Of primary health care reforms and pandemic responses: understanding perspectives of health system actors in Kerala before and during COVID-19

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Category	Designation	Professional experience range (in years)	Female	Male	Total
LSG members and community leaders	Panchayat President	6 months -5 years	3	4	7
	Panchayat Vice-President	5 years	0	1	1
	Health Standing Committee Member	6 months-10 years	3	5	8
	Ward Member	7 months	0	1	1
	Community Leader	10–30 years	1	6	7
Health Care Providers	Medical Officer	1–15 years	5	3	8
	Health Inspector	25–30 years	1	5	6
	Public Health Nurse	25–32 years	4	0	4
	Junior Health Inspector	14–26 years	0	7	7
	Junior Public Health Nurse (JPHN)	6–21 years	11	0	11
	Nursing Officer (NO)	1–6 years	3	0	3
	Palliative Nurse (PN)	8 years	1	0	1
	Community Health Worker (CHW)	10–13 years	16	0	16
	Total Participants		48	32	80

The years of experience served in the position was considered for the study. Most of the elected representatives had decades of political experience but years served in positions like president is indicated in the study

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