Table 4 Average proportion of productive time per week, by type of activity and by location*
From: How do health extension workers in Ethiopia allocate their time?
Oromia | SNNP | All | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | |
By type of activity: | ||||||
Curative health activities | 15.5% | 12.4–18.6% | 16.0% | 13.9–18.1% | 15.8% | 14.0–17.6% |
Preventive health activities | 39.3% | 35.6–43.0% | 46.3% | 41.9–50.6% | 43.2% | 40.3–46.2% |
Work-related travel | 10.7% | 8.1–13.2% | 7.8% | 5.9–9.6% | 9.0% | 7.5–10.5% |
Other activities | 34.5% | 30.8–38.2% | 30.0% | 26.1–33.8% | 31.9% | 29.2–34.7% |
By location: | ||||||
At health post | 49.5% | 45.0–54.0% | 52.9% | 48.6–57.3% | 51.4% | 48.3–54.6% |
In the community (outreach) | 14.1% | 11.2–17.0% | 15.8% | 12.2–19.3% | 15.0% | 12.7–17.4% |
In the community (household) | 15.8% | 12.2–19.5% | 11.6% | 9.2–14.1% | 13.4% | 11.4–15.5% |
Work-related travel | 10.7% | 8.1–13.3% | 7.8% | 5.9–9.6% | 9.0% | 7.5–10.5% |
Other location | 9.9% | 7.3–12.6% | 11.9% | 8.7–15.2% | 11.1% | 8.9–13.2% |
By recipient: | ||||||
In contact with patients, families or community | 69.0% | 65.3–72.6% | 71.1% | 66.7–75.5% | 70.2% | 67.3–73.1% |
Pregnant women | 8.5% | 6.7–10.3% | 6.0% | 4.7–7.4% | 7.1% | 6.0–8.2% |
Newborns and post-partum women (up to 1 month after birth) | 4.1% | 2.8–5.4% | 4.3% | 3.0–5.5% | 4.2% | 3.3–5.1% |
Infants (aged 1 to 12 months) | 6.3% | 4.7–7.9% | 8.1% | 6.7–9.5% | 7.3% | 6.3–8.4% |
Children (aged 1 to 5 years) | 5.8% | 4.1–7.5% | 8.3% | 6.8–9.8% | 7.2% | 6.1–8.3% |
Adolescents (aged 6 to 18 years) | 2.5% | 1.5–3.5% | 1.0% | 0.5–1.5% | 1.7% | 1.2–2.2% |
Adults (aged over 18 years)a | 12.4% | 10.4–14.4% | 16.0% | 13.4–18.6% | 14.4% | 12.8–16.1% |
Families | 1.0% | 0.6–1.4% | 2.7% | 1.7–3.6% | 2.0% | 1.4–2.5% |
Community | 28.4% | 24.0–32.7% | 24.8% | 21.428.1% | 26.3% | 23.7–29.0% |
No recipientb | 31.0% | 27.4–34.7% | 28.9% | 24.5–33.3% | 29.8% | 26.9–32.7% |