Experiences in running a complex electronic data capture system using mobile phones in a large-scale population trial in southern Nepal

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1330858-

  Style, Sarah ^a   James Beard, B ^a   Harris Fry, Helen ^a   Sengupta, Aman ^b   Jha, Sonali ^b   Shrestha, Bhim P ^b   Rai, Anjana ^b   Paudel, Vikas ^b   Thondoo, Meelan ^a   Pulkki Brannstrom, Anni Maria ^a   Skordis Worrall, Jolene ^a   Manandhar, Dharma S ^b   Costello, Anthony ^a   Saville, Naomi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

CommCare; Electronic data capture; mHealth; Mobile data; ODK Collect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOBILE PHONE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; CELL PHONE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 85028528936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1330858     Document Type: Article

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