Health workers' use of routine health information and related factors at public health institutions in Illubabor Zone, Western Ethiopia

Table 1 Characteristics of health workers, and their training and supervision status in public health institutions of Illubabor zone, Ethiopia, March to June 2021

Variables	Frequency (N = 423)	Percent (%)
Age in years
20–24	41	9.7
25–29	175	41.4
30–34	110	26.0
35–39	69	16.3
≥ 40	28	6.6
Work place
Admin unit	144	34.0
Hospital	95	22.5
Health center	184	43.5
Sex
Male	255	60.0
Female	168	40.0
Service experience in years
≤ 5 years	111	26.2
6–9 years	181	42.8
≥ 10 years	131	31.0
Profession
Master’s degree in public health	30	7.1
Physician	7	1.7
Health officer	59	13.9
Nurses and midwifery	234	55.3
Health informatics technician	30	7.1
Laboratory professionals	21	4.9
Druggist or pharmacist	18	4.3
Other profession^a	24	6.1
Position or title
Head	168	39.7
Expert	255	60.3
RHI training
Last 12 months	144	34.0
Before last 12 months	193	45.6
No training	86	20.3
RHI supervision last 6 months
Yes	393	92.9
No	30	7.1
RHI supervision frequency in the last 6 months (n = 393)
Once	194	49.4
Twice	160	40.7
Three or more times	39	9.9

^aOther profession: environmental (n = 10), health education (n = 5), health extension worker level-IV(n = 5), applied biology (n = 1), health service management (n = 1), anesthesia (n = 1), biomedical (n = 1)

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