A Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Child Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution: Identifying Possible Target Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Barnes, Brendon R.; Mathee, Angela; Shafritz, Lonna B.; Krieger, Laurie; Zimicki, Susan
Titel	A Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Child Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution: Identifying Possible Target Behaviors
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 31 (2004) 3, S.306-317 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198103260630
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Pollution; Behavior Modification; Child Health; Child Behavior; Mothers; Observation; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Health Promotion; Rural Areas; Poverty; Young Children; Fuels; Environmental Influences; Family Environment; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schadstoffbelastung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Mother; Mutter; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Armut; Frühe Kindheit; Treibstoff; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Familienmilieu; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Indoor air pollution has been causally linked to acute lower respiratory infections in children younger than 5. The aim of this study was to identify target behaviors for a behavioral intervention to reduce child exposure to indoor air pollution by attempting to answer two research questions: Which behaviors are protective of child respiratory health in the study context? and Which behaviors do mothers recommend to reduce their children's exposure to indoor air pollution? Observations and interviews were conducted with 67 mother-child combinations. The authors recommend that four behavioral clusters should be considered for the main intervention. These are to improve stove maintenance practices, to increase the duration that two ventilation sources are opened while a fire is burning, to reduce the time that children spend close to burning fires, and to reduce the duration of solid fuel burning. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10