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Table 5 Average proportion of productive time per week by detailed activity

From: How do health extension workers in Ethiopia allocate their time?

Percentage of productive time per week on:

Oromia

SNNP

All

 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES

32.5%

29.5–36.5%

42.5%

38.3–46.6%

38.1%

35.2–41.0%

  Curative

8.8%

6.8–10.8%

12.7%

10.8–14.6%

11.0%

9.6–12.4%

  Preventive

23.7%

20.8–26.6%

29.8%

26.4–33.1%

27.1%

24.9–29.4%

Family planning (all preventive)

8.2%

6.7–9.6%

14.2%

12.0–16.4%

11.5%

10.2–12.9%

Maternal, newborn, and child health

16.4%

13.3–19.5%

15.6%

13.5–17.6%

15.9%

14.2–17.0%

  Curative

7.9%

6.0–9.9%

8.2%

6.7–9.8%

8.1%

6.9–9.3%

  Preventive

8.5%

6.7–10.2%

7.3%

6.0–8.6%

7.8%

6.8–8.9%

Vaccination (all preventive)

4.9%

4.0–5.9%

5.2%

4.3–6.1%

5.1%

4.4–5.7%

Nutrition

3.0%

1.9–4.1%

7.5%

6.1–8.9%

5.5%

4.6–6.5%

  Curative

0.9%

0.3–1.5%

4.5%

3.3–5.6%

2.9%

0.3–0.6%

  Preventive

2.1%

1.2–3.0%

3.1%

2.2–3.9%

2.7%

2.2–3.6%

DISEASE PREVENTION and CONTROL

11.6%

9.2–14.1%

8.2%

6.6–9.7%

9.7%

8.3–11.0%

  Curative

6.7%

4.8–8.6%

3.3%

2.2–4.4%

4.8%

3.7–5.8%

  Preventive

4.9%

3.7–6.2%

4.8%

3.9–5.8%

4.9%

4.1–5.6%

HIV and sexually transmitted infections

2.1%

1.5–2.6%

1.1%

0.6–1.6%

1.5%

0.7–1.7%

  Curative

0.5%

0.3–0.9%

0.5%

0.1–0.9%

0.5%

0.3–0.8%

  Preventive

1.6%

1.1–1.9%

0.6%

0.3–0.9%

1.0%

0.8–1.3%

Tuberculosis

4.0%

2.9–5.2%

3.7%

2.9–4.5%

3.9%

3.2–4.5%

  Curative

1.9%

1.0–2.8%

0.7%

0.2–1.1%

1.2%

0.7–1.7%

  Preventive

2.1%

1.4–2.8%

3.0%

2.4–3.7%

2.7%

2.2–3.1%

Malaria

5.0%

3.3–6.6%

2.9%

1.8–3.9%

3.8%

2.9–4.7%

  Curative

3.7%

2.2–5.2%

1.7%

0.8–2.6%

2.6%

1.7–3.4%

  Preventive

1.3%

0.8–1.8%

1.2%

0.7–1.6%

1.2%

0.9–1.5%

First aid (all curative)

0.5%

0.3–0.8%

0.4%

0.2–0.6%

0.5%

0.3–0.6%

HYGIENE and ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION (ALL PREVENTIVE)

10.7%

8.1–13.2%

11.7%

8.4–14.9%

11.2%

9.1–13.4%

TRAVEL

10.7%

8.1–13.2%

7.8%

5.9–9.6%

9.0%

7.5–10.5%

OTHER

34.5%

30.8–38.2%

30.0%

26.1–33.8%

31.9%

29.2–34.7%

Training and supervision

7.2%

5.2–9.2%

9.8%

6.6–13.0%

8.7%

6.7–10.7%

Administration

8.4%

7.0–9.7%

5.9%

4.8–7.0%

7.0%

6.0–7.7%

Community activitiesa

8.8%

7.0–10.6%

7.3%

5.3–9.3%

7.9%

6.6–9.3%

Community meetings

10.1%

7.8–12.5%

7.0%

5.4–8.6%

7.9%

6.6–9.3%

  1. aCommunity activities include: meeting and training Health Development Army and community health volunteers, updating family folders, and updating Development Team Leaders listings. SNNP, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples.