Short-Term Impacts of Solar Lanterns on Child Health: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
Short-Term Impacts of Solar Lanterns on Child Health: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
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太阳能灯对儿童健康的短期影响：来自孟加拉国的实验证据
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10.1080/00220388.2018.1443207
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2019
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and Kazushi Takahashi
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Yuya Kudo;Abu Shonchoy;and Kazushi Takahashi
我们在孟加拉国未通电地区实施了一项为期16个月的随机实地实验，以确定太阳能灯对学龄儿童健康的影响。我们对各种健康相关指标的分析-自我报告，肺活量计和专业医疗检查-显示接受治疗的学生的眼睛发红和刺激略有改善，但呼吸道症状没有明显改善。不同数量的太阳能产品内收到的治疗家庭并没有改变这些结果。这种有限的健康益处不是由接受治疗的儿童不使用产品、接受治疗的学生对对照学生的溢出效应或不利的家庭烹饪环境造成的污染造成的。
We implemented a 16-month randomised field experiment in unelectrified areas of Bangladesh to identify health impacts of solar lanterns among school-aged children. Our analysis of various health-related indicators – self-reporting, spirometers, and professional medical checkups – showed modest improvements in eye redness and irritation but no noticeable improvement in respiratory symptoms among treated students. Varying the number of solar products received within treatment households did not alter these results. This limited health benefit was not caused by nonutilisation of the products by treated children, spillover effects from treated to control students, or contamination resulting from unfavourable family cooking environments.