Lo, T. Q., Oeltmann, J. E., Odhiambo, F. O., Beynon, C., Pevzner, E., Cain, K. P., Laserson, K.F. and Phillips-Howard, Penelope ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-116X (2013) 'Alcohol use, drunkenness and tobacco smoking in rural western Kenya'. Tropical Medicine & International Health, Vol 18, Issue 4, pp. 506-515.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Objectives
To describe the prevalence of smoking and alcohol use and abuse in an impoverished rural region of western Kenya.
Methods
Picked from a population-based longitudinal database of demographic and health census data, 72 292 adults (≥18 years) were asked to self-report their recent (within the past 30 days) and lifetime use of tobacco and alcohol and frequency of recent ‘drunkenness’.
Results
Overall prevalence of ever smoking was 11.2% (11.0–11.5) and of ever drinking, 20.7% (20.4–21.0). The prevalence of current smoking was 6.3% (6.1–6.5); 5.7% (5.5–5.9) smoked daily. 7.3% (7.1–7.5) reported drinking alcohol within the past 30 days. Of these, 60.3% (58.9–61.6) reported being drunk on half or more of all drinking occasions. The percentage of current smokers rose with the number of drinking days in a month (P < 0.0001). Tobacco and alcohol use increased with decreasing socio-economic status and amongst women in the oldest age group (P < 0.0001).
Conclusions
Tobacco and alcohol use are prevalent in this rural region of Kenya. Abuse of alcohol is common and likely influenced by the availability of cheap, home-manufactured alcohol. Appropriate evidence-based policies to reduce alcohol and tobacco use should be widely implemented and complemented by public health efforts to increase awareness of their harmful effects.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WM Psychiatry > WM 20 Research (General) |
Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12066 |
Depositing User: | Lynn Roberts-Maloney |
Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2015 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2019 14:16 |
URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/4960 |
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