Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption and Sustained Use of Cleaner Fuels in Southwest Cameroon: Situating ‘Lay’ Knowledge within Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption and Sustained Use of Cleaner Fuels in Southwest Cameroon: Situating ‘Lay’ Knowledge within Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
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喀麦隆西南部采用和持续使用清洁燃料的障碍和促进因素：将“外行”知识置于循证政策和实践中
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2019
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D. Pope
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D. Stanistreet;L. Hyseni;E. Puzzolo;J. Higgerson;S. Ronzi;R. M. Anderson de Cuevas;Oluwakorede Adekoje;N. Bruce;B. M. Mbatchou Ngahane;D. Pope
在低收入和中等收入国家，每年约有400万人死于家庭空气污染（HAP），原因是使用固体燃料进行低效烹饪。液化石油气（LPG）在向可再生能源转型的过程中提供了一种清洁能源选择。这项定性研究探讨了喀麦隆扩大清洁燃料规模的障碍和促进因素的知识，Quinn等人提供了信息。的逻辑模型。该模型有五个领域，我们专注于用户和社区需求领域，报告了28个半结构化访谈（SSI）和四个焦点小组讨论（FGD）的结果，探讨了燃料使用选择背后的原因。研究结果表明，可负担性，安全性，便利性和对健康问题的认识都是对采用和持续使用液化石油气的决策的重要影响，其中可负担性是最关键的问题。我们还发现，清洁燃料满足烹饪需求的能力是决策的核心，而不是像逻辑模型所建议的那样是方便的一个方面。当地社区对使用清洁燃料的障碍和促进因素提供了重要的见解。我们改编了奎因等人的作品的逻辑模型，给予更多的权重，奠定了知识，使它更好地为政策制定提供信息。
Approximately four million people die each year in low- and middle-income countries from household air pollution (HAP) due to inefficient cooking with solid fuels. Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) offers a clean energy option in the transition towards renewable energy. This qualitative study explored lay knowledge of barriers and facilitators to scaling up clean fuels in Cameroon, informed by Quinn et al.’s Logic Model. The model has five domains and we focused on the user and community needs domain, reporting the findings of 28 semi-structured interviews (SSIs) and four focus group discussions (FGDs) that explored the reasons behind fuel use choices. The findings suggest that affordability, safety, convenience, and awareness of health issues are all important influences on decision making to the adoption and sustained use of LPG, with affordability being the most critical issue. We also found the ability of clean fuels to meet cooking needs to be central to decision-making, rather than an aspect of convenience, as the logic model suggests. Local communities provide important insights into the barriers and facilitators to using clean fuels. We adapt Quinn et al.’s logic model accordingly, giving more weight to lay knowledge so that it is better positioned to inform policy development.