Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Indoor air pollution is one of the most serious environmental health concerns in today's times.
OBJECTIVES:
The objective is to find out the sources and health effects of indoor air pollution as well as assess the housing conditions among residents of a slum area in Kolkata.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 220 households in a slum area of Kolkata. Data were collected using a predesigned, pretested, structured schedule by face-to-face interview and observation technique and analyzed using SPSS version 25.0.
RESULTS:
About 56.8% of the study population complained of having at least one symptom of indoor air pollution. Factors associated with three or more symptoms were female gender, lower-middle socioeconomic class, absence of dampness, exposure to tobacco smoke, use of mosquito repellent, and presence of kitchen in the living room.
CONCLUSION:
The slum population should be educated about the major associated factors of indoor air pollution found in our study.
Recommended Citation
Dutta, Sinjita; Shukla, Vineeta; Basu, Mausumi; Mukherjee, Meghna; Mishra, Ankita; and Saha, Ripan
(2022)
"A study on the perceived impact of indoor air pollution in a slum area of Kolkata, West Bengal,"
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU: Vol. 15:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_172_21
Available at:
https://kleijhsbr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol15/iss1/12
Pages
63
Last Page
69
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