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Title: | Correlates of alcohol consumption in ruralwestern Kenya: A cross-sectional study |
Authors: | Takahash, Risa Wilunda, Calistus Karani, Magutah Tenambergen, Wanja Mwaura Wilunda, Boniface Usaneya, Perngparn |
Keywords: | Alcohol use, Hazardous drinking, Substance use, Rural health |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | BMC Psychiatry |
Abstract: | Background Studies on alcohol consumption in rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of alcohol consumption in rural western Kenya. The study was conducted as a preliminary stage of a community-based intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol consumption. Methods A cross-sectional survey of 478 participants aged 18–65 years residing in Ikolomani Sub-county, Kakamega County was conducted in April 2015. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. We defined current drinkers as participants who consumed any alcoholic product in the preceding one month, and hazardous/high-risk drinkers as participants with an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of 8 and above. We summarised data using descriptive statistics and used … |
URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3916 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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