Abstract
Introduction Despite documentation on injection drug use (IDU) in Kenya, the nutritional status of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) is under-explored. Elsewhere studies report under-nutrition among PWIDs which is attributed to food insecurity; competing priorities between drugs and food supply; chaotic lifestyle; reduced food intake; substance use induced malnutrition due to inflammation and comorbidities.
Methods This was a cross-sectional study that sought to assess the nutritional status of PWIDs in Coastal Kenya. We recruited 752 participants of whom 371(49%) were on IDUs and 75 non-IDUs and 306 non-drug users using respondent driven sampling, traditional snowball, makeshift outreach and purposive sampling methods.
Results More than one half of the participants (56%) had BMI classified as normal while 35% had BMI
<div>Ngari, < (2024). Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/nutritional-status-of-people-who-inject-drugs-in-coastal-kenya-a-cross-sectional-study
<div>Ngari, <div>Budambula "Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2024, https://track.afribary.com/works/nutritional-status-of-people-who-inject-drugs-in-coastal-kenya-a-cross-sectional-study. Accessed 02 Oct. 2024.
<div>Ngari, <div>Budambula . "Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Jun. 2024. Web. 02 Oct. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/nutritional-status-of-people-who-inject-drugs-in-coastal-kenya-a-cross-sectional-study >.
<div>Ngari, <div>Budambula . "Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study" Afribary (2024). Accessed October 02, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/nutritional-status-of-people-who-inject-drugs-in-coastal-kenya-a-cross-sectional-study