Practice variables and questions asked | Overall totals n (%) | Age categories | Cadres of health workers | |||||||||
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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? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• 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? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
• 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) |