Table 1 |
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Profile of community health workers in a Quechua region, Ayacucho, Peru |
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Health promoters (n = 100) |
Traditional birth attendants (n= 55) |
Traditional healers (n = 16) |
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Male (%) |
84% |
62% |
75% |
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Age in years average (mode) |
29 (25) |
52 (58) |
52 (57) |
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Age range |
19–57 |
36–89 |
30–70 |
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Drop-out rate (%) |
24 (24%) |
1 (3%) |
2 (16.6%) |
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Years of activity average (range) |
3.11 (1–8) |
16.4 (2–42) |
17.8 (4–40) |
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Education level (%) |
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Illiterate |
1 |
41.8 |
75 |
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Incomplete primary school |
48 |
52.8 |
25 |
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Complete primary school |
18 |
-- |
-- |
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Incomplete high school |
26 |
3.6 |
-- |
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Complete high school |
8 |
-- |
-- |
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Higher education (university or technical school) |
-- |
1.8 |
-- |
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Brown et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:11 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-11 |
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