Table 1.

Sample characteristics

Attribute	Category	Percentage	Number
Age	<20 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+	0% 38% 29% 18% 13%	0 18 13 8 5
Gender	Female Male	51% 49%	23 21
Profession	Clinical Officer Doctor Environmental Health Technologist (EHT) Midwife Nurse Pharmacist Other	11% <5% <5% 14% 40% <5% 13%	5 - - 6 18 - 6
Education	Secondary school only Professional certificate/diploma Bachelor’s degree Missing	11% 75% <10% <5%	5 33 <5 <5
District	Chibombo Gwembe	49% 51%	21 23

Cell counts less than five have been suppressed to protect the anonymity of participants. “Other” included laboratory technicians and assistants, pharmacy technicians, nutritionists, physiotherapists, and radiographers, all of whom would have at least some face-to-face interactions with patients.