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Table 1 Demographic and employment characteristics of the CHWs and employers participating in key informant interviews

From: “I feel like my job is to give patients hope” - perspectives of Community Health Workers and employers in Iowa: a mixed methods study

 

CHWs

Employers

Gendera

 Female

4

5

 Male

1

0

 Non-binary

0

0

Race/Ethnicitya

 White

3

5

 Black

1

0

 Latinx

1

1

Workplace

 Non-Profit

1

3

 Community Based Organization

0

2

 Community Health Center

0

1

 Hospital

1

1

 Public Health Department

2

1

 Physician’s office

2

0

 Other

1

0

Geographic Scope

 Statewide

1

-

 County-specific

4

-

 Urbanicity

Urban

2

-

Rural

1

-

Mixed

2

-

Length of time employed as/employing CHWs

 < 1 year

1

0

 1–2 years

3

0

 2–5 years

0

3

 6–10 years

0

1

 > 10 years

1

1

  1. aResults are reported here as to reflect the wording of the survey question. It is acknowledged that gender and sex, as well as Hispanic/LatinX are separate constructs, and that the designations here may conflate the two