Impact Of Obstructive Lung Diseases (Asthma and COPD) due to indoor air pollution and poor room ventilation quality in Medina (Senegal)

Thiam, Salimata; Daffe, Mahammadou Lamine; Thiam, K.; Ndong, Awa; Faye, Adama; Diaw, Mor; Ndior, Mathilde Cabral; Bah, Fatoumata; Toure, Nafissatou Omar; Fall, Mamadou

doi:10.7243/2056-3779-10-1

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“…For baseline and post-campaign surveys' respondents respectively, the proportions are 53.4% and 48.5% (monthly income), 68.0% and 73.5% (availability of a kitchen), 80.6% and 78.7% (incense burning). The latter is very common in Dakar, and is most often carried out in traditional incense burners: 66.67% of households in Medina are concerned [6,12]. As regards to the availability of a kitchen, a similar proportion (75.36%) was found in Burkina, while 53.55% of households had their monthly income below 100000 FCFA.…”

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Awareness campaign to improve Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices relating to air pollution and its health impact: the case of “Air sain” campaign in Medina (Senegal)

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Air pollution is the underlying cause of 7 million premature deaths per year. In Dakar (Senegal), monitoring of air pollution indicators often reveals levels well above the guideline values. This context justified an awareness campaign called “Air Sain” in Medina (Dakar) to improve the Knowledges, Attitudes and Practices relating to air pollution and its health impact. This study aimed to assess the impact of this campaign in order to produce factual data that could motivate its replicability in other localities. It is a before-after study, which compared a baseline situation of KAPs to “Air sain” post-campaign situation. It was measured after Propensity Scores Matching by logistic regression, using R software. The only results pointing in the direction of an improvement concern the knowledge of health risks related to air pollution: the Odds Ratio and its 95% Confidence Interval are in favor of “Air sain” campaign and estimated at 3.31 [1.4–8.34]. As regards to the results, the campaign could be extended to other localities for a better awareness of the health risks related to air pollution. However, it is necessary to adapt the messages conveyed on polluting practices and air degradation factors in order to obtain better results.

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