厨房火:加纳成人和儿童的真正危险
Ann Bretaah Codjoe1, Lawrencia Safoa Asare1, Prudence Tettey1
1School of Public Health University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
概括
与有关的烧伤 (CRB) 在低收入国家很常见. 混合燃料堆叠增加了儿童的烧伤风险,突出了针对性安全措施的必要性,特别是在使用液化石油气 (LPG) 的情况下.
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:
- 炉子和燃料堆叠在低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 普遍存在.
- 燃料堆积对健康的影响,特别是与有关的烧伤 (CRB),尚不清楚.
- 这项研究调查了CRB和相关的家庭因素,重点关注做法.
研究的目的:
- 确定加纳家庭中CRB的患病率和严重程度.
- 确定与CRB相关的家庭因素,包括行为和燃料堆叠.
- 为预防烧伤提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 来自加纳南部的一个集群随机对照试验的基线数据 (2019年6月-2022年10月).
- 采访了420名主要厨师 (年龄在25-68岁之间),使用了世卫组织协调的问卷.
- 评估行为,燃料选择,堆叠实践和CRBs.
主要成果:
- 成年厨师中有31.8%患有CRB;最严重的烧伤发生在厨房的炉上.
- 中等财富指数对成年人来说是保护性的;较大的家庭 (>10人) 和更多的房间增加了风险.
- 16%的儿童经历了CRB,其中64%是严重的;使用液化天然气对儿童有保护作用.
- 混合堆叠 (LPG与污染燃料) 增加了儿童的CRB风险 (PR=2.10).
结论:
- 成人CRB风险与财富,家庭规模和房间数量有关.
- 儿童CRB与家庭规模和混合燃料堆叠有关;液化天然气的使用是保护性的.
- 儿童受到的影响不成比例,需要定制的预防策略.
- 确保液化石油气 (LPG) 的安全使用对于加纳的能源计划至关重要.
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