Healthcare provider and drug dispenser knowledge and adherence to guidelines for the case management of malaria in pregnancy in the context of multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapy in western Kenya

Table 2 Healthcare provider/drug dispenser characteristics by facility type

	Overall		Health facilities		Drug outlets
Characteristics	N = 174	%	N = 134	%	N = 40	%
Age in years- Mean (SD)	32.9 (7.6)		32.7 (7.0)		33.6 (9.6)
Sex (Male)	97	56	70	52	27	68
Length of service in the current position
A year or less	66	38	54	40	12	30
More than a year and up to five years	86	49	67	50	19	48
More than five and up to ten years	14	8	8	6	6	15
More than 10 years	8	5	5	4	3	7
Respondent cadre
Clinical Officer	52	30	49	37	3	8
Enrolled Nurse	7	4	6	4	1	2
Registered Nurse	56	32	52	39	4	10
Pharmacist/Pharmaceutical Technician	45	26	21	16	24	60
CHV/other*	14	8	6	4	8	20
Level of Education/Certification
Primary School	1	1	0	0	1	2
Secondary School	13	8	6	5	7	18
Tertiary School/ higher education	160	92	128	96	32	80
Clinical Officer	49	28	46	34	3	8
Registered Midwife/Nurse (3-year diploma)	53	30	50	37	3	7
Enrolled Midwife/Nurse (2-year certificate)	9	5	8	6	1	2
Pharmacist	11	6	5	4	6	15
Other*	38	22	19	14	19	48
Facility type
Hospital	19	11	19	14	–	–
Health center	70	40	70	52	–	–
Dispensary	45	26	44	34	–	–
Registered pharmacy	35	20	–	–	35	88
Non-pharmacy drug store	5	3	–	–	5	12
Facility managing authority
Government	72	41	72	54	–	–
Mission	10	6	10	7	–	–
Private	92	53	52	39	40	100
Participating in MFT** project and/or MiMBa study	97	56	97	72	0	0

*CHV- community health volunteer, ‘other’ included peer mentor mother, teacher, businessperson, receptionist, laboratory technologists.
**MFT- Multiple first-line therapies

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