Use of personal digital assistants in household surveys in demographic surveillance systems : final report

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2009

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Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Ifakara, TZ

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The project aimed to ensure better resource allocation decisions for health purposes in Least Developed Countries (LDC) such as Tanzania, by improving data gathering and analysis using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). As well, it helped establish the feasibility of employing paperless data collection methods in demographic surveillance systems (DSS). This paper reports on the project activities and outcomes. It focuses on methodology as well as experiences of researchers and survey respondents.

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EVALUATION, NEW TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH SURVEYS, DATA COLLECTING, MORTALITY, MORBIDITY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, ICT, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, TANZANIA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/40262

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Research Results (ACACIA) / Résultats de recherches (ACACIA)