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Table 1 Profile of a sample of Australian community rehabilitation and support workers (n = 141), by state

From: Oral health promotion practices of Australian community mental health professionals: a cross sectional web-based survey

   NSW QLD SA VIC WA Total
   N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Location   23 9 26 69 14 141
   (16.3) (6.4) (18.4) (48.9) (9.9) (100.0)
Years worked at Neami  < 1 12 5 8 25 7 57
   (55.2) (55.6) (30.8) (36.2) (50.0) (40.4)
  1–2 4 1 8 30 4 47
   (17.4) (11.1) (30.8) (43.5) (28.6) (33.3)
  2–3 4 2 4 7 1 18
   (17.4) (22.2) (15.4) (10.1) (28.6) (12.8)
  3–4 2 1 5 3 1 12
   (8.7) (11.1) (19.2) (4.3) (7.1) (8.5)
   > 4 1 1 4 1 7
   (4.3) (3.8) (5.8) (7.1) (5.0)
Oral health training*** Yes 1 2 3 49 55
   (4.3) (22.2) (11.5) (71.0) (39.0)
  No 22 7 23 20 14 86
   (95.7) (77.8) (88.5) (29.0) (100.0) (61.0)
Aware of oral health programme** Yes 13 5 11 57 5 91
   (56.5) (55.6) (42.3) (82.6) (35.7) (64.5)
  No 10 4 15 12 9 50
   (43.5) (44.4) (57.3) (17.4) (64.3) (35.5)
  1. NSW = New South Wales, QLD = Queensland, SA = South Australia, VIC = Victoria, WA = Western Australia
  2. **Fisher’s Exact test p value < 0.01
  3. ***Fisher’s Exact test p value < 0.001