How ready are communities to implement actions to improve diets of adolescent girls and women in urban Ghana?

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Sample characteristics of community key informants (n = 24)

		Ga Mashie (Accra) (n = 12)		Ho Central (Ho) (n = 12)
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	8	66.7	6	50.0
Age (years)	25–34	2	16.7	2	16.7
	35–44	5	41.7	3	25.0
	55+	5	41.7	7	58.3
Key informant roles/sectors	Non-Governmental Organisations	2	16.7	1	8.3
	Health^a	2	16.7	2	16.7
	Assembly officers	1	8.3	2	16.7
	Religious leaders^b	2	16.7	2	16.7
	Traditional leaders	2	16.7	2	16.7
	Youth leaders	1	8.3	1	8.3
	Education^c	1	8.3	1	8.3
	Commerce	1	8.3	1	8.3

^aHealth workers included nutrition officers, health promotion officers and Food and Drug Administration officers
^bReligious leaders included Pentecostal, Evangelical Presbyterian, Christian and Islamic leaders
^cSchool Health Education Programme coordinators

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