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Table 2 Characteristics of health workers enrolled in health facilities where ANC observations took place (number (%) unless otherwise specified)

From: Effectiveness of the delivery of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Kenya

Health facility

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Overall

Number of staff interviewed

16

8

3

16

7

5

2

9

12

78

Number female

9 (56.3)

3 (37.5)

3 (100.0)

11 (68.8)

4 (57.1)

4 (80.0)

2 (100.0)

3 (33.3)

9 (75.0)

48 (61.5)

Mean age in years (SD)

29 (8)

34 (8)

34 (8)

31 (7)

34 (11)

34 (11)

38 (5)

37 (11)

34 (10)

33 (9)

Number resident in the district

3 (18.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (33.3)

4 (25.0)

1 (14.3)

1 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (66.7)

3 (25.0)

21 (25.6)

Number from district

4 (25.0)

1 (12.5)

1 (33.3)

1 (43.8)

3 (42.9)

1 (20.0)

1 (50.0)

6 (66.7)

4 (33.3)

31 (37.8)

Ethnicity 

 Luo

6 (46.2)

5 (62.5)

3 (100.0)

14 (93.3)

6 (85.7)

2 (40.0)

2 (100.0)

8 (88.9)

7 (58.3)

53 (71.6)

 Luyha

4 (30.8)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 (11.1)

2 (16.7)

7 (9.5)

 Kalenjin

1 (7.7)

2 (25.0)

0

1 (6.7)

0

1 (20.0)

0

0

3 (25.0)

8 (10.8)

 Kisi

2 (15.4)

1 (12.5)

0

0

1 (14.3)

1 (20.0)

0

0

0

5 (6.8)

 Other

0

0

0

0

0

1 (20.0)

0

0

0

1 (1.4)

Mean years in health facility (SD)

0 (1)

2 (3)

3 (5)

2 (2)

3 (3)

0 (0)

4 (2)

7 (7)

3 (3)

2 (4)

Number working in other departments

15 (93.8)

7 (87.5)

2 (66.7)

12 (80.0)

6 (85.7)

4 (80.0)

2 (100.0)

9 (100.0)

11 (91.7)

72 (88.9)

Highest qualifications 

 Medical or clinical officers

3

2

0

3

1

1

0

0

1

11

 Pharmacist

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

 Registered nurse/midwife

2

2

2

4

4

3

0

0

4

21

 Enrolled nurse/midwife

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

3

6

 Nurse aid

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

 Laboratory technician

1

1

0

2

1

0

0

2

1

8

 Student

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

8

 Other

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

5

0

9

Number with FANC training in last 5 years

4 (25.0)

1 (12.5)

1 (33.3)

1 (6.25)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (11.1)

2 (16.7)

10 (12.2)

Number with PMTCT training in last 5 years

6 (37.5)

4 (50.0)

2 (66.7)

10 (62.5)

3 (42.9)

2 (40.0)

1 (50.0)

7 (77.8)

6 (50.0)

41 (50.0)

Number with MiP in training last 5 years

3 (8.8)

3 (37.5)

1 (33.3)

2 (12.5)

1 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (2.2)

1 (9.3)

15 (15.9)

  1. FANC focused antenatal care, MiP malaria in pregnancy, PMTCT prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV, SD standard deviation