Langbein Jörg
RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research; Hohenzollernstrasse 1-3, 45128 Essen, Germany.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
PLoS One. 2017 Jun 28;12(6):e0178631. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178631. eCollection 2017.
Smoke from cooking in the kitchen is one of the world's leading causes of premature child death, claiming the lives of 500,000 children under five annually. This study analyses the role of outdoor cooking and the prevalence of respiratory diseases among children under five years by means of probit regressions using information from 41 surveys conducted in 30 developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America. I find that outdoor cooking reduces respiratory diseases among young children aged 0-4 by around 9 percent, an effect that reaches 13 percent among children aged 0-1. The results suggest that simple behavioral interventions, such as promoting outdoor cooking, can have a substantial impact on health hazards.
厨房烹饪产生的烟雾是全球儿童过早死亡的主要原因之一，每年导致50万5岁以下儿童死亡。本研究利用在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲30个发展中国家进行的41项调查所获信息，通过概率单位回归分析户外烹饪的作用以及5岁以下儿童呼吸系统疾病的患病率。我发现户外烹饪可使0至4岁幼儿的呼吸系统疾病减少约9%，对0至1岁儿童的影响则达到13%。研究结果表明，诸如推广户外烹饪等简单的行为干预措施可对健康危害产生重大影响。
