Kintampo Health Research Centre, Post Office Box 200, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana.
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 4;16(7):1207. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16071207.
Despite its benefits and espousal in developed counties, the adoption of clean cookstoves is reportedly low in less developed countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This qualitative study aimed at exploring and documenting the enablers and barriers for adoption of clean cookstove in the middle belt of Ghana. The findings showed convenience of clean cookstove use, reduced firewood usage, less smoke emission and associated health problems resulting from indoor air pollution and time for firewood gathering and cooking, good smell and taste of food as enabling factors for clean cookstove adoption. Factors such as safety, financial constraint (cost), non-availability of spare parts on the open market to replace faulty stove accessories, stove size and household size were the potential barriers to clean cookstove adoption. These findings help us to understand the factors promoting and inhibiting the adoption of clean cook stoves, especially in rural settings.
尽管在发达国家得到了广泛应用和支持，但据报道，在欠发达国家，特别是撒哈拉以南非洲地区，清洁能源炊具的采用率较低。本定性研究旨在探索和记录加纳中地带采用清洁能源炊具的促进因素和障碍。研究结果表明，清洁能源炊具使用方便、减少薪柴使用、减少烟雾排放以及由此导致的室内空气污染和砍柴做饭时间减少、食物气味和味道好等是采用清洁能源炊具的促进因素。安全、财务限制（成本）、开放式市场上无法购买到替换故障炊具配件的备件、炉具大小和家庭规模等因素则是清洁能源炊具采用的潜在障碍。这些发现有助于我们了解促进和抑制清洁能源炊具采用的因素，特别是在农村地区。
