Patterns and Correlates of Substance Use Cross Sectional Exploratory Study among Health Care Workers in Bungoma County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorKolongei, Titus Kipchirchir
dc.contributor.authorGachau, Albert
dc.contributor.authorOsero, Justus
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-16T12:55:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-16T12:55:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: This was a cross sectional exploratory study that examined data obtained from health care workers on substance use in Bungoma County Kenya. Methods: This was a cross sectional exploratory study in selected health facilities in three sub counties of Bungoma County. This study used a two-stage cluster sampling technique and systematic sampling to select the respondents. The study sample was (N= 237 ) among health care workers in selected facilities in 3 sub counties of Bungoma county .The study response rate was 96.3 %(237/247) . Self-reported data on substance use during their lifetime, use in the past 12 months and past 30 days was used as key parameters to determine patterns and correlates of substance Results: As compared with females, males were found to have a greater like hood of substance use, having family member with a history of substance use and a colleague who uses substances were key predictors for substance use. Substance use prevalence without generalization to the population of Health care workers (HCWs) in this study shows a high prevalence of lifetime substance use (35.02, 29.17- 41.36) concurs with findings in a study in Machakos and Nairobi (Mokaya et al 2018). Alcohol had the highest lifetime prevalence rate (33%) Conclusion; Alcohol use among HCW had the highest prevalence with socio-demographic factors on gender, family and peer influence associated with substance use among health workers. The study findings suggest preventive interventions against substance use are required at family level and among peers. Further research is needed on substance abuse, dependence, reasons for substance use and how it affects health workers performanceen_US
dc.identifier.citationKolongei, T. K., Osero, J., & Gachau, A. (2020). Patterns And Correlates Of Substance Use: Cross Sectional Exploratory Study Among Health Care Workers In Bungoma County, Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-15770/v1
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25314
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherResearch Squareen_US
dc.subjectSubstance Useen_US
dc.subjectabuseen_US
dc.subjectdependenceen_US
dc.subjectpatternsen_US
dc.subjectcorrelatesen_US
dc.subjectlifetime useen_US
dc.titlePatterns and Correlates of Substance Use Cross Sectional Exploratory Study among Health Care Workers in Bungoma County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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