title: Using mobile technology to conduct epidemiological investigations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to report the experience of an epidemiological field survey for which data were collected and analyzed using tablets.
  
  
  METHODS
  The devices used Epi Info 7 (Android version), which has been modeled a database with variables of the traditional form.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-one households were randomly selected in the study area; 75 residents were registered and completed household interviews with socioeconomic and environmental risk variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new technology is a valuable tool for collecting and analyzing data from the field, with advantageous benefits to epidemiological surveys.
authors: Laboratório de Esquistossomose, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Onicio Batista
authors: OB
authors: Leal Neto
authors: Laboratório de Esquistossomose, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Rodrigo
authors: R
authors: Loyo
authors: Departamento de Informática, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Jones
authors: J
authors: Albuquerque
authors: Núcleo de Estudos de Saúde Coletiva, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Juliana
authors: J
authors: Perazzo
authors: Laboratório de Esquistossomose, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Verônica
authors: V
authors: Barbosa
authors: Laboratório de Esquistossomose, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Constança Simões
authors: CS
authors: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires