Table 6.
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Collaborating sector |
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Antenatal care |
Child health care |
Dental services |
Open pre-schools |
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Large or very large extent of collaboration (%) | Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test | Large or very large extent of collaboration (%) | Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test | Large or very large extent of collaboration (%) | Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test | Large or very large extent of collaboration (%) | Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test | |||||
Professionals reporting collaboration |
Pre |
Post |
p-value |
Pre |
Post |
p-value |
Pre |
Post |
p-value |
Pre |
Post |
p-value |
Midwives |
- |
- |
- |
91 |
86 |
.132 |
5 |
41 |
.000 |
32 |
55 |
.019 |
Child health nurses |
85 |
89 |
.059 |
- |
- |
- |
31 |
76 |
.000 |
56 |
62 |
.298 |
Dental hygienists/dental nurses |
19 |
63 |
.000 |
35 |
84 |
.001 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
37 |
.015 |
Open pre-school teachers | 35 | 55 | .032 | 55 | 70 | .272 | 10 | 60 | .002 | - | - | - |
1Question: ‘To what extent do you collaborate with professionals in following sectors?’ Response alternatives: ‘not at all’, ‘to a very small extent’, to a relatively small extent”, ‘to a large extent’ and ‘to a very large extent’.
Significant p-values (p≤.01) are presented in bold font.