The purpose of this research was analysing the economic, social and cultural factors associated with the adoption of firewood-burning improved cook stoves in users of the district of Chiguata, province and department of Arequipa in Peru. This is a bivariate exploratory prospective observational and analytical study. Probabilistic dependencies between associated variables were obtained through non-parametric tests with Pearson Chi- square test; and the parametric tests were obtained with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Student's t-test for p-value > 0.05.The variables associated with the adoption are: knowledge of use, maintenance and repair of the cook stove; investment in improving their kitchen; dissemination of educational messages on the benefits of the improved cook stove; efects of indoor air pollution, specially broadcasted by local radios; perception of the risk on the exp...

The purpose of this research was analysing the economic, social and cultural factors associated with the adoption of firewood-burning improved cook stoves in users of the district of Chiguata, province and department of Arequipa in Peru. This is a bivariate exploratory prospective observational and analytical study. Probabilistic dependencies between associated variables were obtained through non-parametric tests with Pearson Chi- square test; and the parametric tests were obtained with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Student's t-test for p-value > 0.05.The variables associated with the adoption are: knowledge of use, maintenance and repair of the cook stove; investment in improving their kitchen; dissemination of educational messages on the benefits of the improved cook stove; efects of indoor air pollution, specially broadcasted by local radios; perception of the risk on the exp...

El propósito de la investigación es analizar los factores económicos, sociales y culturales asociados a la adopción de estufas mejoradas a leña en usuarios del distrito de Chiguata de la provincia y departamento de Arequipa. El estudio es exploratorio bivariado, observacional, prospectivo, transversal y analítico, Se buscó dependencias probabilísticas entre las variables asociadas a través de pruebas no paramétricas de la Chi-cuadrado de Pearson y para las paramétricas se tomaron la prueba de normalidad de Kolmogorov-Smirnov y la t deStudent para una muestra con un valor de p > 0.05. Las variables asociadas con la adopción son: el conocimiento sobre uso, mantenimiento y reparación de la estufa; inversión en la mejora del ambiente en donde se cocina; la divulgación de mensajes educativos sobre los beneficios de la estufa mejorada; información de los efectos de la poluci...

The purpose of this research was analysing the economic, social and cultural factors associated with the adoption of firewood-burning improved cook stoves in users of the district of Chiguata, province and department of Arequipa in Peru. This is a bivariate exploratory prospective observational and analytical study. Probabilistic dependencies between associated variables were obtained through non-parametric tests with Pearson Chi- square test; and the parametric tests were obtained with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Student's t-test for p-value > 0.05.The variables associated with the adoption are: knowledge of use, maintenance and repair of the cook stove; investment in improving their kitchen; dissemination of educational messages on the benefits of the improved cook stove; efects of indoor air pollution, specially broadcasted by local radios; perception of the risk on the exp...