Community health worker in hard-to-reach rural areas of Myanmar: filling primary health care service gaps

Table 1 Contribution of CHW and their needed support

Contributions of CHW	Frequency	Percent
• Environmental health	595	95
• Health education	571	94
• Community mobilization for EPI	479	83
• Treatment of minor illness	9.2	34
Contributions of CHW	Mean	Standard error
• Number of cases with minor illness	61.8	139
• Number of cases with serious illness who were referred	11.8	25
• Number of cases with serious illness who refused referral	6.1	10
Support to CHW by BHS and sub-centres	Frequency	Percent
• Very satisfied	202	29
• Satisfied	401	57
• Fairly satisfied	63	9
• Unsatisfied	27	4
• Very unsatisfied	5	1
Needed support
• Technical supervision	638	99
• Refresher course	620	99
• Kit replenishment	537	94
• Financial support for transportation	430	80
• Financial support for work	369	71
Travelling difficulty to hard-to-reach areas
• Having difficulty	424	68
• Not having difficulty	201	32
Experiencing patients refusing to be referred to higher facilities
• Ever experienced	309	58
• Never experienced	225	42
Sources of financial assistance
• From community fund
○ Ever received	40	6
○ Never received	601	94
• From individual patients
○ Ever received	133	22
○ Never received	481	78

ISSN: 1478-4491