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Table 3 Relationship between health workers’ age/cadre and their practice of M&E of malaria control interventions

From: How do health workers perceive and practice monitoring and evaluation of malaria control interventions in South-east Nigeria?

Practice variables and questions asked

Overall totals n (%)

Age categories

Cadres of health workers

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

x2(p-value)

EHO (N=9)

CHEW (N=81)

Nurse/ midwife (N=94)

Others (N=29)

x2(p-value)

Data collection

What do you use to keep records?

           

• Exercise book

21 (9.9)

1(11.1)

4(7.4)

10(9.5)

3(8.6)

0.27(0.97)

3 (33.3)

11(13.6)

6(6.4)

29 (100)

9.42 (0.02)

• Any available paper

5 (2.3)

0

0

2(1.9)

2(5.7)

3.94(0.27)

1(11.1)

1(1.2)

2(2.1)

1(3.4)

3.57 (0.31)

• Health facility M&E forms

200 (93.9)

7 (77.8)

53 (98.1)

95 (90.5)

33 (94.2)

3.89(0.27)

9 (100)

72 (88.8)

91 (96.8)

28 (96.6)

5.93 (0.12)

• Any available form

6 (2.8)

0

1(1.9)

1(1.0)

3(8.6)

7.06(0.07)

0

1(1.2)

3(3.2)

2(6.9)

2.77 (0.43)

What do you do with all the records you collect in a month?

           

• Put the records in my drawer

19 (8.9)

0

6(11.1)

7(6.7)

3(8.6)

1.82(0.61)

1(11.1)

9(11.2)

8(8.5)

1(3.4)

1.67 (0.64)

• Summarize the cases to get a total

199 (93.4)

9 (100)

50 (92.6)

98 (93.3)

33 (94.2)

0.70(0.87)

9 (100)

75 (92.5)

87 (92.6)

28 (96.6)

1.32 (0.73)

• Discard them, since the month has ended

2 (0.9)

0

0

1(1.0)

0

0.91(0.82)

0

0

2

0

2.54(0.47)

• Take them to my house for safe keeping

0 (0.0)

0

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

0

-

Data transmission - At the end of the month when you have put together all the malaria cases, what do you do with the forms?

• Wait for the LGA malaria focal person to come for them

1 (0.5)

0

0

1(1.0)

0

0.91 (0.82)

0

0

0

1(3.4)

6.34(0.1)

• Keep them with me till they are requested for

3 (1.4)

0

0

0

3(8.6)

14.69 (0.002)

0

1(1.2)

2(2.1)

0

0.90 (0.83)

• Send it to the LGA malaria focal person

204 (95.8)

9 (100)

53 (98.1)

101 (96.2)

31 (88.5)

5.41 (0.14)

8 (88.9)

78 (96.2)

92 (97.9)

26 (89.7)

4.78 (0.19)

• Don’t know

1 (0.5)

0

0

1(1.0)

0

0.91 (0.82)

0

0

0

1(3.4)

6.34(0.1)

How often do you send data on malaria and other cases to the LGA?

• Weekly

2 (0.9)

0

0

2(1.9)

0

1.84 (0.61)

0

1(1.2)

1(1.1)

0

1.46 (0.93)

• Monthly

208 (97.7)

9 (100)

53 (98.1)

103 (98.1)

33 (85.7)

1.97 (0.58)

8 (88.9)

80 (98.8)

93 (98.9)

27 (93.1)

6.65 (0.08)

• Once in three months

1 (0.5)

0

0

1(1.0)

0

0.91 (0.82)

0

0

0

1(3.7)

6.31(0.1)

• Never

1 (0.5)

0

1(1.9)

 

00

2.80 (0.42)

0

1(1.2)

0

0

1.65 (0.65)

How do you send information on malaria data to the LGA

• Take the forms by hand to the LGA

151 (70.9)

6 (66.7)

41 (75.9)

71 (67.6)

23 (65.7)

1.73 (0.63)

8 (88.9)

59 (72.8)

60 (63.8)

24 (82.8)

5.75 (0.13)

• Send anyone going to the LGA with the forms

16 (7.5)

1(11.1)

6(11.1)

5(47.6)

3(8.6)

2.66 (0.45)

0

6(7.5)

8(8.5)

2(6.9)

0.88 (0.83)

• Put the forms in an envelope and send

47 (22.1)

2 (22.2)

7 (13.0)

26 (24.8)

10 (28.6)

3.74 (0.29)

0

15 (18.5)

28 (29.8)

4(4.3)

7.45 (0.06)