Table 2 Training and professional skills of health workers at lower level facilities in Uganda between June and August 2009
Assessment parameter | Characteristics | N = 131 |
|---|---|---|
Pre-service training | Clinical officers | 9(7%) |
| Â | Mid wife | 8(6%) |
| Â | Nurse | 28(21%) |
| Â | Nursing aid/assistant | 86(66%) |
Personal capacity | Â | Â |
Skills | Knowledge of severe malaria danger signs* | 47(37%) |
| Â | Received IMCI training | 62(50%) |
|  | Supervision in the preceding 6 months | 55(42%) |
Motivation | Received Job descriptions and appointment letters (n=124) | 78(63%) |
Referral practice(N = 186) | Pre-referral antimalarial drugs given (n = 186) | 130(70%) |
| Â | Referral clinical notes given to patients | 115(61%) |
| Â | Transport for referred patients | 12(6%) |
Reasons for referral (n = 186) | Lack of blood | 55(30%) |
| Â | Poor response to treatment | 66(36%) |
| Â | Lack of IV Fluids | 31(17%) |
| Â | No beds for admission | 16(8.7) |
| Â | Others | 18(9.6) |