Table 1 . Health workers’ characteristics by course and fourth monitoring visit .
| IMCI course length | Trained at baseline | 4 th monitoring visit | ||
| 7-Day | 11-Day | 7-Day | 11-Day | |
| Planned visit | - | - | 32 | 32 |
| Actual visit | 0 | 0 | 31.8 (31.3, 32.4) | 31.3 (30.4, 32.4) |
| Health worker type | N (%)* | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Medical doctor | ||||
| Male | 6 (100.0) | 9 (90.0) | 5 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) |
| Female | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Total | 6 (19.4)† | 10 (32.2)† | 5 (20.0)† | 7 (29.2)† |
| Midwife | ||||
| Male | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Female | 14 (100.0) | 12 (100.0) | 11 (100.0) | 9 (100.0) |
| Total | 14 (45.2)† | 12 (38.7)† | 11 (44.0)† | 9 (37.5)† |
| Nurse | ||||
| Male | 9 (81.8) | 7 (77.8) | 7 (77.8) | 6 (75.0) |
| Female | 2 (18.2) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (25.0) |
| Total | 11 (35.5)† | 9 (29.0)† | 9 (36.0)† | 8 (33.3)† |
| Gender of trainee | ||||
| Male | 15 (48.4) | 16 (51.6) | 12 (48.0) | 13 (54.2) |
| Female | 16 (51.6) | 15 (48.4) | 13 (52.0) | 11 (45.8) |
| Health workers with previous IMCI training | 2 (6.5) | 3 (9.7) | -‡ | -‡ |
| Type of health centre where trainee worked | ||||
| Basic Health Center | 15 (48.4) | 13 (41.9) | 11 (44.0) | 11 (45.8) |
| Comprehensive Health Center | 16 (51.6) | 18 (58.1) | 14 (56.0) | 13 (54.2) |
| Total | 31 (100) | 31 (100) | 25 (80.6)## | 24 (77.4)## |
IMCI= Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
*Percentages may not add to one hundred due to rounding.
†Percentages of health worker type in each course group at baseline or at 4th monitoring visit
‡Lostto follow-up due to attrition
##Percentage of those trained at baseline who were observed during the 4thmonitoring visit.