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Table 3 Strategies to prevent violence against health workers as proposed by study participants

From: Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Variables

Total

[N(%)]

South-Kivu

[N(%)]

North-Kivu

[N(%)]

p-value

Political actions (n = 530)

   

0.466

Yes

129 (24.34)

86 (23.43)

43 (26.38)

 

No

401 (75.66)

281 (76.57)

120 (73.62)

 

Health system (n = 528)

   

0.573

Yes

292 (55.30)

200 (54.50)

92 (57.14)

 

No

236 (44.70)

167 (45.50)

69 (42.86)

 

Community actions (n = 527)

   

0.538

Yes

235 (44.59)

166 (45.48)

69 (42.59)

 

No

292 (55.41)

199 (54.52)

93 (57.41)

 

Professional corporations (n = 527)

   

0.803

Yes

4 (0.76)

3 (0.82)

1 (0.62)

 

No

523 (99.24)

362 (99.18)

161 (99.38)