Table 3.

Exposure of participant to rural health facilities, the capacity or context in which participant got the exposure, overall perception of the rural health facilities and exposure to urban health facilities

Exposure to rural health facilities	Number and percentage
Has ever been exposed to rural health facilities
Yes	48 (44.0)
No	48 (44.0)
No response	11 (11.9)
Role or context of this experience or exposure (n = 48)
As patient	24 (50.0)
As healthcare provider	7 (14.6)
As patient caretaker	5 (10.4)
Patient caretaker or patient	12 (25.0)
Other context in which you were exposed to rural health facility other than related to healthcare seeking
Visitor to the facility	12 (11.0)
Non-medical service provision (support supervision, counselor, planning visit, auditor)	7 (6.4)
Perception of rural health facilities (n = 107)
Understaffing	10 (9.2)
Poor service or poor facilities	35 (32.1)
Health workers are rude, absent, have poor ethics	11 (10.1)
No comment	53 (48.6)
Participants with prior exposure to urban facilities	13 (11.9)
Ready for training in a rural area	80 (74.7) 27 (25.3)