Health worker knowledge of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response standard case definitions: a cross-sectional survey at rural health facilities in Kenya

Table 2 General characteristics of health facility workers

N = 131	n (%)
County
Busia	48 (36.6)
Kajiado	83 (63.4)
Health facility level
Hospital	10 (7.6)
Health centre	29 (22.1)
Dispensary^a	92 (70.2)
Health facility ownership
Public	84 (64.1)
Private	28 (21.4)
NGO/FBO	19 (14.5)
Working at health facility with IDSR focal person	91 (69.5)
Age; median [IQR]^b	36 [30–48]
Gender
Female	68 (51.9)
Male	63 (48.1)
Qualification
Nurse	92 (70.2)
Clinical officer	27 (20.6)
Medical doctor	2 (1.5)
Other cadre^c	10 (7.6)
Exposure to disease surveillance interventions
Availability of poster	90 (68.7)
Availability of guidelines	20 (15.3)
Received support supervision in the last 6 months	97 (74.1)
Attended training in 2013	80 (61.1)

^aIncludes: 18 medical clinics, 3 maternity homes, and 6 nursing homes
^bExcludes 2 health worker with missing age information
^cOther includes: 1 Community Health Extension Worker, 1 health records officer, 1 public health officer, 1 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission worker, and 6 laboratory technician/technologist
Abbreviations
CO clinical officer, FBO faith-based organization, IDSR integrated disease surveillance and response, IQR interquartile range, MD medical doctor, NGO non-governmental organization

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