Respiratory Health Status of Rural Women Exposed to Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Solid Biomass Fuel Emissions

Kaur-Sidhu, Maninder; Ravindra, Khaiwal; Mor, Suman; John, Siby; Aggarwal, Ashutosh N.

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“…The study observes a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms and lung function capacity impairment in Biomass Fuel users as compared with clean fuel (LPG), users. This urges to have a greater emphasis on clean fuel programmes to improve the health of women cooks [39]. In a study conducted in Turkey a highly significant (p <0.00001) reduction of FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC and FEF25-75 was observed in case of biomass fuel users.…”

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Household Air Pollution Risk on Respiratory Health among Women: A Case Study of Indian District after Clean Fuel Programme

Bhole¹,

Welfare²

2021

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Objectives: Some of the highest exposures to air pollutants in developing countries occur inside homes where biomass fuels are used for daily cooking. Inhalation of these pollutants may cause deleterious effects on health. Study Design: A total of 450 non-smoking, non-pregnant women aged 15 years and above exposed to domestic smoke from cooking fuels from an early age, working in poorly ventilated kitchen were selected and on investigation presented various health problems. Method: Symptoms were enquired by means of using standard questionnaire adopted from that of the American Thoracic Society (ATS, 1995). Lung function was assessed by the measurement of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), (FEV1), i.e. volume of air (in liter) that is forcefully exhaled in one second. Using ratio of FEV1 to FVC (FEVI/FVC), expressed as percentage. Results: FVC less than 80% of the predicted was considered as abnormal pulmonary function. Symptoms like chest pain, breathlessness, eye irritation, and blackout were found to be significantly higher in biomass users (P <0.05). Moreover, an increasing trend in the prevalence of symptoms/morbid conditions was observed with increase in exposure. Conclusion Thus women exposed to biomass fuels smoke suffer more from health problems and are at greater risk of respiratory illnesses when compared with other fuel users.

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Household Air Pollution Risk on Respiratory Health among Women: A Case Study of Indian District after Clean Fuel Programme

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Welfare²

2021

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“…Furthermore, cooking methods may be a cause for concern, as it has been discovered that women who are exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution are more susceptible to illness [77]. Subjects were inquired about the cooking methods and observed that people in the sampling area only use LPG stoves for cooking which has minimal effects on human health [78]. Furthermore, investigations at multiple places over longer time periods are required to provide a thorough understanding of the airborne microbiome and the various factors that influence its ecology.…”

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Comprehensive health risk assessment of microbial indoor air quality in microenvironments

Kumar

Singh

2022

PLoS ONE

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The higher airborne microbial concentration in indoor areas might be responsible for the adverse indoor air quality, which relates well with poor respiratory and general health effects in the form of Sick building syndromes. The current study aimed to isolate and characterize the seasonal (winter and spring) levels of culturable bio-aerosols from indoor air, implicating human health by using an epidemiological health survey. Microorganisms were identified by standard macro and microbiological methods, followed by biochemical testing and molecular techniques. Sampling results revealed the bacterial and fungal aerosol concentrations ranging between (300–3650 CFU/m3) and (300–4150 CFU/m3) respectively, in different microenvironments during the winter season (December-February). However, in spring (March-May), bacterial and fungal aerosol concentrations were monitored, ranging between (450–5150 CFU/m3) and (350–5070 CFU/m3) respectively. Interestingly, Aspergillus and Cladosporium were the majorly recorded fungi whereas, Staphylococcus, Streptobacillus, and Micrococcus found predominant bacterial genera among all the sites. Taken together, the elevated levels of bioaerosols are the foremost risk factor that can lead to various respiratory and general health issues in additional analysis, the questionnaire survey indicated the headache (28%) and allergy (20%) were significant indoor health concerns. This type of approach will serve as a foundation for assisting residents in taking preventative measures to avoid exposure to dangerous bioaerosols.

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“…There were many cases in which the households were unaware of the usage of the cylinders, thus, leading to mishaps. (Kaur-Sidhu, M., Ravindra, K., Mor, S., John, S., & Aggarwal, A. N. (2019) [25] . Respiratory health status of rural women exposed to liquefied petroleum gas and solid biomass fuel emissions.…”

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Ujjwala yojana: Ensuring the well-being of women-declassifying its theory and practice

Dhaka¹,

Narula²,

Sahu³

et al. 2022

Int. J. Political Sci. Governance

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In India, there are about 10 Crore households that are still deprived of LPG as cooking fuel and have to rely on firewood, coal, dungcakes, etc. as the primary source of cooking with the most immediate sufferers as women who are largely in charge of cooking food. To tackle this issue with the basic aim to empower the rural women, Ujjwala Yojna was launched by the BJP government in 2016. Many further developments continued to happen afterwards, however, despite the arduous work by the government under this scheme, many challenges still needed to be tackled especially considering the empowerment of women. Keeping this background in mind, this study aims to assess the Yojna on ground with a major focus on the condition of women. Our main goal is to appraise the condition of women after the implementation of Ujjwala Yojana and to find out to what extent women have benefited from this Yojana.To conduct detailed research in this regard, we have tried to read the Yojna deeply and mention what was on paper given under this Yojna. Further, we have tried to analyse where the Yojna was truly successful on ground and where it lagged. Rather than tracking the whole journey, we have tried to analyse the recent challenges faced by rural women under this Yojna for which a Survey was also done by us in the rural area of Kalyanpuri.

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Respiratory Health Status of Rural Women Exposed to Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Solid Biomass Fuel Emissions

Cited by 29 publications

References 59 publications

Household Air Pollution Risk on Respiratory Health among Women: A Case Study of Indian District after Clean Fuel Programme

Household Air Pollution Risk on Respiratory Health among Women: A Case Study of Indian District after Clean Fuel Programme

Comprehensive health risk assessment of microbial indoor air quality in microenvironments

Ujjwala yojana: Ensuring the well-being of women-declassifying its theory and practice

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