One of the key issues involved in the roll-out of ICS is that swathes of households in low-income countries are convinced that, although they may not like it, a smokey house environment inhibits biting insects. I’ve had quite a few householders tell me why smoke is a good thing, for this and other reasons.
Whether this is correct or not, beliefs about the beneficial effects of smoke directly contradict what NGO/health workers tell them about household air pollution (HAP); I wonder if you took this into account in your research?
Hi John, thanks for the comment. The use of smoke to repel insects is actually one of the criteria we included in the protocol. There’s a section dedicated to location-specific user needs like this one (which can be expanded to include other/uncommon, but important, needs we haven’t identified).
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One of the key issues involved in the roll-out of ICS is that swathes of households in low-income countries are convinced that, although they may not like it, a smokey house environment inhibits biting insects. I’ve had quite a few householders tell me why smoke is a good thing, for this and other reasons.
Whether this is correct or not, beliefs about the beneficial effects of smoke directly contradict what NGO/health workers tell them about household air pollution (HAP); I wonder if you took this into account in your research?
Hi John, thanks for the comment. The use of smoke to repel insects is actually one of the criteria we included in the protocol. There’s a section dedicated to location-specific user needs like this one (which can be expanded to include other/uncommon, but important, needs we haven’t identified).
Very useful information.