Table 1.
Health worker characteristics (Percent, 95% Confidence interval)
| Health workers with interview data (N) | Mwanza | Mbeya | Mtwara | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2012 | |
| 41 | 71 | 64 | 72 | 49 | 66 | 154 | 209 | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 25-34 | 15.1 (5.2, 36.9) | 34.3 (23.7, 46.8) | 29.2 (14.7, 49.7) | 31.7 (19.9, 46.3) | 10.5 (4.2, 23.7) | 21.4 (10.9, 37.7) | 20.7 (12.6, 32.0) | 30.6 (23.6, 38.7) |
| 35-44 | 32.5 (17.9, 51.6) | 15.7 (8.4, 27.4) | 19.8 (9.6, 36.5) | 9.2 (4.1, 19.5) | 23.7 (11.4, 43.0) | 19.6 (10.1, 34.6) | 24.7 (16.6, 35.2) | 14.5 (9.8, 20.9) |
| 45 and older | 52.4 (34.4, 69.8) | 50.0 (37.4, 62.5) | 51.0 (30.2, 71.3) | 59.1 (45.0, 71.9) | 65.8 (46.4, 81.1) | 59.0 (42.2, 73.9) | 54.7 (42.4, 66.4) | 55.1 (47.4, 62.6) |
| Male sex | 71.3 (51.9, 85.1) | 65.8 (54.4, 75.6) | 47.5 (27.6, 68.2) | 49.3 (34.9, 63.8) | 39.8 (23.3, 59.0) | 43.2 (26.9, 61.0) | 53.4 (40.8, 65.6) | 52.9 (45.2, 60.4) |
| Qualifications | ||||||||
| Medical or Clinical Officer | 55.8 (37.4, 72.8) | 70.1 (55.9, 81.2) | 41.9 (24.1, 62.1) | 40.9 (27.5, 55.8) | 54.9 (33.8, 74.4) | 36.3 (22.9, 52.1) | 49.1 (37.0, 61.4) | 52.7 (43.3, 61.8) |
| Nurse, midwife or assistant clinical officer | 39.3 (22.9, 58.5) | 27.2 (16.8, 40.9) | 28.7 (14.6, 48.4) | 46.8 (32.5, 61.7) | 36.5 (17.6, 60.7) | 50.5 (34.0, 66.9) | 33.7 (23.3, 46.1) | 39.0 (30.4, 48.4) |
| Assistant or attendant | 4.9 (1.0, 20.7) | 2.7 (0.7, 9.9) | 29.5 (10.6, 59.7) | 12.3 (6.1, 23.0) | 8.6 (3.0, 22.2) | 13.2 (6.1, 26.3) | 17.1 (7.1, 36.0) | 8.3 (5.2, 13.1) |
| Number of patients seen on a regular day | ||||||||
| 15 or less | 27.0 (13.7, 46.2) | 29.7 (17.9, 45.0) | 70.9 (54.0, 83.5) | 49.9 (35.5, 64.2) | 31.3 (16.8, 50.6) | 23.3 (12.8, 38.8) | 48.3 (36.4, 60.5) | 34.8 (26.6, 43.9) |
| 16-30 | 50.5 (32.7, 68.1) | 53.6 (40.2, 66.5) | 25.3 (14.1, 41.2) | 38.3 (25.6, 52.9) | 63.2 (43.6, 79.2) | 64.0 (47.8, 77.5) | 41.6 (30.7, 53.3) | 51.1 (42.7, 59.5) |
| More than 30 | 22.5 (11.5, 39.6) | 16.7 (6.6, 36.2) | 3.8 (1.6, 8.9) | 11.8 (5.8, 22.6) | 5.6 (1.5, 18.9) | 12.7 (6.0, 24.8) | 10.1 (6.0, 16.6) | 14.1 (8.3, 23.2) |
| Attended formal training on ACTs in the last 5 years | 70.3 (51.4, 84.2) | 47.3 (34.7, 60.2) | 40.2 (23.2, 60.0) | 61.1 (47.1, 73.4) | 77.1 (60.9, 88.0) | 73.6 (55.1, 86.3) | 57.8 (44.6, 70.0) | 58.0 (49.5, 66.0) |
| Attended formal training on how to use mRDTs in the last 5 years* | 8.1 (2.3, 25.9) | 49.3 (33.6, 65.2) | 3.8 (0.7, 18.4) | 58.8 (44.5, 71.7) | 9.8 (3.6, 24.4) | 79.0 (60.0, 90.5) | 6.5 (3.0, 13.5) | 59.4 (49.4, 68.7) |
| Received supervision on ACTs in the last six months | 31.8 (17.5, 50.6) | 30.8 (20.0, 44.2) | 19.1 (9.8, 33.9) | 29.1 (18.0, 43.4) | 48.2 (29.1, 67.9) | 19.2 (10.1, 33.3) | 29.5 (20.9, 39.8) | 27.5 (20.7, 35.5) |
| Reported having ACT job aid in consultation room | 78.4 (59.3, 90.1) | 62.2 (49.3, 73.6) | 64.1 (37.7, 84,1) | 66.4 (52.5, 78.0) | 88.6 (74.2, 95.4) | 77.7 (63.3, 87.6) | 74.0 (58.0, 85.4) | 67.3 (59.5, 74.3) |
| Correctly identified correct dosage regimen of ACT for a 10 kg child | 65.9 (47.4, 80.6) | 92.7 (83.6, 96.9) | 81.9 (66.4, 91.2) | 92.0 (81.4, 96.8) | 87.1 (71.2, 94.8) | 90.9 (79.3, 96.3) | 77.9 (68.3, 85.3) | 92.0 (86.9, 95.2) |
| Correctly identified correct dosage regimen of ACT for an adult | 96.0 (75.7, 99.5) | 98.5 (89.5, 99.8) | 100.0 | 98.4 (89.4, 99.8) | 100.0 | 90.0 (63.6, 97.9) | 98.7 (91.2, 99.8) | 96.4 (89.2, 98.9) |
*
Includes formal training on ACTs where health workers were taught how to use mRDTs.