Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of focus group participants: traditional birth attendants and auxiliary nurses.
| Focus groups | Spanish-speaking TBA<10 years of experience | Spanish-speaking TBA>10 years of experience | Mam-speaking TBA>10 years of experience Group I | Mam-speaking TBA>10 years of experience Group II | Auxiliary nurses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n=39 | n=5 | n=10 | n=7 | n=8 | n=9 |
| Age (years) (SD, standard deviation) | 44.8±5.8 | 58.5±14.5 | 62.9±13.9 | 53.4±9.1 | 28.9±5.2 |
| Education (years) | |||||
| None (%) | 20 | 20 | 86 | 88 | 0 |
| 1–6 (%) | 40 | 80 | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 7–9 (%) | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10+ (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| No. of years working, SD | 6.2±2.9 | 28.9±10.7 | 31.5±17. 1 | 25.9±11.1 | 5.04±3.9 |
| Spanish-speaking only (%) | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Mam-speaking only (%) | 0 | 0 | 100 | 88 | 0 |
| Spanish and Mam-speaking (%) | 20 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 45 |
| No. of pregnant women under care in the past 6 months, SD | 9.6±6.5 | 8.3±10.2 | 8.7±8.7 | 10.6±13.7 | 66.2±58.9* |
| No. of births attended in the past 6 months, SD | 7.0±7.7 | 7.0±10.6 | 9.14±7.0 | 10.6±15.4 | 4.7±4.9 |
*
The total number of pregnancies for one out of the nine nurses who worked at the regional health centre was very high and was omitted when calculating the average and standard deviation.