Correlates of alcohol consumption in rural western Kenya: A cross-sectional study.

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 summar

SUBMITTER: Takahashi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5424353 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature