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Table 2 Categories or items of information on the FHSs that VHWs remember

From: Family health sheets: a vital instrument for village health workers providing comprehensive healthcare

FHS Section

Number of VHWs responding N = 48, (%)

Family Member Demographics (with list of Chronic diseases)

43 (90)

Child Health

36 (75)

Sanitation (Kitchen, Latrine, Animal House)

36 (75)

Women’s Health

24 (50)

Malaria Risk Factors

20 (42)

High Risk Issues

19 (40)

Request Home Talks

14 (29)

Child Deaths

12 (25)

Births

11 (23)

Adult Deaths

8 (17)

Head of Household works outside Kisoro

7 (15)

Sanitation of Home Water System

6 (13)

Cough Screen

3 (6)

Gapfuraa

2 (4)

  1. aGapfura refers to a locally defined febrile syndrome whose treatment is a form of mutilation of the tonsils, not condoned by local medical practitioners