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Table 2 Hours spent by Mitanins in a week on different roles/purposes

From: Assessing the time use and payments of multipurpose community health workers for the various roles they play—a quantitative study of the Mitanin programme in India

Purpose/Role

Mean hours spent by Mitanins per week with 95% CI (N = 660)

 

Rural

Urban

 

Hours

Share

Hours

Share

Health Education

4.3 (4.1–4.6)

17.8%

5.0 (4.7–5.3)

14.9%

Detection of illness and treatment directly by Mitanin

2.1 (1.9–2.2)

8.7%

1.6 (1.5–1.8)

4.8%

Linkage with services

5 (4.6–5.5)

20.7%

13.5 (12.9–14.2)

40.2%

Action on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

2.9 (2.6–3.2)

12.0%

2.8 (2.5–3.1)

8.3%

COVID-19 related duties

3.7 (3.4–4)

15.4%

3.8 (3.5–4.1)

11.3%

Data Collection and reporting

6.0 (5.5–6.5)

24.9%

6.9 (6.3–7.5)

20.5%

Total

24.1 (23.2–25)

100%

33.6 (32.5–34.7)

100.0%