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| Title |
Substance use among inmates at the Eldoret prison in Western Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-13-53 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniel WC Kinyanjui, Lukoye Atwoli |
| Abstract |
Criminal activity and social problems are recognized as important outcomes of substance use and abuse. Little research has been carried out on substance use among prison inmates in Kenya. General population surveys that have examined drug use usually omit this 'hidden' population which may offer insight into drug related morbidity and invaluable preventive measures. This study is set out to determine the lifetime prevalence and factors associated with substance use, including the most frequently used substances, among inmates at a government prison in Western Kenya. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Kenya | 2 | 33% |
| Egypt | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 132 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Researcher | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 26 | 20% |
| Unknown | 41 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 19% |
| Psychology | 16 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 47 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 March 2013.
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#7,367,428
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Outputs from BMC Psychiatry
#2,417
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Outputs of similar age
#86,435
of 287,582 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychiatry
#49
of 99 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,696,971 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,641 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.8. This one is in the 47th percentile – i.e., 47% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 99 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 47th percentile – i.e., 47% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.