Cooking With 'Dirty' Fuels Affects Women's Mental Health AfricaClimateCrisis TC_Africa: Africa
, mainly from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart disease, as well as pneumonia in children.
We surmised that women's mental health may be more likely to suffer from using biomass fuels than men's as they are traditionally in charge of preparing and cooking food in these countries. These findings suggest that enabling households to cook and light their homes with modern fuels may have a positive impact on their mental health.There are several reasons that a lack of access to clean energy may worsen women's mental health. These include a loss of productivity, fewer job opportunities and less food security than those with access to clean energy.
We instead asked participants about specific aspects of their quality of life that they may be more willing to answer, using a survey instrument called the Short-Form 36.
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