Community Intervention Strategies to Youth Alcoholism: A Case of Kinyago Village, Gatundu District, Kenya.

A. Gikandi
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The intensity of alcohol abuse in Kenya has been a major concern in recent years, more so affecting the youth. Alcoholism continues to affect many families in Kenya usually leaving entire families deeply divided. In many parts of central Kenya, alcoholism has been blamed on the decreasing birth rates. It is therefore evident that if this problem is not checked, the entire society will crumble. This study focused on the youth aged between ages 15-25 years and was carried out in Kinyago Village, Gatundu District, where the problem of youth alcoholism was noted as highly prevalent. The study set out to find out the extent to which alcoholism affects the productivity of the youth, and to understand how the youth cope with the challenges of alcoholism in Kinyago village, Gatundu District. Survey research design was used in this study. Simple random sampling was used to gather a total of 140 respondents. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from the youth and unstructured interviews collected data from the key informants. The raw data collected were processed using the SPSS statistical package; both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results indicated that the community and government were making attempts in mitigating the effects of alcoholism among the youth. Some of the methods used to curb youth alcoholism include police raids (21%), parents’ talks (16%), Youth fund (14%), chiefs’ barazas 13%, and games tournaments (5%) among others.
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青少年酗酒的社区干预策略:以肯尼亚加通杜区Kinyago村为例。
近年来,肯尼亚酗酒的严重程度一直是一个主要问题,对青年的影响更大。酗酒继续影响着肯尼亚的许多家庭,通常使整个家庭严重分裂。在肯尼亚中部的许多地区,酗酒被认为是出生率下降的原因。因此,很明显,如果这个问题不加以制止,整个社会将会崩溃。这项研究的重点是年龄在15-25岁之间的青年,在加通都区基尼亚戈村进行,那里的青年酗酒问题非常普遍。这项研究的目的是查明酗酒对青年生产力的影响程度,并了解加通杜区Kinyago村的青年如何应对酗酒带来的挑战。本研究采用调查研究设计。采用简单随机抽样,共收集140名受访者。采用结构化问卷收集青少年的数据,采用非结构化访谈收集关键线人的数据。收集的原始数据使用SPSS统计软件包进行处理;采用描述性统计和推断性统计对数据进行分析。结果表明,社区和政府正在努力减轻酗酒对青年的影响。一些用来遏制青少年酗酒的方法包括警察突袭(21%)、父母谈话(16%)、青年基金(14%)、酋长barazas(13%)和游戏锦标赛(5%)等。
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