Respiratory
Conditions
Interventions
Pressure Cooker Intervention Package with Behavioural Support Materials
Stacking of Cooking Stoves Using Standard Cooking Pots No Pressure Cooker
Sponsors
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ? M-Gas customers that registered at least 4 months prior to the expected start date of the RCT ? Plan to remain as a M-Gas customer for the next 4 months ? Household does not currently own a pressure cooker and has no plans on purchasing one in the next 3-6 months ? Household owns a two-burner LPG stove ? Households that purely perform domestic cooking (as opposed to cooking foods at larger scale and selling them as an enterprise) ? Main cook is 18+ years of age ? Household that reports cooking and consuming hard foods on a weekly basis ? Households that report cooking hard foods on charcoal rather than LPG ? A household with at least four family members (the average size of 4 people) ? Willing to provide informed written consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ? Households that own one burner LPG stove ? Households that share any of their stoves (LPG or charcoal) with other households ? Households that own an electric pressure cooker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time spent cooking with charcoal | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time spent cooking with LPG ;Amount of LPG consumption ;Measuring air pollution levels in households ;Personal exposure to PM2.5 ;Personal exposure to Carbon monoxide (CO) | — |
Countries
United Republic of Tanzania
Contacts
Public ContactSaida Karamagi
Administrator Centre for Behavioral Studies University of Dar es Salaam
Outcome results
None listed