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Table 2 The characteristics of respondents at each health unit based on the availability of network data at baseline and two follow-ups

From: The evolution of social networks through the implementation of evidence-informed decision-making interventions: a longitudinal analysis of three public health units in Canada

 

Unit A

Unit B

Unit C

Availability of network data at three time points

Yesa

Nob

Yesa

Nob

Yesa

Nob

Size

119

197

133

401

49

136

Female (%)

111 (93 %)

171 (87 %)

118 (89 %)

364 (91 %)

42 (86 %)

108 (79 %)

Educational degree

      

 Baccalaureate (%)

71 (60 %)

113 (58 %)

54 (41 %)

208 (52 %)

30 (61 %)

77 (57 %)

 Masters+ (%)

42 (35 %)

48 (24 %)

70 (53 %)

122 (31 %)

13 (27 %)

8 (6 %)

Job title

      

 Manager (%)

19 (16 %)

6 (3 %)

30 (23 %)

28 (7 %)

10 (20 %)

10 (7 %)

 Consultant (%)

19 (16 %)

28 (14 %)

37 (28 %)

61 (15 %)

–

–

 Nurse (%)

30 (25 %)

71 (36 %)

27 (21 %)

168 (42 %)

24 (49 %)

60 (45 %)

Average years of experience in public health (SD)

13 (8)

8 (8)

17 (9)

13 (9)

13 (9)

12 (9)

EBP score baseline (SD)

11 (7)

10 (10)

10 (9)

10 (10)

8 (7)

7 (7)

EBP score follow-up 2 (SD)

12 (8)

9 (9)

11 (9)

10 (11)

10 (9)

7 (8)

Highly engaged in intervention (%)

41 (34 %)

12 (6 %)

10 (8 %)

3 (0.75 %)

15 (31 %)

3 (2 %)

  1. athe staff who provided information for the development of information-seeking network at three time points
  2. bthe staff who participated in the online survey but either did not answer to the network question or did not participate in three time points