NACER II: Reducing Prenatal Exposures to Household Air Pollution in Rural Guatemala Through a Gas Stove/Behavior Intervention to Improve Neonatal Health

Summary

Greater efforts are needed to bring affordable, clean stoves and adaptive behavioral strategies to the millions of households worldwide that continue to burn solid cooking fuels using inefficient stoves. Two of the leading causes of infant mortality, preterm birth and pneumonia, are associated with high exposures to household air pollution during pregnancy and early infancy. The proposed study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of an introduced liquid petroleum gas stove, complemented by two alternative approaches to delivering tailored behavioral change interventions, among pregnant women and their neonates.

Conditions

• Premature Birth
• Fetal Growth Retardation
• Infections, Respiratory
• Exposure to Environmental Pollution, Non-occupational
• Infant, Small for Gestational Age

Interventions

OTHER

Low-cost gas stove

Women will be provided with a 3-burner liquid propane gas stove and one year's supply of gas

BEHAVIORAL

Peer education classes

Women will participate in four classes on how to safely use gas stoves and methods to reduce exposure to air pollution

BEHAVIORAL

Resource-intensive behavioral intervention approach

Women will participate in four classes on how to safely use gas stoves and methods to reduce exposure to air pollution. Additionally, peer educators will visit each home after group classes to help the woman, and key decision-makers in her family, identify top priority strategies to reduce air pollution. Using a checklist, peer educators will observe whether household members are adhering to tailored strategies at subsequent home visits, and provide ongoing support to women and their families.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad del Valle, Guatemala

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, San Francisco

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lisa M Thompson, RN, PhD, FNP · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

45 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-04-30

Primary Completion

2017-06-19

Completion

2017-06-19

Countries

• Guatemala

Study Locations