title: Household air pollution from cooking fires: a challenge for nurses globally and a call to action.
abstract: The global burden of disease from exposure to household air pollution related to cooking fires is ranked as the 6th leading cause of death, primarily impacting poor women and children in low-income countries. Globally, smoke exposure from household air pollution is attributed to approximately 1/3 of chronic obstructive pulmonary deaths, 1/4 of pneumonia deaths, and 3% of lung cancer deaths. Nurses are increasingly working in global health arenas but are typically ill-prepared to address this complex environmental health problem. Nurses can play a key role in education, practice, and research to develop and support interventions, both in the United States and abroad, which may reduce this substantial burden of disease.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jason Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Speaks
authors.forename: Eileen C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003296:Cooking; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005191:Family Characteristics; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects*; D050497:Stillbirth
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke