Table 6.

Tasks rated as highly critical that HEWS did not learn during pre-service education (N = 82)

	Percent of providers who rated the task as:
Priority tasks	High criticality %	Learned during in-service or on the job training %	Never trained at all %
Establish and demonstrate community-appropriate sanitation technologies	89.1	53.6	4.9
Establish and maintain occupational health safety management system	84.1	52.5	6.1
Conduct community diagnosis of communicable disease	92.7	50.0	3.7
Manage supplies stocks and maintenance at facility	86.6	53.6	11.0
Diagnose and treat minor uncomplicated diseases	84.1	53.6	3.7
Prevent and control non-communicable diseases	84.1	48.8	3.7
Counsel, test & refer mothers for PMTCT	82.6	52.5	2.4
Provide Integrated Management of Newborn and Child Illness (IMNCI)	90.2	52.4	22.0
Provide institutional clean and safe delivery services	90.2	48.8	15.9
Provide essential newborn care services	89.0	46.3	3.7
Provide Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM)	86.5	72.0	2.4
Manage cold chain system	84.1	50.0	8.5
Act as clinical preceptor, including facilitation of learning activities	87.8	64.6	4.9
Participate in research activities focusing on data management and reporting	80.4	54.9	11.0