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| Variables | (%) |
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| Motivating factors (yes) | |
| To improve the health of others | 204 (97.1) |
| Help members/sick people | 203 (96.7) |
| To gain knowledge and practice skills learned | 189 (90.0) |
| Proud with the programme | 184 (87.6) |
| To make own community better | 184 (87.6) |
| Incentives | 149 (71.0) |
| Paid salary | 80 (38.1) |
| Prestige and respect | 79 (37.6) |
| Job opportunity from government | 43 (20.5) |
| Seen as “doctor” in community | 17 (8.1) |
| Attrition/quit (yes) | |
| No time | 152 (72.4) |
| Transportation issue | 137 (65.2) |
| Job aids (boots, raincoats, and medical equipment) | 114 (54.3) |
| No support by community member | 83 (39.5) |
| No respect by community member | 59 (28.1) |
| Knowledge (correct answer) | |
| Smoking cigarettes is harmful to health | 208 (99.0) |
| You will not be harmed if somebody smokes near you | 169 (80.5) |
| Exercise will help you losing weight | 209 (99.5) |
| Regular physical exercise causes you suffering from stroke, DM, hypertension | 123 (58.6) |
| Healthy diet cannot control your weight | 166 (79.0) |
| Healthy eating can cause cancer, DM, obesity | 196 (93.3) |
| Obesity can be determined using BMI | 195 (92.9) |
| Being overweight or obese do not harm our health | 193 (91.9) |
| Exercise 30 minutes and quit smoking can reduce hypertension | 198 (94.3) |
| Diabetes can lead to blindness | 156 (74.3) |
| Organizational input | |
| Selection | |
| Ethnic leader | 56 (26.7) |
| Village head | 89 (42.4) |
| Community | 50 (23.8) |
| Relative and family | 8 (3.8) |
| Medical personnel | 7 (3.3) |
| Duration of training | |
| Less than 1 day | 21 (10.0) |
| 1-2 days | 166 (79.0) |
| More than 2 days | 23 (11.0) |
| Adequacy of training | |
| Yes | 148 (70.5) |
| Training location | |
| Community setting | 46 (21.9) |
| Government setting | 164 (78.1) |
| Supervision frequency | |
| Once a week | 20 (9.5) |
| Once every 2 weeks | 42 (20.0) |
| Once a month | 148 (70.5) |
| Supervision by | |
| Community | 141 (67.1) |
| Medical | 69 (32.9) |
| Effectiveness of training | |
| Effective | 52 (24.8) |
| Acceptable | 112 (53.3) |
| Not effective | 46 (21.9) |
| Supervision motivates me to work harder | |
| Yes | 176 (83.8) |
| Supervision makes me more committed to the programme | |
| Yes | 180 (85.7) |
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