Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60 percent of treatment households c...
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okr-10986-320012022-08-20T12:15:56Z Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia LaFave, Daniel Beyene, Abebe Damte Bluffstone, Randall Dissanayake, Sahan T. M. Gebreegziabher, Zenebe Mekonnen, Alemu Toman, Michael CHILDREN'S HEALTH ADULT HEALTH CHILD GROWTH BIOMASS FUEL COOKING TECHNOLOGY HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION COOKSTOVES This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60 percent of treatment households continued to use the improved stoves three-years on and experienced reductions in hazardous airborne particulate matter. The study finds that treatment status is associated with a precisely estimated 0.3-0.4 standard deviation improvement in height-for-age of young children exposed during their first years of life, compared with a control group of households that never used the improved stove. This is a substantial effect with implications for greater health and well-being throughout the life course. However, the study finds no changes in the respiratory symptoms or physical functioning of older children and adult cooks in treated households relative to control households. The results advance understanding of the health impacts of hazardous air pollution while also refining the design and implementation options for interventions geared toward improving well-being in similar environments. 2019-07-01T18:25:59Z 2019-07-01T18:25:59Z 2019-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/885481561749570093/Impacts-of-Improved-Biomass-Cookstoves-on-Child-and-Adult-Health-Experimental-Evidence-from-Rural-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32001 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8929 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia |
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CHILDREN'S HEALTH ADULT HEALTH CHILD GROWTH BIOMASS FUEL COOKING TECHNOLOGY HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION COOKSTOVES LaFave, Daniel Beyene, Abebe Damte Bluffstone, Randall Dissanayake, Sahan T. M. Gebreegziabher, Zenebe Mekonnen, Alemu Toman, Michael Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia |
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This paper presents the three-year
impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult
health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption
during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60
percent of treatment households continued to use the
improved stoves three-years on and experienced reductions in
hazardous airborne particulate matter. The study finds that
treatment status is associated with a precisely estimated
0.3-0.4 standard deviation improvement in height-for-age of
young children exposed during their first years of life,
compared with a control group of households that never used
the improved stove. This is a substantial effect with
implications for greater health and well-being throughout
the life course. However, the study finds no changes in the
respiratory symptoms or physical functioning of older
children and adult cooks in treated households relative to
control households. The results advance understanding of the
health impacts of hazardous air pollution while also
refining the design and implementation options for
interventions geared toward improving well-being in similar environments. |
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Working Paper |
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LaFave, Daniel Beyene, Abebe Damte Bluffstone, Randall Dissanayake, Sahan T. M. Gebreegziabher, Zenebe Mekonnen, Alemu Toman, Michael |
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LaFave, Daniel Beyene, Abebe Damte Bluffstone, Randall Dissanayake, Sahan T. M. Gebreegziabher, Zenebe Mekonnen, Alemu Toman, Michael |
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LaFave, Daniel |
| title |
Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia |
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Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia |
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Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia |
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Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia |
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Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia |
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impacts of improved biomass cookstoves on child and adult health : experimental evidence from rural ethiopia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/885481561749570093/Impacts-of-Improved-Biomass-Cookstoves-on-Child-and-Adult-Health-Experimental-Evidence-from-Rural-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32001 |
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