Online reporting for malaria surveillance using micro-monetary incentives, in urban India 2010-2011

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chunara, Rumi ^a,b   Chhaya, Vina ^c   Bane, Sunetra ^b   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^b,d   Chan, Emily H ^b   Freifeld, Clark C ^b,e   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incentives; Internet; Participatory; Self report; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNET; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856799141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-43     Document Type: Review

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