Research Article
Performance of Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committees to Disease Outbreaks in Arua District, West Nile Region
Table 5
Performance drivers of the EPPRCs in outbreak preparedness and response in Arua district.
| | Variable | Number (%) | High performance | Low performance | χ2 | value |
| | Knowledge of common outbreaks | | Measles | 5 (4.85) | 2 (5.26) | 3 (4.62) | 3.298 | 0.366 | | TB | 10 (9.71) | 2 (5.26) | 8 (18.31) | | | | Meningitis | 7 (6.80) | 1 (2.63) | 6 (9.23) | | | | Cholera | 81 (78.64) | 33 (86.84) | 48 (73.35) | | |
| | MoH should be notified within | | Within 24 hours | 85 (84.16) | 33 (91.67) | 52 (80.00) | 2.365 | 0.124 | | More than 24 hours | 16 (15.84) | 3 (8.33) | 13 (20.00) | | |
| | Have a budget | | Yes | 44 (42.72) | 24 (63.16) | 20 (30.77) | 10.281 | 0.002 | | No | 59 (57.28) | 14 (36.84) | 45 (69.23) | | |
| | Availability of funds | | Yes | 14 (13.73) | 9 (24.32) | 5 (7.69) | 5.508 | 0.019 | | No | 88 (86.27) | 28 (75.68) | 60 (92.31) | | |
| | Have support | | Yes | 61 (59.22) | 30 (78.95) | 31 (37.69) | 9.701 | 0.008 | | No | 42 (40.78) | 8 (21.05) | 34 (52.31) | | |
| | Financial support adequate | | Strongly agree | 6 (5.83) | 1 (2.63) | 5 (7.69) | 11.211 | 0.001 | | Agree | 17 (16.5) | 7 (18.42) | 10 (15.38) | | | | Disagree | 46 (44.66) | 24 (63.16) | 22 (33.85) | | | | Strongly disagree | 34 (33.01) | 6 (15.79) | 28 (43.08) | | |
| | Support form given by HDP | | Supplies | 33 (34.74) | 18 (52.94) | 15 (24.59) | 19.497 | <0.001 | | Technical support | 16 (16.84) | 8 (23.53) | 8 (13.11) | | | | Human resource | 13 (13.68) | 4 (11.76) | 9 (14.75) | | | | Financial support | 10 (10.53) | 4 (11.76) | 6 (9.84) | | | | No support | 23 (24.21) | 0 (0.00) | 23 (37.7) | | |
| | HDPs are very helpful | | Yes | 55 (56.7) | 30 (85.71) | 25 (40.32) | 18.775 | <0.001 | | No | 42 (43.3) | 5 (14.29) | 37 (59.68) | | |
| | Sufficiently facilitated | | Strongly agree | 14 (13.86) | 8 (21.05) | 6 (9.52) | 14.504 | 0.002 | | Agree | 34 (33.66) | 16 (42.11) | 18 (28.57) | | | | Disagree | 35 (34.65) | 14 (36.84) | 21 (33.3) | | | | Strongly disagree | 18 (17382) | 0 (0.00) | 18 (28.57) | | |
| | I am making a contribution | | Strongly agree | 38 (37.62) | 23 (60.53) | 15 (23.81) | 15.229 | 0.002 | | Agree | 45 (44.55) | 12 (31.58) | 33 (52.38) | | | | Disagree | 12 (11.88) | 3 (7.89) | 9 (14.29) | | | | Strongly disagree | 6 (5.94) | 0 (0.00) | 6 (9.52) | | |
| | Feel encouraged to perform duties | | Strongly agree | 32 (31.68) | 21 (55.26) | 11 (17.46) | 20.065 | <0.001 | | Agree | 46 (45.54) | 15 (39.47) | 31 (49.21) | | | | Disagree | 11 (10.89) | 0 (0.00) | 11 (17.46) | | | | Strongly disagree | 12 (11.88) | 2 (5.26) | 10 (15.87) | | |
| | Role recognized by community | | Yes | 83 (81.37) | 37 (97.37) | 46 (71.88) | 10.223 | 0.001 | | No | 19 (18.63) | 1 (2.63) | 18 (28.13) | | |
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value < 0.05 is statistically significant. |
