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WELL TASK 512 Indoor Air Pollution
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................i
List of Abbreviations.................................................................................................................... ii
Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................... ii
Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................iii
List of Boxes .............................................................................................................................. iv
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. iv
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ iv
1. Background and justification for prioritising indoor air pollution....................................1
1.1 Nature and scale of the problem ......................................................................................1
1.2 Those most affected: poor children, women and men......................................................2
1.3 The importance of interventions .......................................................................................2
1.4 The need for attention from international agencies ..........................................................3
2. Links between indoor air pollution and health...................................................................4
2.1 Methodological issues and definitions..............................................................................4
2.2 The proposed link between indoor air pollution and health ..............................................5
2.3 Evidence for an adverse effect of indoor air pollution on health .......................................8
3. Technical interventions to reduce indoor air pollution ...................................................11
3.1 Technical options ...........................................................................................................11
3.2 Effectiveness of interventions for reducing indoor air pollution.......................................20
3.3 Final Remarks ................................................................................................................26
4. Health outcomes of technical interventions.....................................................................27
5. Promotional and marketing experience of improved technologies................................28
5.1 Experiences of marketing, promotion and dissemination ...............................................28
5.2 Barriers to effective marketing........................................................................................30
5.3 Social marketing.............................................................................................................38
5.4 Final Remarks ................................................................................................................38
6. Conclusions and directions for action and research.......................................................40
7. References...........................................................................................................................41
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