TABLE 1.

Background Characteristics of Service Providers Conducting Tubal Ligations in the Study

	Clinical Officers (n=7)	Assistant Medical Officers (n=7)
	3-year CO training course	≥3 years of CO clinical work, plus 2-year AMO training course
Sex
Female	1	2
Male	6	5
Age, years, median (range)	29 (27, 57)	44 (36, 59)
No. of years in career, median (range)	3 (2, 31)	7 (2, 12)
Type of facility^a
District hospital	2	3
Health center	5	6
Dispensary	1	1
Private hospital	1	0
No. with surgical experience before the minilaparotomy training	4	6
Frequency performing surgery^b
Daily	0	1
Weekly (1–5/week)	2	4
Irregularly	2	1
No. reporting experience with types of surgery^b
Abscess incision and drainage	1	3
Appendectomy	0	3
Cesarean delivery	0	6
Circumcision	3	0
Cyst excision	1	0
Hernia repair	0	1
Laparotomy for ruptured ectopic pregnancy	0	2
Lipoma removal	1	0
Wound repair	1	0

Abbreviations: AMO, assistant medical officer; CO, clinical officer.
↵a At current and previous postings; some worked at more than 1 type of facility during their career.
↵b Among those reporting surgical experience before the minilaparotomy training.