| |
Unit A
|
Unit B
|
Unit C
|
|---|
|
Central (n = 28, 9%)
|
Others (n = 288)
|
Central (n = 31, 6%)
|
Others (n = 503)
|
Central (n = 9, 5%)
|
Others (n = 176)
|
|---|
|
Female (%)
|
23 (82%)
|
259 (90%)
|
26 (84%)
|
456 (91%)
|
8 (89%)
|
142 (81%)
|
|
Years of public health experience; mean (SD)
|
13 (9)*
|
10 (8)
|
17 (7)
|
14 (9)
|
15 (8)
|
12 (9)
|
|
Educational degree
|
Diploma
|
0
|
41 (14%)
|
0
|
67 (13%)
|
0
|
57 (32%)
|
|
Baccalaureate
|
11 (39%)
|
173 (60%)
|
6 (19%)
|
259 (52%)
|
3 (33%)
|
104 (59%)
|
|
Masters
|
16 (57%)
|
68 (24%)
|
21 (68%)
|
151 (30%)
|
6 (66%)
|
14 (8%)
|
|
Doctorate
|
1 (4%)
|
5 (1.7%)
|
4 (13%)
|
16 (3%)
|
0
|
1 (0.5%)
|
|
Managerial
|
Highly engaged
|
4 (14%)
|
10 (3%)
|
0
|
1
|
3 (33%)
|
3 (2%)
|
|
Not engaged
|
2 (7%)
|
12 (4%)
|
11 (35%)
|
48 (10%)
|
0
|
16 (9%)
|
|
EIDM professional
|
Highly engaged
|
8 (29%)
|
5 (2%)
|
3 (10%)
|
6 (1%)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Not engaged
|
2 (7%)
|
9 (3%)
|
11 (35%)
|
77 (15%)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
Highly engaged
|
5 (18%)
|
21 (7%)
|
0
|
3 (0.5%)
|
2 (22%)
|
10 (6%)
|
|
Not engaged
|
7 (25%)
|
230 (80%)
|
6 (19%)
|
463 (92%)
|
4 (44%)
|
144 (82%)
|
|
Baseline EBP implementation score mean (SE)
|
14.5 (7.4)**
|
9.5 (8.5)
|
13.5 (6.8)*
|
9.4 (10)
|
9.8 (7.3)
|
7.5 (7)
|
|
Degree in friendship network
|
3.6 (2.1)***
|
1.8 (1.4)
|
3 (1.7)**
|
2 (1.4)
|
3 (0.8)**
|
1.9 (1.1)
|
- *:p < 0.05, **:p < 0.01, ***:p < 0.001
- Central actors were defined as the staff who were at the 4th quartile of centrality in information seeking and expertise recognition networks: Unit A (in-degree of 3+ in the information-seeking network and 1+ in the expertise-recognition), Unit B (in-degree of 3+ in the information-seeking network and 2+ in the expertise-recognition), unit C (in-degree of 2+ in the information-seeking network and 2+ in the expertise-recognition)
