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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2021 Jun 16;40(Suppl 1):A30–A37. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.074

Table 1.

Demographics of the health workers, school health coordinators, village health workers, and community leaders surveyed for the HPV vaccination program feasibility and acceptability surveys, Zimbabwe, January–February 2020.

Health
workers*
(N = 56)
School health
coordinators*
(N = 55)
Village health
workers*
(N = 55)
Community
leaders*
(N = 55)
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Type of school
 Primary (Grade 1–7) 46 (84)
 Secondary (Form 1–5) 9 (16)
Gender
 Male 14 (25) 21 (38) 9 (16) 45 (82)
 Female 42 (75) 34 (62) 46 (84) 10 (18)
Age of respondent
 Under 25 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 25–34 7 (13) 4 (7) 5 (9) 1 (2)
 35–44 21 (38) 21 (38) 8 (15) 11 (20)
 45–54 23 (41) 23 (42) 32 (58) 21 (38)
 55 and over 5 (9) 7 (13) 10 (18) 22 (40)
Profession of respondent
 Primary Care Nurse 25 (45)
 Registered General Nurse (RGN) 20 (36)
 Nurse-in-charge/Sister-in-charge 4 (7)
 Community Health Nurse 4 (7)
 Other** 3 (5)
 School Health Coordinator/School Health Master 54 (98)
 School Administrator 1 (2)
 Village Health Worker 55 (100)
 Administrative representative (e.g. Councilor) 15 (30)
 Influential community member (e.g. lead mother in women’s group) 14 (28)
 Political community leader 10 (20)
 Health Center Committee (HCC) chairperson or member 8 (16)
 Religious community leader 3 (6)
*

Five health facilities in the initial sample were not visited by data collectors because they had closed or did not participate in the HPV vaccination program.

**

Other includes midwife, environmental health technician, and primary counselor.