TABLE 2. Categories and Frequency of Text Messages Posted to the WhatsApp Learning Group by Supervision Objective, Kibera and Makueni, Kenya, August 19, 2014 – March 1, 2015.
Supervision Objective | Categories of Posts | No. of Posts | % of All Posts (N = 1,400)a |
---|---|---|---|
Supportive environment | Encouragement and praise | 906 | 64.7% |
Greetings | |||
Inspiration | |||
Kibera-Makueni exchange | |||
Moral support | |||
Mutual learning | |||
Religion | |||
Thanks | |||
Communication and information | Evidence | 467 | 33.4% |
Job offers and professional development | |||
Logistics and planning | |||
Reporting | |||
Requesting information | |||
Training | |||
Quality assurance | Follow-up | 266 | 19.0% |
Health education | |||
Household visits | |||
Referral | |||
Reprimand | |||
Any supervision objective | Any of the above codes | 1,227b | 87.6%b |
Denominator includes all posts except those containing photos or other media.
More than 1 code may be assigned to any 1 post, so percentages will not total to 100%.