cooking after intervening. Even though there was no change in cooking frequency or duration, these behavior changes resulted in decreases in nitrogen dioxide (NO2), including significant decreases in the total integrated concentration of NO2 over all cooking events from 1230 ppb*min (IQR 336, 7861) to 756 (IQR 84.0, 4210; p < 0.05) and NO2 collected on samplers over the entire pre- and post-intervention intervals from 10.4 ppb (IQR 3.5, 47.5) to 9.4 (IQR 3.0, 36.1; p < 0.005). There were smaller changes in PM2.5, and no changes were seen in respiratory outcomes. IMPACT: This pilot before-after trial evaluated the use of a four-minute educational video to improve cooking ventilation in homes with gas stoves and one or more school-aged children. Participant behavior changed after watching the video, and there were decreases in indoor air pollutant concentrations in the home, some of which were significant. This brief video is now publicly available in English and Spanish (wspehsu.ucsf.edu/projects/indoor-air-quality), and this provides suggestive evidence of the utility of this simple intervention, which could be particularly beneficial for households that have children with asthma.

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Air Pollution, IndoorCookingHealth EducationParentsVentilationAdultAir PollutantsChildFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsSan FranciscoVideo RecordingAir PollutantsChildrenCookingExhaust ventilationIndoor air pollutionNitrogen dioxideVideo

Identifiers

PMID39521897
PMCPMC12009736

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