TABLE 1.
Number | Years living in the community | Years as a community health worker | Age | Type of work | Family |
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1 | 37 | 7 | 37 | Follow up on TB and HIV patients | Single mother of three kids |
2 | 20 | 5 | 31 | Seniors BP monitoring, exercise and health talks | Single mother with one child |
3 | 4 | 1 | 50 | Assist elderly patients with ADL | Single mother with two children |
4 | 12 | 6 | 42 | Assist patients with ADL and at senior clubs do BP readings and sugar testing | Married mother with two children |
5 | 23 | 7 | 23 | Follow up on TB and HIV patients and breast-feeding counselling | Single mother with two children |
6 | 10 | 3 | 46 | Home-based care and TB and HIV follow ups | Widowed mother with one child. |
7 | 20 | 5 | 52 | Home visits and follow up on HIV patients | Divorced mother of three and grandmother of 5 children |
8 | 11 | 4 | 42 | Work with patients who have TB, HIV and diabetes | Single female |
9 | 24 | 3 | 54 | Follow up and home visits of HIV patients | Divorced mother of three and grandmother of three |
10 | 7 | 5 | 39 | Adherence support for TB and HIV patients | Married mother with two children |
11 | 8 | 2 | 67 | Home assessments (BP etc.) | Married father with children |
12 | 56 | 1 | 56 | Home visits, massage, medication | Married mother with 8 children and grandmother of 6 |
13 | 27 | 7 | 43 | Manage CHWs | Single mother with one child |
14 | 34 | 4 | 34 | TB and HIV care | Single male without children |
15 | 30 | 18 | 32 | TB and HIV care and administration | Married father with two children |
CHW, community health workers; TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; BP, blood pressure; ADL, activities of daily living.