A system for household enumeration and re-identification in densely populated slums to facilitate community research, education, and advocacy
A system for household enumeration and re-identification in densely populated slums to facilitate community research, education, and advocacy
BACKGROUND:
We devised and implemented an innovative Location-Based Household Coding System (LBHCS) appropriate to a densely populated informal settlement in Mumbai, India.
METHODS AND FINDINGS:
LBHCS codes were designed to double as unique household identifiers and as walking directions; when an entire community is enumerated, LBHCS codes can be used to identify the number of households located per road (or lane) segment. LBHCS was used in community-wide biometric, mental health, diarrheal disease, and water poverty studies. It also facilitated targeted health interventions by a research team of youth from Mumbai, including intensive door-to-door education of residents, targeted follow-up meetings, and a full census. In addition, LBHCS permitted rapid and low-cost preparation of GIS mapping of all households in the slum, and spatial summation and spatial analysis of survey data.
CONCLUSION:
LBHCS was an effective, easy-to-use, affordable approach to household enumeration and re-identification in a densely populated informal settlement where alternative satellite imagery and GPS technologies could not be used.
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Thomson, Dana R.
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Thomson, Dana R., Shitole, Shrutika and Shitole, Tejal et al.
(2014)
A system for household enumeration and re-identification in densely populated slums to facilitate community research, education, and advocacy.
PLoS ONE, 9 (4), .
(doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093925).
(PMID:24722369)
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
We devised and implemented an innovative Location-Based Household Coding System (LBHCS) appropriate to a densely populated informal settlement in Mumbai, India.
METHODS AND FINDINGS:
LBHCS codes were designed to double as unique household identifiers and as walking directions; when an entire community is enumerated, LBHCS codes can be used to identify the number of households located per road (or lane) segment. LBHCS was used in community-wide biometric, mental health, diarrheal disease, and water poverty studies. It also facilitated targeted health interventions by a research team of youth from Mumbai, including intensive door-to-door education of residents, targeted follow-up meetings, and a full census. In addition, LBHCS permitted rapid and low-cost preparation of GIS mapping of all households in the slum, and spatial summation and spatial analysis of survey data.
CONCLUSION:
LBHCS was an effective, easy-to-use, affordable approach to household enumeration and re-identification in a densely populated informal settlement where alternative satellite imagery and GPS technologies could not be used.
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 March 2014
Published date: 10 April 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/404155
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Dana R. Thomson
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Shrutika Shitole
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Tejal Shitole
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Kiran Sawant
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Ramnath Subbaraman
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David E. Bloom
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Anita Patil-Deshmukh
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