Air Pollution Interventions: Implementation Research and Data Driven Studies
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 11306
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the 2018 World Health Organization Air Pollution and Health, over 4 million annual premature deaths are caused by air pollution (both household and ambient combined). The burden of disease is highest in lower and middle income countries (LMICs). For example, in LMICs 50% of child pneumonia deaths are attributed to air pollution. The sources of air pollution typically include burning biomass for cooking and heating, burning trash, burning agricultural fields, vehicle exhaust, industrial burning including brick kilns, coal-fired power generating plants, and dust. Developing strategies to reduce these sources, including considering alternatives and mitigating the health impacts of low air quality, is crucial to improving air quality. Air quality has been improved in numerous locations, but the solutions to air pollution are contextually specific. Thus, implementation research and strong data analytics are key approaches for improving air quality. Although air quality improvements occur through technical alternatives to high pollutant combustion, other programmatic elements such as building community support and rational policy development are necessary to influence the transition to less polluting fuels and processes and should be considered in this Special Issue.
Studies of interest can be along the continuum of intervention, including program development, pilot studies, adapting to new contexts, and evaluation. Specific examples are
- Theory-based identification of barriers and development of interventions;
- Pilot studies and rapid testing including trials of improved practice;
- Structured adaption and scaling of known intervention strategies;
- Experimental and quasi experimental studies with behavioral, implementation, and health outcomes;
- Using large data sets to inform hypothesis development.
This Special Issue is open to the subject areas of air pollution and health, with a focus on implementation research and data-driven studies. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.
Dr. Helen Petach
Dr. Gila Neta
Dr. Matthew Freeman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Air pollution
- Clean fuels
- Clean cooking
- Pneumonia
- Burning biomass
- Implementation research