Relationship between Infections and poverty levels in Njoro District in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorKinuthia, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorKiarie-Makara, Martha
dc.contributor.authorGicheru, Michael M
dc.contributor.authorKabiru, Ephantus Wanjohi
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-24T09:58:35Z
dc.date.available2023-07-24T09:58:35Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional study was conducted in selected rural areas of Njoro in Kenya to determine the socio-economic variables, poverty levels and disease control practices among the residents in 336 homesteads. The objective was to establish the relationship between parasitic diseases control practices, lifestyles and poverty levels among the residents in the rural areas. In addition, a retrospective study that involved recording of the frequency of parasitic and bacterial diseases diagnosed and treated in four randomly selected health centres, in the study area, from 2004 to 2009 was carried out. The results showed that the rural residents in the study area tended to have large families (68%), low education level (67%), high responsibility burden (67%) and a large number were living below poverty line (81%). The low economic status of residents coupled with certain lifestyles and practices pre-disposed the residents to infectious diseases. It was observed that ‘not boiling drinking water’ had a higher probability of occurring among the lower economic cadre of residents than in medium economic cadre [Odds Ratio (OR) = 2.36; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) of 1.38 – 4.03]. Occurrences probability of ‘not using a mosquito net’ (OR = 1.44) and ‘not using a toilet paper always’ (OR = 2.60) were higher in residents of low economic cadre. Retrospective survey showed that malaria had a higher frequency (42.75%), followed by typhoid fever (24.14%), Entamoeba histolytica (20.83%), Giardia lamblia (20.32%), intestinal worms (4.57%), Escherechia coli (3.35%) and Trichomonas hominis (1.63%). It was concluded that a combination of large family size, low education levels, high responsibility burdens, and low economic status contributed significantly to occurrence of infectious health conditions among rural residents in the study area.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKinuthia, G. K., Kiarie-Makara, M. W., Gicheru, M. M., Kabiru, E. W., & Lee, D. K. (2020). Relationship between Infections and poverty levels in Njoro District in Kenya-Kosin Journal of Health Sciences.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26365
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKosin Journal of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjectparasitic infectionen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjecteconomic statusen_US
dc.subjectresponsibility burdenen_US
dc.subjectodds ratioen_US
dc.subjectkenyaen_US
dc.titleRelationship between Infections and poverty levels in Njoro District in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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