Indoor air pollution

Evaluating household energy and health interventions: a catalogue of methods

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In recent years, the need to provide access to modern cooking energy has attracted growing attention. One of the reasons for this trend is a better understanding of the serious health consequences of indoor air pollution from solid fuel use. As the profile of household energy rises, so does the pressure on implementers to adequately measure and report the various impacts of their work. To date, however, many of the impacts of interventions designed to reduce indoor air pollution remain poorly tested.

This catalogue of methods discusses evaluation options in the areas of Adoption, Market development, Performance, Pollution levels and personal exposure, Health and safety, Time, socio-economic and other impacts and Environmental impacts. It provides methods that range from simple questionnaires to complex monitoring techniques, and outlines practical issues related to study design, ethical considerations, data analysis and reporting. Ultimately, this catalogue of methods is intended to help governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations and universities involved with household energy and health interventions develop an evaluation strategy appropriate to their goals and organizational capacities.

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The printed version of the Catalogue of Methods includes a CD-ROM containing a range of further resources, including summaries of methods and full evaluation methods. You can browse the contents of the CD-ROM either by selecting the evaluation area of interest, or by selecting a specific method using its identifier (refer to the chapter Evaluation areas for an explanation of the identifier codes).