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Table 3 Household health indicator data of HIV+ farmers enrolled in Shamba Maisha and their households at 12 months in Kisumu, Kenya.

From: Shamba Maisha: A pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patients

Variable

Number (%)

Child Dependants per household, mean ± SD

3.0 ± 1.7

Total child dependents

79

Diseases in the past month

N = 167*

   Fever

33 (20%)

   Respiratory illness

35 (21%)

   Diarrhea

6 (3%)

   Malaria

43 (26%)

   Other illness

15 (9%)

   Missed school

25 (15%)

Source of Food for household

N = 29

   Farm

16 (55%)

   Purchase

13 (45%)

Food Insecurity for household

N = 29

   Food By Prescription

3 (10%)

   Boil water

19 (65%)

   Days with no food in past month

5 (17%)

   If yes how many days (mean)

1.4

   Average meat meals/wk

2.5

   Average vegetable meals/wk

10.4

  1. * The total number of people including enrolled subject and those designated as part of their family unit at baseline.