User-centered design of an air quality feedback technology to promote adoption of clean cookstoves

Background Recent work has examined behavioral reactivity associated with personal awareness of electronic sensors monitoring the use of environmental health products, including cookstoves. These studies suggest that sensors could be used as behavior change tools. Objective We present a human-center...

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Published in:Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 2020-11, Vol.30 (6), p.925-936
Main Authors: Iribagiza, Chantal, Sharpe, Taylor, Wilson, Daniel, Thomas, Evan A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air monitoring
Air Pollution
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Air quality
Audio data
Behavior modification
Cooking
Environmental aspects
Environmental health
Environmental impact
Environmental monitoring
Epidemiology
Feedback
Health aspects
Households
Humans
Indoor air pollution
Indoor air quality
Indoor environments
Influence
Liquefied petroleum gas
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Methods
Particulate Matter
Rural Population
Sensors
Sensory integration
Stoves
Technology
User-Centered Design
Visual perception
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Summary:Background Recent work has examined behavioral reactivity associated with personal awareness of electronic sensors monitoring the use of environmental health products, including cookstoves. These studies suggest that sensors could be used as behavior change tools. Objective We present a human-centered design approach toward the development of a household air quality feedback technology intended to improve consistent and exclusive use of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stoves provided as part of a health efficacy study. Methods We found through a consultation process that households may be behaviorally triggered by reminders of the health and environmental impacts of cooking practices and may respond to both auditory and visual feedback. Based on these insights, we designed and validated a system linking air particulate monitoring with persistent visual feedback and a dynamic audio alarm. Results Data collected over 14 days in participants households show that the system is able to detect sudden rises in household indoor air pollution and to communicate that information to household members. Significance This device could be used as a tool to raise awareness of air pollution associated in order to stimulate adoption of cleaner cooking technologies.
ISSN:1559-0631
1559-064X
DOI:10.1038/s41370-020-0250-2