Table 1 Characteristics of health facilities and care providers in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia (May – July 2019)

Type of health facility

 Health post

 Health centre

Health facilities offering child health services

 Community-based newborn care at health posts (N = 43)

 Integrated community case management at health posts (N = 43)

 Integrated management of newborn and childhood illnesses (N = 20)

Availability of treatment guidelines of

 Community-based newborn care

 Integrated community case management

 Integrated management of newborn and childhood illnesses

Profession of health care providers working in child health department

 Health extension worker

 Nurse

 Health officer

Age of health care provider in years

 19–29

 => 30

Sex of health care provider

 Man

 Woman

Service period of health care providers (years)

 < = 5

 6–10

 => 11

Healthcare providers received in-service training on care and treatment of

 0–59 days sick young infants

 2–59 months sick children

Healthcare providers received supportive supervision on care and treatment of

 0–59 days sick young infants

 2–59 months sick children

Healthcare providers perceived regular adherence to the treatment guidelines of

 0–59 days sick young infants

 2–59 months sick children

Availability of transportation facility for referral of sick children

 No

 Yes

Health providers made advance call to alert the next level of care when referral of the last child was done?

 No

 Yes

Experience of back referral by health facilities

 No

 Yes

Healthcare providers’ perception of parents’ compliance with referral advice

 Not complying

 Yes, complying

Facilities have observed records of quality assurance activity

 No

 Yes

Number of 0–59 days sick young infants

 Who consulted the health facilities

 With possible severe bacterial infections

 With possible severe bacterial infections referred

Number of 2–59 months sick children

 Who consulted the health facilities

 With severe diseases that require referral

 With severe diseases who were referred