http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/35485 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:58 GMT 2013-05-22T09:08:58Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/48206 Title: Privacy and security of medical information in developing countries and emergency situations : broadening the threat model; research note Authors: Hosein, Gus; Martin, Aaron Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/48206 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/48108 Title: OpenROSA Meeting 2009 : report on the 4th OpenROSA, July 20-23, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; final technical report Authors: Lesh, Neal Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/48108 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44071 Title: CommCare : a mobile phone application to strengthen and monitor community health programs Authors: Lesh, Neal; Jackson, Jonathan; Dhadialla, Prabhjot; DeRenzi, Brian; Mhila, Gayo Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44071 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44070 Title: Handheld computers for survey and trial data collection in resource-poor settings : development and evaluation of PDACT, a Palm TM pilot interviewing system Authors: Seebregts, Christopher J.; Zwarenstein, Merrick; Mathews, Catherine; Fairall, Lara; Flisher, Alan J.; Seebregts, Clive; Mukoma, Wanjiru; Klepp, Knut-Inge Abstract: Objective: Handheld computers (personal digital assistant, PDA) have the potential to reduce the logistic burden, cost, and error rate of paper-based health research data collection, but there is a lack of appropriate software. The present work describes the development and evaluation of PDACT, a Personal Data Collection Toolset (www.healthware.org/pdact/index.htm) for the PalmTM Pilot handheld computer for interviewer-administered and respondent-administered data collection. // Methods: We developed Personal Data Collection Toolkit (PDACT) software to enable questionnaires developed in QDSTM Design Studio, a WindowsTM application, to be compiled and completed on PalmTM Pilot devices and evaluated in several representative field survey settings. // Results: The software has been used in seven separate studies and in over 90,000 interviews. Five interviewer-administered studies were completed in rural settings with poor communications infrastructure, following one day of interviewer training. Two respondent -administered questionnaire studies were completed by learners, in urban secondary schools, after 15 min training. // Questionnaires were available on each handheld in up to 11 languages, ranged from 20 to 580 questions, and took between 15 and 90 min to complete. Up to 200 PalmTM Pilot devices were in use on a single day and, in about 50 device-years of use, very few technical problems were found. Compared with paper-based collection, data validation and cleaning timeswere reduced, and fewer errors were found. // PDA data collection is easy to use and preferred by interviewers and respondents (both respondent-administered and interviewer-administered) over paper. Data are compiled and available within hours of collection facilitating data quality assurance. Although hardware increases the setup cost of the first study, the cumulative cost falls thereafter, and onverges on the cumulative cost of paper-based studies (four, in the case of our interviewer-administered studies). Handheld data collection is an appropriate, affordable and convenient technology for health data collection, in diverse settings. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44070 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44069 Title: Final technical report : developer network and open source PDA software for health data; reporting period: 1 March 2006 - 28 February 2008 Authors: Seebregts, Chris Description: Draft Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44069 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z