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Table 3 Required factors for becoming an OH activist as expressed with ‘Strongly agree’ by the sampled health workers of Ahmedabad, India, during 2018–19

From: Who could be One Health Activist at the community level?: A case for India

Factors

FHWs

n = 288 (%)

MHWs

n = 61 (%)

p-value

Training on coordinating roles

208 (72.5)

39 (63.9)

0.182

Relation between staff members

87 (30.4)

22 (36.1)

0.388

Knowledge and skills training

235 (81.9)

56 (91.8)

0.057

Individuals’ social skills

239 (83.6)

53 (86.9)

0.519

Trust with other actors/departments

216 (75.3)

54 (88.5)

0.024*

Specific objective

234 (81.5)

52 (85.2)

0.491

Conflict resolution authority

141 (49.3)

20 (32.8)

0.019*

Institutional support

279 (97.2)

59 (96.7)

0.835

Leadership skills

252 (87.8)

58 (95.1)

0.098

Structured guidelines

268 (93.4)

60 (98.4)

0.129

  1. FHWs Female Health Workers, MHWs Male Health Workers
  2. *p < 0.05 is considered as significant, derived from the Chi-squared test for the female and male health worker