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Table 1 Workforce characteristics identified in articles

From: A study of human resource competencies required to implement community rehabilitation in less resourced settings

 

Description

Source

Cadres

Lay health workers

(Mijnarends et al., 2011); (Rahman et al., 2008); (Como and Batdulam, 2012); (Rahman, 2007); (Armstrong et al., 2011); (Raja, 2012); (Lund et al., 2013); (Ayoughi et al., 2012); (Balaji et al., 2012); (Murray et al., 2011); (Chatterjee, 2003); (Claussen, 2005); (Johnson, 2004); (Llewellyn et al., 2012)

Community-based rehabilitation workers

(Mijnarends et al., 2011); (Grut, 2004); (Magallona and Datangel, 2012); (Sharma, 2003); (Penny et al., 2007); (Eide, 2006); (Nilsson, 2005); (Deepak, 2010); (Rule, 2013); (Deepak, 2011); (Jadin, 2005); (Children, 2010); (Mendis, 2009); (Llewellyn et al., 2012)

Mid-level rehabilitation workers

(Rule, 2013); (Chappell, 2009); (Llewellyn et al., 2012); (Dawad and Jobson, 2011); (Finkenflügel and Rule, 2008)

Paraprofessionals

(Bass et al., 2013); (Llewellyn et al., 2012)

Nurses

(Mijnarends et al., 2011); (Lund et al., 2013)

Physicians

(Mijnarends et al., 2011); (Ayoughi et al., 2012); (Penny et al., 2007); (Ng et al., 2009); (Chatterjee, 2003); (Raja, 2012); (Llewellyn et al., 2012)

Occupational/physiotherapists

(Penny et al., 2007); (Llewellyn et al., 2012); (Ng et al., 2009); (Adams et al., 2012); (Finkenflügel and Rule, 2008)

Community groups

(Hartley, 2003); (Deepak, 2010)

Other

(Chatterjee, 2003); (Raja, 2012); (Adams et al., 2012); (Ng et al., 2009); (Llewellyn et al., 2012)

Requirements

4 years post-primary

(Bass et al., 2013)

Secondary school

(Rahman et al., 2008); (Murray et al., 2011); (Rahman, 2007)

10 years of school

(Balaji et al., 2012)

From communities

(Rahman et al., 2008); (Balaji et al., 2012); (Penny et al., 2007); (Chatterjee, 2003); (Claussen, 2005); (Jadin, 2005); (Bass et al., 2013); (Rahman, 2007); (Lund et al., 2013)

Literate

(Lund et al., 2013)

Min. 1 year experience

(Bass et al., 2013)

Training

6 sessions

(Adams et al., 2012)

2–5 days

(Rahman, 2007); (Ng et al., 2009); (Armstrong et al., 2011); (Lund et al., 2013)

1–2 weeks

(Como and Batdulam, 2012); (Ng et al., 2009); (Claussen, 2005); (Bass et al., 2013)

6 weeks

(Claussen, 2005); (Bass et al., 2013)

40–60 days

(Balaji et al., 2012); (Chatterjee, 2003)

100 days

(Children, 2010)

3.5 months

(Ayoughi et al., 2012)

2 years

(Rule, 2013); (Ayoughi et al., 2012); (Chappell, 2009); (Dawad and Jobson, 2011)

Refreshers indicated

(Rahman, 2007); (Grut, 2004)

Supervision

Weekly

(Magallona and Datangel, 2012)

Monthly

(Balaji et al., 2012)

2 months

(Grut, 2004)

Quarterly reviews

(Balaji et al., 2012)

Ratio

1:20 HH

(Lund et al., 2013); (Deepak, 2010)

1:100 HH

(Rahman et al., 2008)

1:15–30

(Balaji et al., 2012); (Chatterjee, 2003); (Hartley, 2003); (Bass et al., 2013)

1:50–70

(Nilsson, 2005)

1:100

(Claussen, 2005)

1:500

(Lund et al., 2013)