Patrick O. Lutta's research while affiliated with Maseno University and other places

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Publications (3)

Fig. 1 Box plot indicating association between household members and...
Fig. 2 : Multi-correlation results indicating the relationship between...
Fuel characteristics and source of in-door pollution
Poisson generalized linear model relating explanatory variables to IAP...
Factors predisposing women and children to indoor air pollution in rural villages, Western Kenya
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  • Dec 2022
Background Indoor air pollution (IAP) remains a major global public health hazard more so in developing countries where use of fossil fuels is still very common. However, despite the popularity of kerosene and fuelwood as energy sources among many households in the Sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about their health effects and the predisposing...
House and kitchen characteristics
Kitchen size, location and state
Ventilation type, presence and size of eaves and lighting of kitchen
Sources of indoor air pollution, main fuel used for cooking and its source
+1 Main type of fuel used for lighting in the household
Factors predisposing women and children to indoor air pollution in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya
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  • Jan 2021
Background Indoor air pollution (IAP) is an increasing public health hazard in developing countries. Although fuelwood and kerosene are still heavily relied on as energy sources among households in the Sub-Saharan Africa, little information is available concerning the predisposing factors. The aim of this study was to establish the factors predispo...
House and kitchen characteristics
Kitchen size, location and state
Ventilation type, presence and size of eaves and lighting of kitchen
Headaches and their causes among women
Logistic regression on background factors inuencing indoor pollution
Factors predisposing women and children to indoor air pollution in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya
Preprint
Full-text available
  • Jan 2021
Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) is an increasing public health hazard in developing countries. Although fuelwood and kerosene are still heavily relied on as energy sources among households in the Sub-Saharan Africa, little information is available concerning the predisposing factors. The aim of this study was to establish the factors predisp...

Citations

... In South Africa and Malawi, increased respiratory problems have been observed in homes that utilise biomass fuel (Abera et al. 2021). Acute respiratory infections are more likely to affect women and small children from extended time spent in the kitchen compared to men (Dida et al. 2022). The health effects of IAP include those mentioned above, cataracts and blindness, adverse effects on pregnancy, cancer and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (Mocumbi et al. 2019). ...
Reference: Pollution from cooking in rural and poor urban households of Africa: A methodological review