Using photovoice methods as a community-based participatory research tool to advance uptake of clean cooking and improve health: The LPG adoption in Cameroon evaluation studies

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 228; pp. 30 - 40
• Main Authors: Ronzi, Sara, Puzzolo, Elisa, Hyseni, Lirije, Higgerson, James, Stanistreet, Debbi, Hugo, MBatchou Ngahane Bertrand, Bruce, Nigel, Pope, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2019; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Action research; Adopted children; Adoption; Air pollution; Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects; Air Pollution, Indoor - statistics & numerical data; Cameroon; Community based action research; Community research; Community-Based Participatory Research; Consciousness; Cooking; Cooking - instrumentation; Cooking - methods; Cooking - standards; Density; Food preparation; Fuel Oils - standards; Fuel Oils - statistics & numerical data; Health; Health status; Household air pollution; Households; Humans; Interest groups; Low income groups; LPG; Maternal & child health; Maternal characteristics; Mothers; Participatory research; Petroleum; Photography; Photovoice; Posters as Topic; Qualitative research; Rural areas; Rural communities; Scarcity; Shops; Software; Stakeholders; Uptake; Videotape Recording - methods; Videotape Recording - standards; Cameroon; Qualitative research; Community-based participatory research; Photovoice; LPG; Cameroon; Cooking; Household air pollution; Adoption

Each year up to 2.6 million people die prematurely from household air pollution (HAP) due to cooking with polluting fuels such as wood and charcoal, particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organisation recommends scaling the adoption of clean fuels to improve matern...