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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of all training participants by region

From: Scaling up Ghana's national newborn care initiative: integrating 'helping babies breathe' (HBB), 'essential care for every baby' (ECEB), and newborn 'infection prevention' (IP) trainings

 

BAR

n = 839

ER

n = 853

VR n = 560

AR

n = 1463

aTotal N = 3688

Age group:

 Less than 30 years

435 (51.9)

376 (44.1)

282 (50.4)

652 (45.4)

1745 (47.3)

 30–39 years

256 (30.5)

289 (33.9)

183 (32.7)

522 (36.4)

1250 (33.9)

 More 40 years

122 (14.5)

126 (21.5)

91 (16.2)

167 (11.7)

563 (15.3)

Gender:

 Male

149 (17.8)

106 (12.4)

124 (22.1)

205 (14.3)

584 (15.8)

 Female

690 (81.2)

747 (87.6)

436 (77.9)

1231 (85.7)

3104 (84.2)

Cadre:

 Paediatrician/ Obstetrician

6 (0.7)

9 (1.0)

3 (0.6)

14 (1.0)

32 (0.9)

 Anaesthetist

43 (5.1)

54 (6.3)

35 (6.3)

62 (4.3)

194 (5.5)

 Midwife

486 (57.9)

587 (57.1)

326 (58.2)

871 (60.7)

2170 (58.8)

 Medical Officer

56 (6.7)

46 (5.4)

49 (8.8)

42 (2.9)

193 (5.2)

 General Nurse

98 (11.7)

187 (21.9)

107 (19.1)

250 (17.4)

642 (17.4)

 PN/CN/EmN/PON

8 (1.0)

10 (1.2)

2 (0.4)

20 (1.4)

40 (1.08)

 EnN/HA/WA

97 (11.6)

8 (0.9)

16 (2.9)

117 (8.2)

238 (6.5)

 CHN and PHN

13 (1.6)

28 (3.3)

9 (1.6)

16 (1.1)

66 (1.8)

 MA/PA

16 (1.9)

19 (2.2)

19 (2.2)

18 (1.3)

5 (0.9)

 RHD/DHD

16 (1.9)

5 (0.6)

8 (1.4)

22 (1.5)

51 (1.4)

Clinical practice:

 Less than 1 year

115 (13.7)

12 (1.4)

50 (8.9)

93 (6.5)

270 (7.3)

 1–5 years

383 (45.7)

457 (53.6)

356 (63.6)

886 (61.7)

2082 (56.5)

 6–10 years

130 (15.5)

174 (20.4)

68 (12.1)

236 (16.4)

608 (16.5)

 More than 10 years

126 (15.0)

202 (23.7)

76 (13.6)

160 (11.5)

564 (15.3)

Level of care:

 District Hospital

759 (90.5)

732 (85.8)

514 (91.8)

1256 (87.5)

3261 (88.4)

 Polyclinic/Health Centre

67 (8.0)

105 (12.2)

43 (7.6)

167 (11.5)

380 (10.3)

 RHD/ MHD/DHD

8 (1.1)

4 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

14 (0.3)

 Regional Hospital

4 (0.5)

12 (1.4)

1 (0.2)

11 (0.7)

28 (0.8)

 Training School

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.2)

5 (0.1)

Facility ownership:

 GHS

376 (44.8)

553 (64.8)

358 (63.9)

992 (69.1)

2279 (61.8)

 FBO/ Quasi-government

463 (55.2)

300 (35.2)

202 (36.1)

444 (30.9)

1409 (38.2)

  1. aMissing data were less than 10% and have been excluded. RHD-Regional Health Directorate, MHD-Municipal Health Directorate, DHD-District Health Directorate. Community Health Nurses /Public Health Nurses = CHN/PHN; Enrolled Nurses, Health Assistants, and Ward Assistants = EN/HA/WA; Medical Assistants and Physician Assistants = MA/PA; Paediatric Nurses, Critical Care Nurses, Emergency Nurses, and Peri-operative Nurses = PN/CN/EmN/PON; Community-based Health Planning and Services compounds = CHPS; Ghana Health Service = GHS; faith-based organization health facilities = FBO. Health facilities supported by the government but managed privately = quasi-government facilities; Brong Ahafo Region = BAR, Eastern Region = ER, Volta Region = VR, and Ashanti Region = AR. Municipal Health Directorate = MHD, District Health Directorate = DHD, Regional Health Directorate = RHD