ArticleGlobal health action2017
Implementing electronic data capture at a well-established health and demographic surveillance site in rural northern Malawi.
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- Electronic Data Capture System (REDCap) for Health Care Research and Training in a Resource-Constrained Environment: Technology Adoption Case Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
- Factors Affecting the Transition from Paper to Digital Data Collection for Mobile Tuberculosis Active Case Finding in Low Internet Access Settings in Pakistan.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- The ethical implications of verbal autopsy: responding to emotional and moral distress.BMC medical ethics · 2021Article
- Electronic data collection for multi-country, hospital-based, clinical observation of maternal and newborn care: EN-BIRTH study experiences.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Observational
- Electronic data collection in a multi-site population-based survey: EN-INDEPTH study.Population health metrics · 2021Article
- Setting up a maternal and newborn registry applying electronic platform: an experience from the Bangladesh site of the global network for women's and children's health.Reproductive health · 2020Observational
- Electronic data capture for large scale typhoid surveillance, household contact tracing, and health utilisation survey: Strategic Typhoid Alliance across Africa and Asia.Wellcome open research · 2020Article
- Analysis of erroneous data entries in paper based and electronic data collection.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Health Risk in Urbanizing Regions: Examining the Nexus of Infrastructure, Hygiene and Health in Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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This article aims to assess multiple issues of resources, staffing, local opinion, data quality, cost, and security while transitioning to electronic data collection (EDC) at a long-running community research site in northern Malawi. Levels of missing and error fields, delay from data collection to availability, and average number of interviews per day were compared between EDC and paper in a complex, repeated annual household survey. Three focus groups with field and data staff with experience using both methods, and in-depth interviews with participants were carried out. Cost for each method were estimated and compared. Missing data was more common on paper questionnaires than on EDC, and a similar number were carried out per day. Fieldworkers generally preferred EDC, but data staff feared for their employment. Most respondents had no strong preference for a method. The cost of the paper system was estimated to be higher than using EDC. The existing infrastructure and technical expertise could be adapted to using EDC, but changes have an impact on data processing jobs as fewer, and better qualified staff are required. EDC is cost-effective, and, for a long-running site, may offer further savings, as devices can be used in multiple studies and perform several other functions. EDC is accepted by fieldworkers and respondents, has good levels of quality and timeliness, and security can be maintained. EDC is well-suited for use in a well-established research site using and developing existing infrastructure and expertise.
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