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Table 2 Comparison of Staff and Patient Language Profiles

From: Building freeways: piloting communication skills in additional languages to health service personnel in Cape Town, South Africa

Healthcare Facilities (CHC)

Number of Staff by Home Language

Afrikaans

English

French

North-Sothu

Urdu

isiXhosa

isiZulu

Total

Delft

45

89

 

1

1

29

1

166

27.11%

53.61%

0

0.60%

0.60%

17.47%

0.60%

100%

Kraaifontein

49

60

1

  

11

1

122

40.16%

49.18%

1%

0

0

9.02%

0.82%

100%

Total

94

149

1

1

1

40

2

288

32.64%

51.74%

0.35%

0.35%

0.35%

13.89%

0.69%

100%

  1. N = 288