This study provides new evidence for the effect of housing insecurity and energy poverty on indoor air quality in informal settlements using composite measures. Interventions aimed at improving the indoor air quality of slum dwellers may need to address challenges with housing deprivations and energy poverty.

Health, environmental, and social factors assessed included: acute bronchitis symptomology (persistent cough, rapid short breathes and breathing difficulties), vision impairment (hyperopia), bodily injuries (scars and recent injuries), indoor air quality, type of fuel and stove used for cooking, place of cooking, and socio demography. Following descriptive and bivariate analyses, we used the logit link function to examine the effect of using solid fuels and indoor air quality on multiple health outcomes.

This study provides evidence to support a valid and reliable instrument for measuring household energy poverty in resource-poor countries. Implications: This index will facilitate our ability to assess the health and environmental consequences of energy poverty.

Food insecurity (FI) and HIV exposure have been hypothesized to deleteriously affect infant cognitive development (ICD). Yet few studies have examined these relationships (longitudinally). Therefore, our objectives were to determine if (1) FI and HIV-exposure had independent or joint effects on ICD at 3, 9, or 12 months postpartum; (2) assess longitudinally, whether FI and HIV exposure were predictive of ICD in the first year of life; (3) examine the extent to which early childhood learning activities (ECLA) may serve as a buffer against the deleterious effects of HIV exposure on ICD.

Presented by Mirianna Georges at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health's 2024 conference, this poster explores the relationship between housing insecurity, and depressive symptomatology and generalized anxiety disorder among housing insecure people in Kisumu, Kenya.

In this poster presentation for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2024 conference, Dr. Gabriel John Dusing explores association between household cooking fuel and chronic respiratory disease (CRD) risk among older adults in Ghana and Mexico.

The Republic of Colombia is undergoing an energy crisis that has made it difficult for citizens to meet basic energy needs. Citizens are enduring issues that relate to the inaccessibility and unreliability of energy. The effects of the energy crisis have been particularly harmful for women. Therefore, we examined patterns of energy use among 34 women in three Colombian municipalities: a) Medio Atrato, b) Sipí, and c) Unguía.

Presented at the Health Effects Institute Annual Conference 2024, this poster presentation explored the relationship between exposure to extreme temperatures and cognitive function (through sleep disorders), among older adults in Ghana.

In Malawi, increasing urbanization has led to more people living in low-quality housing. 80% of the
demand for housing is being met through informal settlements. The non-physical impacts of food insecurity are seldom discussed in comparison to the physical impacts. These non-physical impacts are particularly understudied in slums and informal settlements. This poster presentation at the Conference for Undergraduate Health Research 2024 explored our study examining the relationship between food insecurity and psychosocial health outcomes among people living in slums and informal settlements.