NetMark Conducts Household Survey in Uganda using PDAs
NetMark conducted a baseline household survey in Uganda in 2000,
and is currently partnering with Uganda Chartered HealthNet (UCH)
and the AED-SATELLIFE Center for Health Information Technology to
conduct a follow-up survey designed to measure changes in ownership
and use of mosquito nets and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) over
the past six years. In November 2006, NetMark began interviewing
2,000 women of reproductive age who are guardians of a child under
five in urban and rural areas around Kampala, Masaka, Mbarara, Hoima
and Soroti, using PDAs (i.e., handheld computers) to record responses.
In addition to asking questions, interviewers are examining the
nets themselves and have been trained to assess their type and condition.
After visiting approximately two-thirds of the households, interviewers
have found 17 different net brands in homes from central Kampala
to remote villages that can only be reached on foot. UCH, a Ugandan
NGO affiliated with Makerere University Faculty of Medicine, is
implementing the data collection fieldwork, building on their extensive
experience using handheld computers for improving health systems
in Uganda and other countries in collaboration with SATELLIFE. A
summary of key indicators will be available by the end of December
2006 followed by a full report in early 2007.
Uganda Chartered HealthNet employees in the field:
Uganda Chartered HealthNet and NetMark employees at the training:
Posted November 2006
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