TABLE 1. Characteristics of Health Care Providers in 4 Districts of Gujarat, India.
| ASHAs (n=165) | AWWs (n=165) | ANMs (n=66) | MOs (n=33) | PPs (n=190) | |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 29.4 (6.4) | 39 (8.2) | 39.6 (9.3) | 34.3 (7.4) | 43.2 (13.8) |
| Female, No. (%) | 165 (100) | 165 (100) | 66 (100) | 6 (18.2) | 5 (2.6) |
| Years of education, mean (range) | 10 (4, 17) | 10 (4, 17) | 12 (10, 19) | NAa | 16 (9, 22) |
| Years practicing in current position, median (range) | 3 (1, 18) | 13 (1, 32) | 19 (1, 28) | 3 (1,24) | 10 (1, 45) |
| Providers who have received training/drug-detailing visits for diarrhea treatment in last 6 months, No. (%) | 138 (83.6) | 144 (87.3) | 55 (83.3) | 29 (87.9) | 168 (88.4) |
| Providers who had any zinc in stock, No. (%) | 93 (56.4) | 81 (49.1) | 42 (66.7) | 21 (63.6) | 69 (36.3) |
| Providers who had any ORS in stock, No. (%) | 108 (65.5) | 94 (57.0) | 51 (77.3) | 31 (93.9) | 105 (55.3) |
Abbreviations: ASHAs, Accredited Social Health Activists; AWWs, Anganwadi workers; ANMs, accredited nurse-midwives; MOs, medical officers; ORS, oral rehydration salts; PPs, private providers; SD, standard deviation.
a
All MOs were trained physicians who had passed their medical examinations successfully.