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Table 6 Tasks rated as highly critical that HEWS did not learn during pre-service education (N = 82)

From: Identifying gaps in the practices of rural health extension workers in Ethiopia: a task analysis study

 

Percent of providers who rated the task as:

Priority tasks

High criticality

%

Learned during in-service or on the job training

%

Never trained at all

%

Establish and demonstrate community-appropriate sanitation technologies

89.1

53.6

4.9

Establish and maintain occupational health safety management system

84.1

52.5

6.1

Conduct community diagnosis of communicable disease

92.7

50.0

3.7

Manage supplies stocks and maintenance at facility

86.6

53.6

11.0

Diagnose and treat minor uncomplicated diseases

84.1

53.6

3.7

Prevent and control non-communicable diseases

84.1

48.8

3.7

Counsel, test & refer mothers for PMTCT

82.6

52.5

2.4

Provide Integrated Management of Newborn and Child Illness (IMNCI)

90.2

52.4

22.0

Provide institutional clean and safe delivery services

90.2

48.8

15.9

Provide essential newborn care services

89.0

46.3

3.7

Provide Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM)

86.5

72.0

2.4

Manage cold chain system

84.1

50.0

8.5

Act as clinical preceptor, including facilitation of learning activities

87.8

64.6

4.9

Participate in research activities focusing on data management and reporting

80.4

54.9

11.0