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Variables | (%) |
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Motivating factors (yes) | |
To improve the health of others | 204 (97.1) |
Help members/sick people | 203 (96.7) |
To gain knowledge and practice skills learned | 189 (90.0) |
Proud with the programme | 184 (87.6) |
To make own community better | 184 (87.6) |
Incentives | 149 (71.0) |
Paid salary | 80 (38.1) |
Prestige and respect | 79 (37.6) |
Job opportunity from government | 43 (20.5) |
Seen as “doctor” in community | 17 (8.1) |
Attrition/quit (yes) | |
No time | 152 (72.4) |
Transportation issue | 137 (65.2) |
Job aids (boots, raincoats, and medical equipment) | 114 (54.3) |
No support by community member | 83 (39.5) |
No respect by community member | 59 (28.1) |
Knowledge (correct answer) | |
Smoking cigarettes is harmful to health | 208 (99.0) |
You will not be harmed if somebody smokes near you | 169 (80.5) |
Exercise will help you losing weight | 209 (99.5) |
Regular physical exercise causes you suffering from stroke, DM, hypertension | 123 (58.6) |
Healthy diet cannot control your weight | 166 (79.0) |
Healthy eating can cause cancer, DM, obesity | 196 (93.3) |
Obesity can be determined using BMI | 195 (92.9) |
Being overweight or obese do not harm our health | 193 (91.9) |
Exercise 30 minutes and quit smoking can reduce hypertension | 198 (94.3) |
Diabetes can lead to blindness | 156 (74.3) |
Organizational input | |
Selection | |
Ethnic leader | 56 (26.7) |
Village head | 89 (42.4) |
Community | 50 (23.8) |
Relative and family | 8 (3.8) |
Medical personnel | 7 (3.3) |
Duration of training | |
Less than 1 day | 21 (10.0) |
1-2 days | 166 (79.0) |
More than 2 days | 23 (11.0) |
Adequacy of training | |
Yes | 148 (70.5) |
Training location | |
Community setting | 46 (21.9) |
Government setting | 164 (78.1) |
Supervision frequency | |
Once a week | 20 (9.5) |
Once every 2 weeks | 42 (20.0) |
Once a month | 148 (70.5) |
Supervision by | |
Community | 141 (67.1) |
Medical | 69 (32.9) |
Effectiveness of training | |
Effective | 52 (24.8) |
Acceptable | 112 (53.3) |
Not effective | 46 (21.9) |
Supervision motivates me to work harder | |
Yes | 176 (83.8) |
Supervision makes me more committed to the programme | |
Yes | 180 (85.7) |
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