Feasibility of Electronic Health Information and Surveillance System (eHISS) for disease symptom monitoring: A Case of Rural Ghana

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Aliyu Mohammed, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine

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Project Citation: 

Mohammed, Aliyu. Feasibility of Electronic Health Information and Surveillance System (eHISS) for disease symptom monitoring: A Case of Rural Ghana. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E103280V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset is a research conducted in a rural district of Ghana, involving caregivers of children under-five. The study ended in 2016. The study employed the use of a mobile phone-based electronic health information and surveillance system (eHISS) for monitoring disease disease symptoms of children under-five. The dataset contained information on the sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants, symptom data (including fever, cough, diarrhoea, etc) and follow-up data (obtained from health records).

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms child health; mhealth; voice communications
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Ghana
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/6/2016 – 12/24/2016
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/6/2016 – 11/12/2016
Universe:  View help for Universe Caregivers with access to mobile telecommunication and their child in  rural health district of Ghana.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) medical records; other; survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate The response rate was 98% (of the total 1446 caregivers with children under-five).
Sampling:  View help for Sampling A cross-sectional survey was conducted in randomly selected communities to recruit and interview caregivers using a structured questionnaire.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source The first source of data were obtained from a cross-sectional study which describes the characteristics f the study participants. The second, from the database of an IVR system. The system was designed to interact with caregivers and automatically capture the voice responses provided by caregivers in text format.
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) computer-assisted self interview (CASI); face-to-face interview; on-site questionnaire; other
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation disease symptoms of children under-five

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