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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of healthcare providers from Indigenous communities, Santa Ana Nichi and Ganzdá, Mexico

From: Discrepancies in infant feeding recommendations between grandmothers and healthcare providers in rural Mexico

 

Santa Ana

Ganzdá

(n = 14)

(n = 10)

Age (years), median (range)

31 (25–52)

23 (22–46)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

7 (50)

9 (90)

 Male

7 (50)

1 (10)

Title, n (%)

 Medical doctor

8 (57)

1 (10)

 Pediatrics

1 (12a)

0a

 Obstetrics/Gynecology

3 (38a)

0a

 General medicine

4 (50a)

1 (100a)

 Nurse

4 (29)

9 (90)

Hierbera (Healer)

1 (7)

-

 Health promoter

1 (7)

-

Time practicing (years), median (range)

 

0.5 (8 days-20 years)

12 (0.5–19)

Time in current community (years), median (range)

 

3.25 (0.5–31)

4 (5 months-19 years)

  1. aPercentage amongst medical doctors