Table 1 Characteristics of care givers and health workers
Characteristics of the study populations | |||||||||
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DRC | Nigeria | Uganda | |||||||
PRE-RAS 2018 | POST-RAS 2019 | POST-RAS 2020 | PRE-RAS 2018 | POST-RAS 2019 | POST-RAS 2020 | PRE-RAS 2018 | POST-RAS 2019 | POST-RAS 2020 | |
Household survey—caregiver characteristics | |||||||||
(N = 926) | (N = 947) | (N = 597) | (N = 1018) | (N = 1386) | (N = 1399) | (N = 1019) | (N = 1020) | (N = 1020) | |
Age (mean, SD) | 34.5 (13.0) | 30.5 (11.0) | 30.5 (9.3) | 30.1 (14.8) | 29.9 (14.6) | 30.1 (15.34) | 30.9 (10.9) | 31.2 (11.6) | 30.9 (11.6) |
Sex (female) | n/a | 89.6 | 76.8 | n/a | 54.7 | 54.1 | 85.7 | 80.3 | 77.1 |
Health care provider survey—community health worker (chw) characteristics | |||||||||
n = 28 | n = 42 | n = 31 | n = 40 | n = 40 | n = 40 | n = 40 | n = 40 | n = 40 | |
Age (mean, SD) | 45.0 (10.6) | 45.3 (10.4) | 46.8 (9.2) | 31.8 (7.0) | 32.9 (8.5) | 33.4 (7.7) | 40.8 (10.7) | 40.5 (8.9) | 42.6 (9.7) |
Sex (female) | 10.7 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 22.5 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 32.5 | 25.0 | 47.9 |
Number of years as health worker: mean (SD) | 7.8 (5.1) | 8.3 (6.7) | 7.8 (5.6) | 2.9 (1.1) | 3.9 (1.7) | 4.5 (1.4) | 10.0 (6.2) | 11.1 (5.0) | 11.1 (5.5) |
Health care provider survey—primary health centre (PHC) staff characteristics | |||||||||
n = 65 | n = 71 | n = 37 | n = 37 | n = 55 | n = 49 | n = 41 | n = 59 | n = 53 | |
Age (mean, SD) | 44.0 (10.5) | 44.1 (10.9) | 43.9 (9.4) | 40.2 (6.7) | 42.8 (10.2) | 39.9 (10.5) | 34.8 (8.0) | 36.9 (8.2) | 36.9 (8.2) |
Sex (female) | 21.4 | 21.1 | 26.9 | n/a | 32.1 | 39.0 | 61.8 | 53.1 | 53.1 |
Number of years as health worker: mean (SD) | 14.1 (9.1) | 12.6 (15.1) | 15.0 (9.9) | 11.8 (6.7 | 16.7 (10.7) | 12.2 (9.4) | 9.1 (6.0) | 11.6 (7.6) | 11.6 (7.6) |