Abstract
INTRODUCTION: About 41% of households globally, mainly in developing countries rely on solid fuels for cooking with consequences for fetal growth and development. Smoke from biomass burning has been associated with low birth weight and many similar growth outcomes. Exposure to indoor air pollution due to open burning of biomass fuel is common in India. METHODS: We assessed the association between exposure to biomass fuel sources and second-hand tobacco smoke (SHTS) in the home and adverse health outcomes among children from 0-5 years of age. Data from National Family Health Survey-IV (NFHS-IV) has been used for the study. Cross Tabulations and logistic regression models were used to explore associations between fuel and birth outcomes. RESULTS: The result found that mothers who are using unhygienic fuel are more likely to have stunted, underweight, and wasted children. Availability of a separate kitchen in the households significantly decreases the odds of adverse pregnancy outcome among mothers. The U-shaped curve forms for the association between Mothers age and the occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcome. The occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes is higher among teenage mothers and old age mothers as compared to mothers in the age group 20-34 years of age. DISCUSSION: The study contributes to the growing literature demonstrating an association between biomass fuel use and adverse pregnancy outcome. This association persisted in models that accounted for significant socio-demographic differences between women cooking with wood and those cooking with gas.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-187,
title = {Impact of Biomass Fuel and Second Hand Tobacco Smoke on Adverse Pregnancy Outcome, Respiratory Morbidity, and Developmental Growth Among Children in India},
author = {Shekhar Chauhan and Ratna Patel and Dhananjay W. Bansod},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: About 41% of households globally, mainly in developing countries rely on solid fuels for cooking with consequences for fetal growth and development. Smoke from biomass burning has been associated with low birth weight and many similar growth outcomes. Exposure to indoor air pollution due to open burning of biomass fuel is common in India. METHODS: We assessed the association between exposure to biomass fuel sources and second-hand tobacco smoke (SHTS) in the home and adverse health outcomes among children from 0-5 years of age. Data from National Family Health Survey-IV (NFHS-IV) has been used for the study. Cross Tabulations and logistic regression models were used to explore associations between fuel and birth outcomes. RESULTS: The result found that mothers who are using unhygienic fuel are more likely to have stunted, underweight, and wasted children. Availability of a separate kitchen in the households significantly decreases the odds of adverse pregnancy outcome among mothers. The U-shaped curve forms for the association between Mothers age and the occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcome. The occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes is higher among teenage mothers and old age mothers as compared to mothers in the age group 20-34 years of age. DISCUSSION: The study contributes to the growing literature demonstrating an association between biomass fuel use and adverse pregnancy outcome. This association persisted in models that accounted for significant socio-demographic differences between women cooking with wood and those cooking with gas.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: International Institute for Population Sciences},
keywords = {Adverse Pregnancy Outcome, Developmental growth, Respiratory Morbidity, Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke.},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}