Designing a behavioral intervention using the COM-B model and the theoretical domains framework to promote gas stove use in rural Guatemala: a formative research study

• Published in: BMC public health 2018-02, Vol.18 (1), p.253-17, Article 253
• Main Authors: Thompson, Lisa M, Diaz-Artiga, Anaité, Weinstein, John R, Handley, Margaret A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Air pollution; Analysis; Behavior change wheel; Clean fuels; Cooking; Empowerment; Environment models; Food preferences; Food safety; Fuels; Gas appliances; Gestation; Health aspects; Health behavior; Household air pollution; Households; Indoor air pollution; Intervention; Liquefied petroleum gas; Liquefied petroleum gas stove; Low income groups; Maintenance; Natural gas; Outdoor air quality; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Public health; Rural health; Stoves; Temperature sensors; Womens health
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5138-x

Three billion people use solid cooking fuels, and 4 million people die from household air pollution annually. Shifting households to clean fuels, like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), may protect health only if stoves are consistently used. Few studies have used an implementation science framework to systematically assess "de-implementation" of traditional stoves, and none have done so with pregnant women who are more likely to adopt new behaviors. We evaluated an introduced LPG stove coupled with a phased behavioral intervention to encourage exclusive gas stove use among pregnant women in rural Guatemala. We enrolled 50 women at