Erick Mollinedo
A5056514963- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
University of Georgia
2021-2025
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
2018-2024
Johns Hopkins University
2021
Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates
2021
Emory University
2021
BackgroundHousehold air pollution might lead to fetal growth restriction during pregnancy. We aimed investigate whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention reduce personal exposures household pregnancy would alter growth.MethodsThe Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial was an open-label randomised controlled conducted in ten resource-limited settings across Guatemala, India, Peru, and Rwanda. Pregnant women aged 18–34 years (9–19 weeks of gestation) were...
Traditional gravimetric instruments used for personal air pollution exposure measurements are often cumbersome and noisy do not offer real‐time assessment capability. The Enhanced Children’s MicroPEM (ECM) is a comparatively lightweight quiet instrument designed to capture both integrated filter‐based samples continuous (nephelometric) particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μ m or less (PM ) concentrations. We assessed the performance reliability collocated ECMs in subset...
The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial is a multi-country study on the effects of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and fuel distribution intervention women's children's health. There limited data exposure reductions achieved by switching from solid to clean cooking fuels in rural settings across multiple countries. As formative research 2017, we recruited pregnant women characterized impact personal exposures kitchen levels fine particulate matter (PM2.5) Guatemala, India,...
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide. Identifying and appropriately managing severe pneumonia a timely manner improves outcomes. Little known about readiness healthcare facilities to manage pediatric low-resource settings.
Assessment of personal exposure to PM2.5 is critical for understanding intervention effectiveness and exposure-response relationships in household air pollution studies. In this pilot study, we compared concentrations obtained from two next-generation monitors (the Enhanced Children MicroPEM or ECM; the Ultrasonic Personal Air Sampler UPAS) those with a traditional Triplex Cyclone SKC Pump (a gravimetric cyclone/pump sampler). We co-located cyclone/pumps an ECM UPAS obtain 24-hour kitchen...
Abstract Rationale The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 has suspended many non-COVID-19 related research activities. Where restarting activities is permitted, investigators need to evaluate the risks and benefits resuming data collection adapt procedures minimize risk. Objectives In context multicountry Household Air Pollution Intervention (HAPIN) trial conducted in rural, low-resource settings, we developed a framework assess risk each activity guide protective...
Waste collection services are uncommon in rural areas of low-resource countries, causing waste accumulation and subsequent dumping burning garbage. Air pollution from household garbage burning, including plastics, has been observed Jalapa, Guatemala addition to air (HAP) cooking. Adolescent girls often help with these cooking tasks, but little is known about their exposures. We characterized 24-h exposures HAP adolescent by measuring fine particulate matter (PM2.5), black carbon (BC),...
Background Household air pollution adversely affects human health and the environment, yet more than 40% of world still depends on solid cooking fuels. The House Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) randomized controlled trial is assessing effects a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove 18-month supply free fuel in 3,200 households rural Guatemala, India, Peru, Rwanda. Aims We conducted formative research Guatemala to create visual messages that support sustained, exclusive use LPG HAPIN...
Background: The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) Trial is a multi-country effort to demonstrate the effects of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and fuel distribution intervention on birthweight, child health, adult chronic disease. Here we summarize pilot baseline post-intervention PM2.5 exposure measurements from four field sites, which were conducted determine potential detecting improvements in women children's health.Methods: 24 48-hr personal exposures primary...
Residential biomass burning is an important source of black carbon (BC) exposure among rural communities in low- and middle-income countries. We collected 7165 personal BC samples individual/household level information from 3103 pregnant women enrolled the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial. Women intervention arm received free liquefied petroleum gas stoves fuel throughout pregnancy; control continued use stoves. Median (IQR) postintervention exposures were 9.6 μg/m3...
BackgroundMaternal overweight/obesity has been associated with poor lactation performance including delayed lactogenesis and reduced duration. However, the effect on human milk composition is less well understood.ObjectiveWe evaluated relationship of maternal body mass index (BMI) metabolome among Guatemalan mothers.MethodsWe used data from 75 mothers who participated in Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial. Maternal BMI was measured between 9-<20 weeks gestation. Milk...
Background: The HAPIN four-country randomized trial seeks to evaluate the effects of liquefied petroleum gas stoves and fuel distribution intervention on health outcomes. Adequate assessment personal PM2.5 exposure is critical for both understanding effectiveness building exposure-response relationships. Since standard gravimetric pump cyclone/impactor approaches are heavy, noisy, bulky, they unsuitable children burdensome adults. In a pilot study, we compared performance next-generation...
Background:Household air pollution (HAP) generated from solid fuel combustion is associated with a large health burden in children under 1 year. However, assessing personal exposure to HAP for challenging, leading uncertainties estimating effects of clean cookstove intervention program.Methods:We recruited 20 households cooking open fires Guatemala women and year conducted two 24-hour PM2.5 samplings before after liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove each household. In assessment, we measured...
Waste collection services are uncommon in rural areas of low-resource countries, causing waste accumulation and subsequent dumping burning garbage. In addition to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking, garbage burning, including plastics, has been observed Jalapa, Guatemala. Adolescent girls often help with cooking tasks, but little is known about their exposures. To characterize exposures HAP pollutants adolescent by measuring fine particulate matter (PM2.5), black carbon (BC), urinary...
BACKGROUND/AIM Globally, 3 billion people rely on solid fuels for cooking and heating, which generates household air pollution (HAP), contributing to preventable morbidity mortality. The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial was designed assess the effect of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stove intervention HAP exposure maternal-child health outcomes. We conducted sub-study explore breastmilk metabolomes among women in rural Guatemala HAPIN site. METHODS Participants were...