_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: Peterson.warutere@yahoo.com; Journal of Scientific Research & Reports 4(3): 189-197, 2015; Article no.JSRR.2015.022 ISSN: 2320-0227 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Prevalence of Injuries among High School Students in Kieni West (District) in Nyeri County, Central Kenya P. N. Warutere 1* , J. Njenga 2 , J. T. Mailutha 3 , E. Gatebe 2 and E. Mwachiro 4 1 Department of Environmental Health, Kenyatta University, Kenya. 2 Department of Chemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya. 3 Department of Environmental Technology, Institute of Energy and Environment Technology, JKUAT, Kenya. 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author PNW designed the study, wrote the protocol, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors JN and EG managed the literature searches, while author JTM managed the Statistical analyses of the study while author EM managed the literature review and corroborated the discussion section. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2014/9760 Editor(s): (1) Leszek Labedzki, Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, Kujawsko-Pomorski Research Centre, Poland. Reviewers: (1) Nmor Jephtha Christopher, Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan. (2) Nuwadatta Subedi, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal. (3) Habib Noorbhai, Writing Centre, Centre for Higher Educational Development, University of Cape Town, South Africa. (4) Anonymous, Centre for Injury Prevention and Community Safety, Tanzania. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history.php?iid=712&id=22&aid=6488 Received 27 th February 2014 Accepted 26 th August 2014 Published 10 th October 2014 ABSTRACT Background: Injury among high school students has received disproportionately little attention as a public health concern in Kenya. Objective: To establish the prevalence of injuries occurring among high school students in Kieni West District, Nyeri County, Central Kenya. Methods: A Cross sectional study design was adopted where stratified random samples were recruited disproportionately to ensure adequate representation of most of segments of student population. Data was collected from 498 students (n = 294) girls and (n = 204) boys who were Original Research Article