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Setting a Baseline for Improved CookstoveIntervention: Department Izabal, GuatemalaDebbie Hopkins BS,MS Candidate MA in Policy StudiesInterdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell
Purpose of Study: Improve Cookstove (ICS) Adoption?
Observe rural low resource environments using global health nursing techniques. Set ICS baseline and define programs in place. Then using mixed methods evaluate options for ICS adoption.
Case Study:
Descriptive – no intervention
Prospective Cross sectional – 6 villages in 2 regions
Where do we go from here?
Two parts:
Community Assessments
Assessment of Program Options
Region One: El Estor
Region Two: Livingston
> Accessibility
> Poverty
> Government Decentralization
> Corruption
Introduction: Department Izabal, Guatemala
Guatemala Village Health (GVH) Healthcare Provision:
“Pop-up clinics”
• Monitoring Vitals• Height and Weight
Checks• Laboratory Tests• Pharmacy • Physician
Consultation• Physician Treatment• Dental Education• Hand Washing
Education• Sunglasses/Reading
Glasses• Albendazole/Multi-
vitamin treatment
Cooking Environment
> Open Fire
> Stacking
> Poor Ventilation
> Gender Disparity
> ICS available but not used
> Soot/soot icicles
Goals, Questions and Requests for Collaboration
> We are starting from scratch……
> Chapina Bonita operates in central highlands
– Rotary Club within Guatemala
– Inexpensive materials from town, built on site
– ~500Q, with low to zero maintenance costs
– Capacity building: local distributors, coordinators and installers
> Other Programs operating in Northeastern Guatemala?
> Funding Opportunities?
– Grant opportunities
– Carbon Finance or Payments for Ecosystem Services
Affiliations
> University of Washington Bothell, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Policy Studies– Prof. Martha Groom
> University of Washington Bothell, Depart. of Nursing and Health Studies– Prof. Mabel Ezeonwu
> Guatemala Village Health– Dr. Jennifer Hoock MD, MPH
– Dr. Teresa Wallace MD
– Carolyn Bain MPH
https://guatemalavillagehealth.org/
