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Human-Centered Design (HCD) of Rural Cooking Stove
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-3364
The cook’s aspects (i.e., issues of ergonomics/usability/thermal comfort/mental load/Indoor air pollutants) are the most crucial factors for rural cooking with traditional stoves. Several studies proposed new/improved stove for reducing indoor air pollutants. However, none of the studies researched rural cook’s actual needs in a holistic manner using human-centered design (HCD) approach. Thus, this study aims to mitigate the issues of rural cooking via the HCD approach. From the statistical analysis (i.e., deceptive and correlation analysis) in the discovery stage of HCD, it was clearly understood that the rural cooks were facing usability and ergonomics (physical/mental load/thermal comfort) issues while using their cooking stoves. Also, the currently available cooking stove in the market does not fulfill the needs of rural cooks. To resolve the design requirement requirements of rural cooks, a new design was proposed, which follows the rocket stove principle. The new design was constructed as proof-of-concept (POC) prototyping by basic manufacturing techniques. Following that, POC has been tested among cooks using a questionnaire. The test results indicate that POC could mitigate the cook’s issues with rural cooking activity. The study’s relevance is that findings would act as a guidebook to address the issues of cooks due to rural cooking. Also, the study finding could be used by policy makers (pollution control board) to improve the health of cooks in rural settings.
Human-Centered Design (HCD) of Rural Cooking Stove
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-3364
The cook’s aspects (i.e., issues of ergonomics/usability/thermal comfort/mental load/Indoor air pollutants) are the most crucial factors for rural cooking with traditional stoves. Several studies proposed new/improved stove for reducing indoor air pollutants. However, none of the studies researched rural cook’s actual needs in a holistic manner using human-centered design (HCD) approach. Thus, this study aims to mitigate the issues of rural cooking via the HCD approach. From the statistical analysis (i.e., deceptive and correlation analysis) in the discovery stage of HCD, it was clearly understood that the rural cooks were facing usability and ergonomics (physical/mental load/thermal comfort) issues while using their cooking stoves. Also, the currently available cooking stove in the market does not fulfill the needs of rural cooks. To resolve the design requirement requirements of rural cooks, a new design was proposed, which follows the rocket stove principle. The new design was constructed as proof-of-concept (POC) prototyping by basic manufacturing techniques. Following that, POC has been tested among cooks using a questionnaire. The test results indicate that POC could mitigate the cook’s issues with rural cooking activity. The study’s relevance is that findings would act as a guidebook to address the issues of cooks due to rural cooking. Also, the study finding could be used by policy makers (pollution control board) to improve the health of cooks in rural settings.
Human-Centered Design (HCD) of Rural Cooking Stove
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-3364
The cook’s aspects (i.e., issues of ergonomics/usability/thermal comfort/mental load/Indoor air pollutants) are the most crucial factors for rural cooking with traditional stoves. Several studies proposed new/improved stove for reducing indoor air pollutants. However, none of the studies researched rural cook’s actual needs in a holistic manner using human-centered design (HCD) approach. Thus, this study aims to mitigate the issues of rural cooking via the HCD approach. From the statistical analysis (i.e., deceptive and correlation analysis) in the discovery stage of HCD, it was clearly understood that the rural cooks were facing usability and ergonomics (physical/mental load/thermal comfort) issues while using their cooking stoves. Also, the currently available cooking stove in the market does not fulfill the needs of rural cooks. To resolve the design requirement requirements of rural cooks, a new design was proposed, which follows the rocket stove principle. The new design was constructed as proof-of-concept (POC) prototyping by basic manufacturing techniques. Following that, POC has been tested among cooks using a questionnaire. The test results indicate that POC could mitigate the cook’s issues with rural cooking activity. The study’s relevance is that findings would act as a guidebook to address the issues of cooks due to rural cooking. Also, the study finding could be used by policy makers (pollution control board) to improve the health of cooks in rural settings.
Human-Centered Design (HCD) of Rural Cooking Stove
J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C
Arunachalam, M. (author) / Patel, Dev Kirankumar (author)
Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C ; 104 ; 403-417
2023-04-01
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Air Quality Modeling of Cooking Stove Emissions and Exposure Assessment in Rural Areas
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