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    COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS i IN REDUCING ALCOHOL ABUSE IN KAPSABET WARD, NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
    (2020-07) Kiprono Mathew Rotich
    There are many icasesiof idomestic iand iotheriformsiof iviolence iattributed ito ialcohol iand idrugs iin iNandi iCounty ibut imost iare inot idocumented. iThe ipurpose iof ithe istudy iwas ito iassess ithe ieffectioficommunityiintervention imethodsiinireducingialcoholiabuse iin iKapsabetiward, iNandi iCounty. iThe istudy ievaluated ithe ieffect iof icommunity-advocacy icampaigns, ipeaceful idemonstrations, iand ifamily-based iinterventions iagainst ialcohol iabuse iin iKapsabet iWard i– iNandi iCounty. iThis istudy iused iquantitative iexploratory idescriptive iresearch idesign. iThe itarget ipopulation iof ithe istudy iwas i35,962 ithat icomprised i185 iCommunity ileaders, i214 ireligious ileaders, i289 isocio-economic igroup ileaders, iand i35,274 icommunity imembers. iThe isample isizeiofi380irespondentsiwasiestablishediusingiKrejcie i&iMorgani(1970)imethodology. iProportionate istratified irandom isampling iwas iused iand ifurther iconvenience isampling iwas iused ito iidentify ispecific irespondentsiforiinterviews. iThisistudy iused iquestionnairesiand ikey iiinformant iinterviews ito icollect iprimary idata. iThe istudy iapplied idescriptive istatistics ithat iincluded imean, ifrequencies iand ipercentages igenerated iusing iSPSS isoftware iand iexcel iprograms. iQualitative idata iwas ianalyzed ithematically. iPresentation iof ifindings iwas idone iusing ibie-charts, itables iand ifigures. iThe ifindings ishowed ithat ithe icommunity-advocacy icampaigns ihas ia ipositive iand istatistically isignificant i(r=0.868; ip<0.05) ieffect ion ireducing ialcohol iabuse iamong ithe icommunity imembers iin iKapsabet iward, ithe ieffect iof ipeaceful idemonstrationsihasia ipositive iandistatisticallyisignificanti(r=0.810;ip<0.05)ieffectionireducing ialcohol iabuse iand ideaths iamong imembers iof ithe icommunity, ithe ieffect iof ireligion ias ian iinterventioniagainstialcoholiabuse ihasia ipositiveiandistatisticallyisignificanti(r=0.853;ip<0.05) i ieffect ion ireducing ialcohol iabuse iand ideathsiamong imembersiof ithe icommunity iand ifamilyibased iintervention ihas ia ipositive iand istatistically isignificant i(r=0.817; ip<0.05 ieffect ion ireducing ialcohol iabuse iin ithe icommunity. iThis iimplies ithat ifamily- ibased iintervention icontribute igreatly ito ithe iextent ito iwhich ialcohol iconsumption ican ibe ireduced. iIn iconclusion ithe ipoliciesiregarding ilocal ibrewing iare idisregarded iby imany ibrewersibecause ithey icontinue ibrewingichangaaiandibusaaieveryiday. iThereiareilowianti-alcoholicampaignsidoneionipeaceful idemonstrationsiagainst ialcohol iabuse. iReligiousileadersiare iclose imentorsito imany ipeople iin ithe isociety iand itherefore iit iisitheir iduty ito icriticize iand icondemn ithe iuse iof ialcohol iand idrug isubstance. iFurther iparentsiare ialwaysinumberione irole imodelsito itheir ichildren iand itherefore itheir ichampioning iin idemonstration ins iagainst ialcohol iabuse iwill ileave itheir ichildren iand iyouths iliving ithe isame ilifestyle. iThe istudy irecommends ithat ithe icounty igovernment ishould iput imore ipressure ion ifollow-ups iagainst ilaw ibreakers iwho icontinue ito ibrew ibusaa iand ichangaa. iThe icounty igovernment ishould iintroduce iregular ianti-alcohol icampaigns idone iby ivarious iorganizations iagainst iexcessive iuse iof ialcohol. iReligious ileaders ishould ilead iby iexample iand ilive ia iChristian ilife ibecause imany iyoung iand iold ipeople iin ithe isociety iuse ithem iasithe irole imodels. iAnd ifinallyiparentsiare irecommended ito ishare imore iinsightsion ithe iuse iof ialcohol iwith itheir ichildren. iThey ishould ibe iopen ito icommunicate iwith ichildren iand iclarify iexpectationsiregardingialcoholiuseiatitheifamilyisetiup.