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The link between indoor air pollution from cooking fuels and anemia status among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in Ethiopia
Authors: Kanno, Girum Gebremeskel, Temesgen Geremew, Tesfaye Diro, Stephen Vincent Musarapasi, Renay Van Wyk, Binyam Tariku Seboka, Awash Alembo, Robel Hussen, Negasa Eshete Soboksa, and Mekonnen Birhane Aregu
Source: SAGE Open Medicine, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121221107466.
Topic(s): Anemia
Household solid fuel use
Pollution
Country: Africa
  Ethiopia
Published: JUL 2022
Abstract: Objective: The effect of indoor air pollution from different fuel types on the anemia status among non-pregnant women is rarely studied. This study aimed to assess the link between indoor air pollution from different fuel types and anemia among non-pregnant women of reproductive ages in Ethiopia. Method: The secondary data from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data have been employed for this study. The anemia status of women in reproductive age was the outcome variable with multiple outcomes as (moderate to severe, mild, and no anemia) and households using biomass fuel and clean fuel were selected for this study. Multinomial logistic regression was employed to estimate the association of biomass fuel use with the anemia status controlling for the predictor variables. Relative risk ratio was calculated at 95% confidence interval. An independent-sample t-test was used to assess the mean difference in blood hemoglobin level (g/dL) between the two fuel users. A p value?
Web: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503121221107466