Abstract
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.
Highlights
Household air pollution (HAP) is a risk factor for a number of health-related conditions including pneumonia in children, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive lung disease for both males and females globally [1,2]
Findings from this study indicate that household size and cookstove size were factors that are key to influencing the adoption or otherwise of clean cookstove
Adoption of clean cookstove in the middle belt of Ghana seems to resonate well with households following the free supply of clean cookstoves by the Ghana Randomised Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS)
Summary
Household air pollution (HAP) is a risk factor for a number of health-related conditions including pneumonia in children, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive lung disease for both males and females globally [1,2]. HAP was ranked the fourth leading health risk factor and was linked to close to. Cooking with solid fuels such as dung, charcoal, wood, plants and crop residue over open fires or in simple traditional cookstoves expose household members to high pollutant concentrations [5]. Almost a third of the world’s population—three (3) billion people worldwide continue to rely on solid fuels and traditional cookstoves for their heating and cooking needs [5,10]. Over 76% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population rely on traditional biomass as their main energy source [11]
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