Awareness About Indoor Air Pollution in General Population of Rawalpindi and Islamabad

Tariq, Naima; Jaffry, Tamkeen Nishat; Fiaz, Rahma; Rajput, Abdul Majid; Khalid, Sadaf

doi:10.32413/pjph.v8i2.118

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“…Approximately 20% of the study women understood the cause of IAP was due to poor ventilation which was four times lower than a previous study conducted in Pakistan in 2018 [10]. Approximately 90% of the participants were known of some methods to reduce IAP exposure in Rural Pakistan among women rather than the vast majority of more than nine in ten were aware of the availability of clean fuel such as LPG, and they have expressed willingness to switch it.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…As the result of our study, only half of the participants have shown knowledge of preventive measures of IAP among women. Similarly, in a similar study, those who knew about IAP was detrimental to health were 95%, and there was an association between IAP and respiratory diseases [10]. This is due to the lack of awareness of the harmful effects of polluting indoor air.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Due to excessive smoking and exposure to the burning of biomass fuels, multiple diseases, such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, were reported in males, and indoor smoking is an important risk factor in terms of disease incidence and mortality burdens [13,15]. Similarly, approximately three quarter participants reported that the IAP cause cough [10]. Most of the people were aware that cooking fuels have health impacts and 8 in 10 knew that some fuels were better for health than others [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Women’s Knowledge About Indoor Air Pollution in Nepal

Acharya¹,

Dhital²,

Sapkota³

et al. 2022

Act Sci wom hea

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Introduction: Indoor air pollution (IAP) is a major public health challenge in developing countries like Nepal. Annually, approximately 4.3 million people die due to IAP. In Nepal, 80% of rural households use biomass fuel for cooking without ventilation. This study to explore knowledge about IAP among women in the Dang district of Nepal. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in Tulsipur municipality of Nepal in 2016. Systematic random sampling was used, and data were collected using a structured questionnaire about IAP at their household level. The study population was among women living in a household. The descriptive analysis was done using SPSS software and statistical analysis carried out in frequencies and percentages and data are shown in table, pie chart and bar graph. Each study variable was labeled, coded, and measured systematically. Results:The total study participants were 196 women aged 15 years and above. This study showed that approximately 90% of women had heard about IAP. Of these 28% and 24% of women said IAP is mainly caused due to cooking habits and poor ventilation respectively. Approximately 53% of women were aware of ventilation and 46% agreed to have proper ventilation in the kitchen.Twenty-seven percentages of women agreed that health effects such as eye irritation was due to IAP where by headache 23%, respiratory diseases 20% and so on. Conclusion:Knowledge about IAP is a pragmatic way to prevent and mitigate the effects of IAP in the Dang, Nepal.

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Women’s Knowledge About Indoor Air Pollution in Nepal

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Sapkota³

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“…Tariq et al [160] reported that PM 2.5 , formaldehyde, and CO were responsible for chronic respiratory diseases such as breath shortening, bronchitis, and asthma in Karachi. Aslam et al [161] scrutinized the effects of indoor polychlorinated biphenyls on human health in the Pakistani population.…”

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Impact of Indoor Air Pollution in Pakistan—Causes and Management

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This state-of-the-art review is designed to provide a factual analysis of indoor air pollution in Pakistan. Primarily, the main sources of indoor air pollution and related air pollutants were analyzed. Key sources of indoor air pollution include household energy sources (biomass, wood, coal, tobacco, and low temperatures) producing particulate matter (PM), dust particles, smoke, COx, noxious gases, bioaerosols, airborne microflora, and flame retardants. According to the literature, rural regions of Pakistan using biomass indoor fuels have a high indoor PM concentration in the range of 4000–9000 μg/m3. In rural/urban regions, indoor smoking also leads to high PM2.5 levels of ~1800 μg/m3, which can cause pulmonary infections. In hospitals, PM concentrations were detected up to 1000 μg/m3, causing repeated infections in patients. Indoor ingestion of dust containing polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations was observed at high levels (~8.79–34.39 ng/g) in cities; this can cause serious health effects such as cancer risks and a loss of working productivity. Moreover, indoor microflora and bacteria (~10,000–15,000 cfu m−3) in urban/rural regions cause respiratory/cancer risks. In this context, indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring and management strategies have been somewhat developed; however, their implementation in Pakistan’s rural/urban indoor environments is still needed. Various challenges were identified for monitoring/regulating IAQ. There is a firm need for industry–academia–research cooperation and for the involvement of government/agencies to support indoor air pollution control/management and for intervention strategies.

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“…Because the level of visible pollution indoors is relatively low, indoor air quality has received significant attention in recent years. In total, IAP is estimated to be responsible for about 2.7% of the global disease burden, and 1.6 million deaths occur each year for the same reason (Tariq et al, 2018;Wong-Parodi, et al, 2018).…”

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Effectiveness of Home-based Educational Intervention on Community Perception of Indoor Air Pollution

Bauomy

El-Bastwese

Mohamed

et al. 2022

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) takes 8th place in the ranking of main causes of mortality.Increasing community perception about indoor air pollution effects is one of the most pragmatic ways that might help in taking effective preventing actions. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of a home-based education program on community perception of IAP. Subjects & Methods: A quasi-experimental research design using pre-test and post-test was conducted among 255 household heads in a rural area of Mansoura city, Egypt through a multistage stratified cluster random sample. Data were collected using a structured interview questionnaire and observational checklist. The intervention consisted of a structured home-based educational teina neitte retni IAP based on Healthy Housing Reference Manual published by the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC). Results: About 99% of the study population was exposed to at least one source of IAP and complained of at least one symptom that could be related to indoor air pollution. The pre-intervention mean score of perception of ecological/environmental and health impact of IAP was 7.2±2.6 compared with post-intervention mean scores of 9.7±0.9 with (p≤0.001). Also, the average increase in the score of perception of sources of IAP from 3.6±2.4 in the baseline to 7.4±2.8 in three months' post-intervention (p≤0.001). In addition, the average increase in the score of perception of IAP-related health problems from 3.2±1.9 in the baseline to 5.7±2.1 in three months' post-intervention (p≤0.001). furthermore, a statistically significant improvement was found in the mean score of perception of IAP-related mitigation strategies from 6.9±2.5 to 9.7±0.9 with (p≤0.001). Conclusion: Home-based IAP educational intervention is effective in significantly improving perception regarding all aspects of IAP including impact, sources, the intensity of risk, health problems, and mitigation strategies. Recommendation: Further studies are needed to expand and refine the home-based IAP education program by offering it to a larger sample in a controlled trial design with an extended follow-up period.

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Awareness About Indoor Air Pollution in General Population of Rawalpindi and Islamabad

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Women’s Knowledge About Indoor Air Pollution in Nepal

Women’s Knowledge About Indoor Air Pollution in Nepal

Impact of Indoor Air Pollution in Pakistan—Causes and Management

Effectiveness of Home-based Educational Intervention on Community Perception of Indoor Air Pollution

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