Application of pre-programmed PDA devices equipped with global GPS to conduct paperless household surveys in rural Mozambique.
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are extending how we use software normally associated with desktop and laptop computers. As interface design improves and specialized software becomes available, health professionals are choosing to usePDAs. A logical next step to use PDAs is in remote areas where electronic data collection is needed and electricity is limited. A test of PDAs', equipped with global positioning system, ability to improve household surveys in rural Mozambique was completed in February 2006.
Krishnamurthy
Ramesh
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Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program, Career Development Division, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, , Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Frolov
Anatoly
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Wolkon
Adam
A
Vanden Eng
Jodi
J
Hightower
Allen
A
D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D009073:Mozambique; D012424:Rural Population; D017215:Satellite Communications; D012984:Software