USAID – Implementation Research on: BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE THE ACQUISITION AND CORRECT USE OF IMPROVED COOKSTOVES
With the overall goal of generating widespread improvements in indoorair quality in developing countries with high burdens of relatedmortality (mainly child mortality from pneumonia but also deaths ofwomen from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the purposeof this solicitation is to fund implementation research that willdevelop, test and evaluate state-of-the art behavior changeinterventions for the acquisition and/or appropriate use of improvedcookstoves.
Although behavior change is the focus of this solicitation, it isrecognized that stove technologies and/or fuels play a critical roleto improvements in indoor air quality. Therefore, the applicationshould clearly describe how the behavioral research relates to theenabling products being used in the study areas, such as clean andefficient stoves and fuels.
