TABLE 1. Characteristics of Health Care Providers in 4 Districts of Gujarat, India
ASHAs (n=165)AWWs (n=165)ANMs (n=66)MOs (n=33)PPs (n=190)
Age, mean (SD), y29.4 (6.4)39 (8.2)39.6 (9.3)34.3 (7.4)43.2 (13.8)
Female, No. (%)165 (100)165 (100)66 (100)6 (18.2)5 (2.6)
Years of education, mean (range)10 (4, 17)10 (4, 17)12 (10, 19)NAa 16 (9, 22)
Years practicing in current position, median (range)3 (1, 18)13 (1, 32)19 (1, 28)3 (1,24)10 (1, 45)
Providers who have received training/drug-detailing visits for diarrhea treatment in last 6 months, No. (%)138 (83.6)144 (87.3)55 (83.3)29 (87.9)168 (88.4)
Providers who had any zinc in stock, No. (%)93 (56.4)81 (49.1)42 (66.7)21 (63.6)69 (36.3)
Providers who had any ORS in stock, No. (%)108 (65.5)94 (57.0)51 (77.3)31 (93.9)105 (55.3)
  • Abbreviations: ASHAs, Accredited Social Health Activists; AWWs, Anganwadi workers; ANMs, accredited nurse-midwives; MOs, medical officers; ORS, oral rehydration salts; PPs, private providers; SD, standard deviation.

  • a All MOs were trained physicians who had passed their medical examinations successfully.