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Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study

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Kintampo Health Research Centre, Post Office Box 200, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
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Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, PMB 31, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(7), 1207; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207
Received: 11 December 2018 / Revised: 15 March 2019 / Accepted: 20 March 2019 / Published: 4 April 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Achieving Environmental Health Equity: Great Expectations)
Despite its benefits and espousal in developed counties, the adoption of clean cookstoves is reportedly low in less developed countries, especially in Sub–Saharan Africa. This qualitative study aimed at exploring and documenting the enablers and barriers for adoption of clean cookstove in the middle belt of Ghana. The findings showed convenience of clean cookstove use, reduced firewood usage, less smoke emission and associated health problems resulting from indoor air pollution and time for firewood gathering and cooking, good smell and taste of food as enabling factors for clean cookstove adoption. Factors such as safety, financial constraint (cost), non-availability of spare parts on the open market to replace faulty stove accessories, stove size and household size were the potential barriers to clean cookstove adoption. These findings help us to understand the factors promoting and inhibiting the adoption of clean cook stoves, especially in rural settings. View Full-Text
Keywords: clean cookstove; adoption; enablers; barriers; middle belt; Ghana clean cookstove; adoption; enablers; barriers; middle belt; Ghana
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Agbokey, F.; Dwommoh, R.; Tawiah, T.; Ae-Ngibise, K.A.; Mujtaba, M.N.; Carrion, D.; Ali Abdulai, M.; Afari-Asiedu, S.; Owusu-Agyei, S.; Asante, K.P.; Jack, D.W. Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207

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Agbokey F, Dwommoh R, Tawiah T, Ae-Ngibise KA, Mujtaba MN, Carrion D, Ali Abdulai M, Afari-Asiedu S, Owusu-Agyei S, Asante KP, Jack DW. Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(7):1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207

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Agbokey, Francis, Rebecca Dwommoh, Theresa Tawiah, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Mohammed N. Mujtaba, Daniel Carrion, Martha Ali Abdulai, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Kwaku P. Asante, and Darby W. Jack. 2019. "Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 7: 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071207

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