Strengthening the role of Community Health Representatives in the Navajo Nation

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Summary of CHR survey demographics, experience and client load

	Frequency	Percent-age	2014 frequency	Percent-age	2015 frequency	Percent-age	Average years of experi-ence	Average chapters covered	Client load: COPE	Client load: non-COPE	Client load: high risk
Chinle	17	15.89	8	15	9	16.67	8.6	1.76	4.33^a	39.88^a	12.38
Crownpoint	14	13.08	6	11.3	8	14.81	14.4^a	2	7.09	74.11^a	13.50
Ft. Defiance	13	12.15	7	13.2	6	11.11	6.8^a	1.54^a	6.50	89.60^a	10.23^a
Gallup	17	15.89	7	13.2	10	18.52	8.2	2.12^a	7.30^a	26.67^a	14.40
Keyenta	9	8.41	4	7.5	5	9.26	13.0^a	1.56^a	4.625	23^a	16.78^a
Shiprock	23	21.50	11	20.8	12	22.22	11.4	1.79	0.89^a	54.82	6.14^a
Tuba City	7	6.54	5	9.4	2	3.70	11	3^a	1.75^a	31.75^a	40.00^a
Winslow	7	6.54	5	9.4	2	3.70	7.5^a	1.14^a	13^a	29.43^a	18.56^a
Total	107	100	53	100	54	100	10	1.85	5.93	54.41	13.58

^aIndicates a response significantly different from the grouped mean (T-test, p < 0.05)

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