Development of personal air pollution exposure report-back materials to Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial participants in Guatemala and Rwanda: a qualitative study

Development of personal air pollution exposure report-back materials to Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial participants in Guatemala and Rwanda: a qualitative study

Background Report-back of individual exposure information to research participants is recognised in high-income countries as an important, yet often overlooked, component of environmental research, with many potential benefits to study communities. Nonetheless, the optimal means of communicating fin...

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Main Authors: William Checkley, Vanessa Burrowes, Ghislaine Rosa, Anaité Díaz-Artiga, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Thomas F Clasen, John P McCracken, Mayari Hengstermann, Ashlinn Quinn, Jennifer Peel, Vigneswari Aravindalochanan, Dana Boyd Barr, Alejandra Bussalleu, Devan Campbell, Eduardo Canuz, Adly Castañaza, Yunyun Chen, Marilú Chiang, Rachel Craik, Mary Crocker, Lisa de las Fuentes, Oscar De León, Ephrem Dusabimana, Lisa Elon, Juan Gabriel Espinoza, Florien Ndagijimana, Ajay Pillarisetti, Howard H Chang, Lisa Thompson, Victor G Davila-Roman, Maggie Clark, Laura Ruiz-Aguilar, Gloriose Bankundiye, Carmen Lucia Contreras, Priya D’Souza
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-05-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/5/e017672.full
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Summary:Background Report-back of individual exposure information to research participants is recognised in high-income countries as an important, yet often overlooked, component of environmental research, with many potential benefits to study communities. Nonetheless, the optimal means of communicating findings to participants in low-income countries with limited health and scientific literacy is unknown.Methods Between March 2021 and May 2022, we conducted a qualitative study with 61 women and 20 of their household members (n=81) participating in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial in Guatemala and Rwanda. Using participant observations and individual interviews (n=61), group interviews (n=21), dynamic working groups (n=78) and focus groups (n=45), we collaborated with study participants to iteratively develop contextually appropriate and comprehensible materials that conveyed individual air pollution exposures.Results Posters were generated to display graphical representations of participants’ personal air pollution exposures, along with the known health effects of air pollution exposure and actions that could be taken to reduce their exposures to household air pollution.Discussion This is the first study to report back personal household air pollution exposure results to study participants in two low-income countries where people rely on biomass fuel (eg, wood, crop waste, dung) for cooking. We used community-engaged methods to co-produce locally and contextually specific materials.Trial registration number NCT02944682.
ISSN:2059-7908

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