超越空气污染:加纳国家对加拿大的相关烧伤的评估
Misbath Daouda1,2, Kaali Seyram3, Georgette Owusu Amankwah4
1Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA misbath.d@berkeley.edu.
概括
与液化石油气相比,在加纳使用木材和木炭等固体燃料做饭显著增加了烧伤风险. 促进安全使用液化石油气对于预防与有关的严重伤害至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 伤害预防 预防伤害
背景情况:
- 家庭能源转型可能会影响除空气污染之外的健康,包括伤害风险.
- 人们对家庭能源使用造成的伤害负担存在担忧.
- 这项研究侧重于加纳的严重相关烧伤.
研究的目的:
- 确定加纳与有关的严重烧伤的发生率.
- 为了确定家庭层面的风险因素,这些烧伤的成人和儿童.
主要方法:
- 2020年,在加纳进行了一项全国家庭能源使用调查.
- 在370个人口普查区的7389个家庭参与了调查.
- 清洁联盟的烧伤监测模块被用来收集数据.
主要成果:
- 去年报告有129例与有关的严重烧伤.
- 在工作年龄的女性中,发生率是男性的8.5倍.
- 与液化石油气相比,使用木材或木炭的烧伤几率翻了一番.
结论:
- 固体燃料的使用在加纳显著增加了与有关的严重烧伤的风险.
- 在使用初级液化石油气时,没有报告儿童烧伤.
- 加纳应优先考虑安全的液化石油气获取和使用,以减少烧伤.
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