ArticleEpidemiology and infection2014
Validation of three geolocation strategies for health-facility attendees for research and public health surveillance in a rural setting in western Kenya.
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- Defining service catchment areas in low-resource settings.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Primary healthcare services in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: Evaluating a service-support project.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2020Article
- Use of mobile technology-based participatory mapping approaches to geolocate health facility attendees for disease surveillance in low resource settings.International journal of health geographics · 2018Article
- A cross-sectional ecological analysis of international and sub-national health inequalities in commercial geospatial resource availability.International journal of health geographics · 2018Article
- Meeting the Needs of Mothers During the Postpartum Period: Using Co-Creation Workshops to Find Technological Solutions.JMIR research protocols · 2017Article
- High levels of asymptomatic and subpatent Plasmodium falciparum parasite carriage at health facilities in an area of heterogeneous malaria transmission intensity in the Kenyan highlands.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2014Article
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Abstract
Understanding the spatial distribution of disease is critical for effective disease control. Where formal address networks do not exist, tracking spatial patterns of clinical disease is difficult. Geolocation strategies were tested at rural health facilities in western Kenya. Methods included geocoding residence by head of compound, participatory mapping and recording the self-reported nearest landmark. Geocoding was able to locate 72·9% [95% confidence interval (CI) 67·7-77·6] of individuals to within 250 m of the true compound location. The participatory mapping exercise was able to correctly locate 82·0% of compounds (95% CI 78·9-84·8) to a 2 × 2·5 km area with a 500 m buffer. The self-reported nearest landmark was able to locate 78·1% (95% CI 73·8-82·1) of compounds to the correct catchment area. These strategies tested provide options for quickly obtaining spatial information on individuals presenting at health facilities.
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