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Table 1 CHW team characteristics

From: The effect of a roving nurse mentor on household coverage and quality of care provided by community health worker teams in South Africa: a longitudinal study with a before, after and 6 months post design

Supervisor

Team 1

Team 2

 No. of enrolled nurses

1

1

 Age (years)

36

31

 Years as nurse

5

2

 Years in programme

0.3

0.3

CHW

 No. of CHWs per team

14

20

 Mean age in years (range)

42 (23–58)

33 (23–54)

 Mean years as CHW (range)

10 (3–9)

6 (5–17)

 Proportion of CHWs who have finished high school education

25%

33%

 No. of CHWs who have passed phase 1 training

2

1

 No. of CHWs who have passed Phase 2 training

0

0