Perceptions and drivers of healthcare provider and drug dispenser practices for the treatment of malaria in pregnancy in the context of multiple first-line therapies in western Kenya: a qualitative study

Osoro, Caroline B.; Dellicour, Stephanie; Ochodo, Eleanor; Young, Taryn; ter Kuile, Feiko O.; Gutman, Julie R.; Hill, Jenny

doi:10.1186/s12936-023-04698-w

Table 1 Characteristics of health facilities and drug outlet respondents

From: Perceptions and drivers of healthcare provider and drug dispenser practices for the treatment of malaria in pregnancy in the context of multiple first-line therapies in western Kenya: a qualitative study

Facility type	Facility	Number of respondents	Gender	Cadre	Qualification	Time of service in the facility	MiMBa Pregnancy registry study site	Multiple first line antimalarial project site	Both MiMBa registry and multiple first-line project
Health facilities
Private-run	Facility 1	1	Male	Pharmacist	Diploma	Less than a month	×	×	×
	Facility 2	1	Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	1.5 years	√	×	×
	Facility 3	1	Female	Nurse-in charge	Degree	1 year	×	×	×
	Facility 4	1	Male	Nurse	Diploma	3 months	√	×	×
Faith-based	Facility 5	1	Male	Clinical officer	Diploma	6 years	×	√	×
	Facility 6	3	Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	2 months	√	√	√
			Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	7 months	√	√	√
			Female	Nurse	Diploma	9 months	√	√	√
Government-run	Facility 7	2	Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	7 years	√	√	√
			Male	Clinical officer	Diploma	6 years	√	√	√
	Facility 8	1	Female	Nurse	Diploma	4 years	√	√	√
	Facility 9	1	Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	1.5 years	√	√	√
	Facility 10	1	Male	Clinical officer	Degree	–	√	√	√
	Facility 11	4	Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	2 years	√	√	√
			Male	Clinical officer-in charge	Diploma	3.5 years	√	√	√
			Male	Pharmacist	Diploma	2 years	√	√	√
			Female	Clinical officer	Diploma	2 years	√	√	√
	Facility 12	1	Female	Clinical officer-in charge	Diploma	4 years	√	√	√
	Facility 13	1	Male	Nurse-in charge	Diploma	4 years	√	√	√
	Facility 14	2	Male	Pharmacist	Diploma	3 years	√	√	√
			Male	Clinical officer-in charge	Diploma	5 years	√	√	√
Subtotal		21
Drug outlets	Drug outlet 1	1	Male	Nurse aid	Certificate	10 years	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 2	1	Female	Pharmacist	Diploma	2 months	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 3	1	Female	Nurse	Diploma	6 months	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 4	2	Female	Pharmacist	Diploma	1 year	×	×	×
			Female	Pharmacy assistant	High school leaver	10 months	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 5	1	Female	Salesperson	Diploma in education	1 month	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 6	1	Male	Clinical officer	Diploma	2 years	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 7	1	Male	Nurse	Diploma	2 years	×	×	×
	Drug outlet 8	1	Male	Pharmacist	Diploma	10 years	×	×	×
Subtotal		9
Health managers
	County health management team	1			Degree	2 years
	Sub-county health management team	2			Diploma	5 years
					Higher diploma	8 years
Subtotal		3
Total		33

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