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Table 4 Characteristics of participants in the health stakeholder engagement event, Abakaliki, Nigeria (September 2015)

From: Fostering access to and use of contextualised knowledge to support health policy-making: lessons from the Policy Information Platform in Nigeria

Characteristic

Number (%) of participants

Age (years)

 25–34

5 (10.6)

 35–44

15 (31.9)

  > 45

27 (57.4)

 Total

47

Type of organisation

 Ministry of Health

10 (20.0)

 Local Government Service Commission

22 (44.0)

 Federal Teaching Hospital (Abakaliki, Nigeria)

9 (18.0)

 Non-governmental organisation

7 (14.0)

 University

2 (4.0)

 Total

50

Participant designation

 Director

11 (21.6)

 Head of Department

20 (39.2)

 Programme Manager

6 (11.8)

 Unit Officer

14 (27.4)

 Total

51

Academic qualification

 Ordinary national diploma/higher national diploma

6 (12.0)

 Bachelor

32 (64.0)

 Masters

10 (20.0)

 Doctorate

2 (4.0)

 Total

50