TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Beyond air pollution: a national assessment of cooking-related burns in Ghana
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Daouda, Misbath
A1  - Seyram, Kaali
A1  - Amankwah, Georgette Owusu
A1  - Seidu, Iddrisu
A1  - Kar, Abhishek
A1  - Abubakari, Sulemana
A1  - Malagutti, Flavio
A1  - Awuni, Sule
A1  - Razak, Abdul
A1  - Apraku, Edward
A1  - Peprah, Peter
A1  - Lee, Alison G.
A1  - Mehta, Sumi
A1  - Jack, Darby
A1  - Asante, Kwaku Poku
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Household energy transitions have the potential to reduce the burden of several health outcomes but have narrowly focused on those mediated by reduced exposure to air pollution, despite concerns about the burden of injury outcomes. Here, we aimed to describe the country-level incidence of severe cooking-related burns in Ghana and identify household-level risk factors for adults and children. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a national household energy use survey including 7389 households across 370 enumeration areas in Ghana in 2020. In each household, a pretested version of the Clean Cooking Alliance Burns Surveillance Module was administered to the primary cook. We computed incidence rates of severe cooking-related burns and conducted bivariate logistic regression to identify potential risk factors. <br><br>RESULTS: We documented 129 severe cooking-related burns that had occurred in the previous year. The incidence rate (95% CI) of cooking-related burns among working-age females was 17 (13 to 21) per 1000 person-years or 8.5 times higher than that of working-age males. Among adults, the odds of experiencing a cooking-related burn were 2.29 (95% CI 1.02 to 5.14) and 2.40 (95% CI 1.04 to 5.55) times higher among primary wood and charcoal users respectively compared with primary liquified petroleum gas users. No child burns were documented in households where liquified petroleum gas was primarily used. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Using a nationally representative sample, we found that solid fuel use doubled the odds of cooking-related burns compared with liquified petroleum gas. Ghana's efforts to expand access to liquified petroleum gas should focus on safe use.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-045191
ID  - ref1
ER  -