2019
Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort
Carrión D, Kaali S, Kinney PL, Owusu-Agyei S, Chillrud S, Yawson AK, Quinn A, Wylie B, Ae-Ngibise K, Lee AG, Tokarz R, Iddrisu L, Jack DW, Asante KP. Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort. Environment International 2019, 133: 105150. PMID: 31518936, PMCID: PMC6868532, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNasal carriageExposure-response relationshipHealthy controlsPneumonia casesMassTag polymerase chain reactionGhana Randomized Air PollutionHousehold air pollution exposureExposure-response analysisAir pollution exposureViral carriageHousehold air pollutionTreat comparisonArm participantsITT analysisStudy armsNasopharyngeal swabsGhanaian cohortPolymerase chain reactionLeading causeMicrobial carriageMoraxella catarrhalisRespiratory microbesChildhood mortalityHealth StudyPneumonia
2018
Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use
Carrión D, Dwommoh R, Tawiah T, Agyei O, Agbokey F, Twumasi M, Mujtaba M, Jack D, Asante KP. Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use. BMC Public Health 2018, 18: 689. PMID: 29866127, PMCID: PMC5987623, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5622-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold air pollutionSustained useBehaviour change interventionsControl armIntervention allocationSecond interventionIntervention householdsPremature deathHAP reductionHealth conditionsHealth effectsEducational interventionInterventionBehavioral factorsCookstove technologiesChange interventionsIntervention designPublic healthTrialsSelf-regulation modelRandomization approach