<p>National Malaria Indicator Survey April-May 2010, Zambia</p><p>PDA field manual for data collectors TABLE OF CONTENTS</p><p>BEGINNING THE SURVEY...... 3 PERSONS INFORMATION SECTION...... 3 HOUSE SOCIAL INFORMATION SECTION...... 3 BED NET INFORMATION SECTION...... 3 HAEMOGLOBIN INFORMATION SECTION...... 3 WOMEN’S QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION...... 3 FINALIZE HOUSEHOLD...... 3 STOPPING THE SURVEY BEFORE COMPLETION...... 3 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>INITIAL SCREENS</p><p>You will begin the survey through the GPS program. Therefore, automatically the Place Name, Comment, and House number section should be automatically completed when the questionnaire is opened.</p><p>Press the keyboard picture to open/close the keyboard display. Note: Sometimes the Re-check the Date and keyboard picture will Time including Year be located in the center of the bar instead of on the right corner.</p><p>By pressing the arrow you will get various ways to input information.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 3 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>BEGINNING THE SURVEY</p><p>Press and hold desired point and press Questionnaire to begin the survey. Begin survey through the GPS program.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 4 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>PERSONS INFORMATION SECTION</p><p>Create a “New Person” for each individual in the household to create a Household Roster/List</p><p>Press green “?” to display full question in English.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 5 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>The screen still has to be completed if the double arrows are still gray. When you have completed the screen the arrow will become white to allow you to move forward. Must first Check to see if you define have left a field “Head” of unanswered. household</p><p>You may enter the last two digits of the year and the computer will fill in the rest. For example enter 70 and will be entered 1970. The age box will be calculated automatically. You MUST enter a year in order to move forward.</p><p>The name will be displayed as a reminder on the person you are gathering data on.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 6 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>If you make a mistake in the year and need to edit, it may be easier to clear out the entire date beginning from the year of birth. The age will be calculated automatically.</p><p>If you cannot get the number pad to pop up, then try tapping on one of the questions pop-ups, close it and then type on the number you want to edit again.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 7 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>The star next to the name indicates that you have entered information for that person during the active session.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 8 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>You may edit information for a specific person by highlighting the name and then pressing “Edit Person”.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 9 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 10 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>HOUSE SOCIAL INFORMATION SECTION</p><p>The “V” next to a section indicates that the section has been visited during the current session.</p><p>Options indicated by a box indicate multiple answers may be chosen.</p><p>By checking “None of above”, all other options will be cleared.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 11 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 12 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 13 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>BED NET INFORMATION SECTION</p><p>The message box indicates the Information on each individual number of nets that need to be net will need to be recorded. In entered in the Bed Net section. this case, 3 individual nets will need to be entered.</p><p>Enter either number of months, “More than 3 years ago”, or “Don’t Know”</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 14 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Select the condition of the net or “Unknown”.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 15 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Add the person (people) who slept under net, if any.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 16 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 17 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 18 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 19 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>If additional nets are observed than what was originally reported they can be entered at this point; however a window will appear saying more nets were processed than reported; therefore you must edit the number of nets in the House Social Information of the survey so the number of nets will match.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 20 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>HAEMOGLOBIN INFORMATION SECTION</p><p>Select eligible child.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 21 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors Select parent or custodian from the household list who will give consent.</p><p>Tap the blue box to select the parent or custodian who will give consent.</p><p>Press “OK” to move forward.</p><p>Identification to match slide with survey E022 = PDA number; 9 = check number which when added to the sample number will always be divisible by 10. Final 3 digits are the sample number. This will be a unique number with each processed child. Zambia MIS 2010 Page 22 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>If a doctor referral is suggested press the “V” to display the explanation.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 23 of 38 The * indicates that data has been entered for that child. PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 24 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>WOMEN’S QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION</p><p>The Women’s Questionnaire section will be completed by each eligible female.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 25 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>If “Other” is chosen specify in the text box.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 26 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Click here to create births list. By clicking this box you are indicating that the respondent has children living elsewhere.</p><p>The births list will be created after these screens.</p><p>Children who were listed as having left the household or to have died will be added as a “New Birth”. In this case, one child that died.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 27 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Press “Get from household” to access children entered in the household roster at the beginning of the survey.</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 28 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 29 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 30 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 31 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 32 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 33 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>FINALIZE HOUSEHOLD</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 34 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 35 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>STOPPING THE SURVEY BEFORE COMPLETION</p><p>If you have a DELL</p><p>Press the Start Menu</p><p>Press Settings option</p><p>Press System tab </p><p>Press Memory picture</p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 36 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Press Stop All Press Running button Programs tab </p><p>If you have an HP</p><p>Tap on this icon Press Running Programs tab </p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 37 of 38 PDA field manual for data collectors</p><p>Press Stop All button </p><p>Zambia MIS 2010 Page 38 of 38</p>