Table 3.
Supervision of CHW—who, what and when
| Supervision and location of teams | PN/EN clinic-based | PN/EN health post-based | EN clinic-based | |||
| 1A | 1B | 2A | 2B | 3A | 3B | |
| Who supervises and is supervised | ||||||
| PN supervisor | ||||||
| Age (years) | 65 | 72 | 66 | 59 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Years as nurse | 36 | >30 | 38 | 39 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Years in programme | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | n.a. | n.a. |
| EN supervisor | ||||||
| Number of JN in team | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mean age (years) | 43 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 36 | 31 |
| Mean years as nurse | 14 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Years in programme | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| CHW (supervisee) | ||||||
| Number of CHW in team | 16 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
| Mean age in years (range) | 38 (26–53) | 39 (25–47) | 34 (27–45) | 37 (26–51) | 42 (23–58) | 33 (23–54) |
| Mean years (range) as CHW | 7 (4–12) | 7 (3–16) | 7 (6–9) | 6 (3–12) | 10 (3–9) | 6 (5–17) |
| Formal training of CHWs | ||||||
| % CHW received phase I training | 91% | 93% | 100% | 90% | 5.6% | 16.7% |
| % CHW received phase II training | 91% | 21% | 100% | 46% | 0% | 0% |
| Supervision activities | ||||||
| Supervised home visits (day/week) | ||||||
| By professional nurse | n.o. | n.o. | 1 | Occasional | n.a. | n.a. |
| By enrolled nurse | 3 | 4–5 | 4–5 | s.s. | 4 | On request |
| On-the-job training | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n.o. | s.s. |
| Regular debriefing | Daily | n.o. | Daily | Weekly | s.s. | s.s. |
| Examining daily logs and registers | Yes | Yes | n.o. | Yes | n.o. | n.o. |
| Assisting in reporting | Yes | Yes | n.o. | Yes | n.o. | n.o. |
| Frequency of preparing reports | Weekly | Monthly | Monthly | Weekly | Weekly | Monthly |
| Resolving administrative matters | Yes | Yes | Yes | n.o. | n.o. | n.o. |
CHW, community health worker; n.a., not applicable; n.o., not observed and not indicated in other information sources; s.s., the activity was mentioned by a single source other than CHWs, but was not indicated in other data sources.