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Table 2 Characteristics of providers and post-training support provided, by country and overall

From: Improving health worker performance of abortion services: an assessment of post-training support to providers in India, Nepal and Nigeria

 

India (n = 2671)

Nepal (n = 542)

Nigeria (n = 258)

Overall (n = 3471)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Provider Characteristics

 Provider type

  Ob/Gyn specialist

563

21%

43

8%

14

5%

620

18%

  General practice physician

2108

79%

7

1%

142

55%

2257

65%

  Midlevel

0

0%

492

91%

102

40%

594

17%

 Fiscal year trained

  2010

0

0%

8

1%

0

0%

8

<1%

  2011

0

0%

7

1%

0

0%

7

<1%

  2012

691

26%

130

24%

157

61%

978

28%

  2013

752

28%

141

26%

35

14%

928

27%

  2014

607

23%

115

21%

0

0%

722

21%

  2015

621

23%

141

26%

66

26%

828

24%

 Any prior uterine evacuation experience

  Yes

677

25%

196

38%

208

86%

1081

31%

  No

1994

75%

325

62%

34

14%

2353

69%

  Missing

0

 

21

 

16

 

37

 

 Number of abortion providers currently at site, including index provider

  1

2088

78%

209

39%

120

47%

2417

70%

  2

337

13%

151

28%

84

33%

572

16%

  3+

246

9%

182

34%

54

21%

482

14%

Site Characteristics

 Site level

  Primary

1927

72%

462

85%

120

47%

2509

72%

  Secondary

622

23%

65

12%

132

51%

819

24%

  Tertiary

122

5%

15

3%

6

2%

143

4%

 Community outreach with abortion information

  Yes

722

27%

262

56%

42

18%

1026

31%

  No

1916

73%

210

44%

192

82%

2318

69%

  Missing

33

 

70

 

24

 

127

 

Post-training support received during 12 months post-training

 Total number of post-training contacts with provider

  Mean

5.9

 

2.5

 

9.9

 

5.7

 

    (SD)

2.4

 

1.8

 

4.9

 

3.1

 

 Total number of in-person, post-training contacts with provider

  Mean

3.3

 

2.0

 

7.5

 

3.4

 

    (SD)

1.6

 

1.5

 

3.8

 

2.3

 

 Any program support contacts

  Yes

2669

100%

289

53%

18

7%

2976

86%

  No

2

0%

253

47%

240

93%

495

14%

 Any clinical mentoring contacts

  Yes

701

26%

168

31%

17

7%

886

26%

  No

1970

74%

374

69%

241

93%

2585

74%