Smartphone vs. Pen and Paper: A comparative evaluation using influenza sentinel surveillance platform in Kenya, 2012

March 12, 2012
This presentation by Henry Njuguna, M.D., sentinel surveillance coordinator at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Kenya was given at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases which took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Njuguna said the researchers compared survey data collection methods at four influenza surveillance sites in Kenya. At each site, surveillance officers identified patients with respiratory illness and administered a brief questionnaire that included demographic and clinical information. An equal number of questionnaires were completed using traditional paper methods (1,019) and via smartphone (1,019). Dr. Njuguna said that compared to paper . . .