title: Using Touch Screen Audio-CASI to Obtain Data on Sensitive Topics.
abstract: This paper describes a new interview data collection system that uses a laptop personal computer equipped with a touch-sensitive video monitor. The touch-screen-based audio computer-assisted self-interviewing system, or touch screen audio-CASI, enhances the ease of use of conventional audio CASI systems while simultaneously providing the privacy of self-administered questionnaires. We describe touch screen audio-CASI design features and operational characteristics. In addition, we present data from a recent clinic-based experiment indicating that the touch audio-CASI system is stable, robust, and suitable for administering relatively long and complex questionnaires on sensitive topics, including drug use and sexual behaviors associated with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
authors.affiliation: Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, NC and Washington D.C.
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Cooley
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Alia A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Tayyib
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: Laxminarayana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ganapathi
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