A system for household enumeration and reidentification in densely populated slums to facilitate community research, education, and advocacy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Thomson, Dana R ^a   Shitole, Shrutika ^b   Shitole, Tejal ^b   Sawant, Kiran ^b   Subbaraman, Ramnath ^b,c   Bloom, David E ^d   Patil Deshmukh, Anita ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR)   (India)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CODING; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LOCATION BASED HOUSEHOLD CODING SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POVERTY; RESIDENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SUMMATION; URBAN POPULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84899534765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093925     Document Type: Article

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