Assessment of the AcQual Referral System by CBDs and Facility-Based Nurses, Kinshasa, DRC, 2017
CBDs | Nurses | |
---|---|---|
Can identify counterpart in referral system | 88.4% | 54.7% |
Frequency of interactions between CBDs and referral facilities | ||
Often | 13.7% | 31.4% |
Sometimes | 34.3% | 31.4% |
Rarely | 42.6% | 8.6% |
Never | 7.3% | 27.1% |
Reasons for referral to facilities | ||
Method not provided by CBD | 83.9% | 67.1% |
Management of side effects | 29.9% | 40.0% |
Preference for health facilities | 11.3% | 22.9% |
Method provided by CBD but stocked out | 9.1% | 17.1% |
Implants/IUD removal | — | 21.4% |
Other | 7.4% | — |
Does not know | 3.3% | — |
Perceived approval of CBD activities by health facility personnel | ||
Very positive | 96.6% | 70.0% |
Somewhat positive | 17.1% | |
Somewhat negative | 2.1% | 0.0% |
Very negative | 7.1% | |
Does not know | 1.2% | 5.7% |
Abbreviations: CBD, community-based distributor; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; IUD, intrauterine device.