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To Study the Effects of Indoor Pollution among Females in a Rural Block of Haryana


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1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India
2 School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
     

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Domestic cooking is an important duty of an average Indian housewife. On an average, an Indian woman spends about four to six hours daily for cooking. Mainly four different types of cooking fuels are used in this country: biomass fuel (Wood, Cow-dung cake, agricultural waste, coal etc.); liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); kerosene and a mixture of these.To assess the morbidity among female. Cross sectional type Rural block Ben of Jhajjar district. 500 female. Housewife. The study was a cross sectional type and carried out ma rural block Ben of jhajjar district. The present study shows that maximum female 272 (54.4%) were using mixture of LPG and biomass fuel followed by 178 (35.6%) using biomass fuels and 50 (10%) using stoves. The study revealed that the maximum female were 184 (36.8%) complaining of cough followed by difficulty in breathing 108 (21.6%), 13.6% female had GIT problems. There is a strong correlation between using biomass fuel and respiratory diseases, suggesting that the use of biomass fuel indeed be a culprit behind these high levels of respiratory diseases. The present study has confirmed that biomass fuel exposure is a principal risk factor in the causation of lung diseases among women. Better-ventilated kitchens, smokeless chimneys and use of alternate fuels like LPG should be emphasized as a measure to lessen the risk of respiratory diseases to lndian women.

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Indoor Pollution, Females, Rural Block.
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Authors

Avneet Singh
Department of Community Medicine, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India
Ramesh Verma
Department of Community Medicine, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India
Suraj Chawla
Department of Community Medicine, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India
Shankar Prinja
School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

Abstract


Domestic cooking is an important duty of an average Indian housewife. On an average, an Indian woman spends about four to six hours daily for cooking. Mainly four different types of cooking fuels are used in this country: biomass fuel (Wood, Cow-dung cake, agricultural waste, coal etc.); liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); kerosene and a mixture of these.To assess the morbidity among female. Cross sectional type Rural block Ben of Jhajjar district. 500 female. Housewife. The study was a cross sectional type and carried out ma rural block Ben of jhajjar district. The present study shows that maximum female 272 (54.4%) were using mixture of LPG and biomass fuel followed by 178 (35.6%) using biomass fuels and 50 (10%) using stoves. The study revealed that the maximum female were 184 (36.8%) complaining of cough followed by difficulty in breathing 108 (21.6%), 13.6% female had GIT problems. There is a strong correlation between using biomass fuel and respiratory diseases, suggesting that the use of biomass fuel indeed be a culprit behind these high levels of respiratory diseases. The present study has confirmed that biomass fuel exposure is a principal risk factor in the causation of lung diseases among women. Better-ventilated kitchens, smokeless chimneys and use of alternate fuels like LPG should be emphasized as a measure to lessen the risk of respiratory diseases to lndian women.

Keywords


Indoor Pollution, Females, Rural Block.