Indoor air pollution prevention practices and associated factors among household mothers in Olenchiti town, Oromia, Ethiopia

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296706
• Publication Date: 2024-01-19T18:45:48Z
• Authors: Worku Dugassa Girsha; Alem Deksisa Abebe; Ephrem Mannekulih...; Meyrema Abdo Komicha
• Keywords: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Family Characteristics; Science; Q; R; Mothers; Cross-Sectional Studies; Air Pollution, Indoor; Surveys and Questionnaires; Medicine; Humans; Female; Ethiopia; Research Article

Introduction Most households in low- and middle-income countries still cook using solid fuels poorly ventilated dwellings. Indoor air pollution causes various health problems, like pneumonia, lung cancer, stillbirth, low birth weight, impaired cognitive development, cataracts. Nevertheless, a few evidences are available Africa, including Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of indoor prevention practices associated factors among household mothers Olenchiti town, Oromia, Methods A community-based cross-sectional was conducted. Four hundred twenty were randomly selected by systematic random sampling. Data collected through an interview observation checklist. The data entered into Epi-Info version 7.2.5 cleaned, edited, then exported SPSS 23 for analysis. Descriptive statistics used describe findings. Binary logistic regression computed analyze effect each variable on outcome variable. Model adequacy fitness checked with Hosmer-Lemeshow test. multicollinearity independent variables variance inflation factor. Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval P -value <0.05 as cutoff points declare significance final model. Results overall good towards 188 (45.0%). Mothers who had under-five children (AOR = 0.49, 95%CI (0.31–0.76), grade 9–12 0.51, (0.28–0.92)) significantly practices. Conclusion compared different Under-five educational status high school curriculums should include topics.