Prevalence and determinants of heavy episodic drinking among adults in Kenya: analysis of the STEPwise survey, 2015

• Main Authors: Anne Kendagor (Author), Gladwell Gathecha (Author), Melau W Ntakuka (Author), Philip Nyakundi (Author), Samuel Gathere (Author), Dorcas Kiptui (Author), Hussein Abubakar (Author), Oren Ombiro (Author), Pamela Juma (Author), Christine Ngaruiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Globally, alcohol consumption contributes to 3.3 million deaths and 5.1% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), and its use is linked with more than 200 disease and injury conditions. Our study assessed the frequency and patterns of Heavy Episodic Drinking (HED) in Kenya. HED...