Demographic, occupational and societal risk exposures to physical injuries in a rural community in Western Kenya: a 12-week longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We studied factors associated with the weekly occurrence of physical injuries in a rural setting to determine injury-related burden and risk exposures.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Suna-West subcounty, Migori County, Western Kenya.

Participants

390 study participants (subjects) cluster sampled from 92 households, recruited and followed up for 12 weeks, between August and October 2019.

Methods

We collected data weekly on occurrence of injuries, individual-level and household-level independent variables using a standard interviewer-administered questionnaire adapted from the WHO survey tool for injuries. Analyses related occurrence of injuries and independent variables using a multilevel Poisson regression model, adjusting for age and

SUBMITTER: Chweya RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442073 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature