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Table 3 Support activities and category allowance standards for frontline health workers

From: Assessing the staffing needs for primary health care centers in Cross River State, Nigeria: a workload indicators of staffing needs study

Workload components

Actual working time per cadre

Nurses/midwives

CHO/CHEW

JCHEW

Community mobilization and education

3 h/ month

4 h/month

8 h/month

Group health education

1 h/ week

1 h/ week

1 h/week

Community development Committees (CDC) meetings

2 h/ month

2 h/ month

2 h/month

Ward development Committees (WDC) meetings

3 h/ month

3 h/month

3 h/month

Outreaches/community-based services

4 h/month

20 h/month

21 h/month

Handing over/taking over, report writing and ward round (inpatient and outpatient)

30 min/day

30 min/day

30 min/day

Follow-up care/ home visits

3 h/week

3 h/week

3 h/week

Staff meetings

2 h/month

2 h/month

2 h/month

Documentation on patients

1 h/month

1 h/month

1 h/month

  1. CHO Community Health Officer, CHEW Community Health Extension Worker, JCHEW Junior Community Health Extension Worker