Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans
Life history calendars (LHCs) are able to capture large-scale retrospective quantitative data, which can be utilized to learn about transitions of behavior change over time. The Testing and Risk History Calendar (TRHC) is a version of life history calendar (LHC) which correlates critical social, sex...
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| author | Dilruba Parvin Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa Lucia Knight Lucia Knight Enid J. Schatz Enid J. Schatz |
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| description | Life history calendars (LHCs) are able to capture large-scale retrospective quantitative data, which can be utilized to learn about transitions of behavior change over time. The Testing and Risk History Calendar (TRHC) is a version of life history calendar (LHC) which correlates critical social, sexual and health variables with the timing of HIV testing. In order to fulfill the need for time-bound data regarding HIV testing and risk of older persons in South Africa, a pilot of the TRHC was performed using a paper fold-out grid format. Though the TRHC study in this format was effective as older persons were able to recall details about their HIV testing and risk contexts, the interview process was tedious as data were collected manually. Development of a tablet application for TRHC study will improve data quality and make data entry and collection more automated. This paper presents the development of the TRHC application prototype in order to collect TRHC data electronically and provides a platform for efficient large-scale life history calendar data collection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a0096e2feba448588db9dc95ee5e1822022-12-21T22:43:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Reproductive Health2673-31532021-12-01310.3389/frph.2021.671747671747Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older AfricansDilruba Parvin0Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa1Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa2Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa3Lucia Knight4Lucia Knight5Enid J. Schatz6Enid J. Schatz7Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United StatesDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United StatesDepartment of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United StatesInstitute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United StatesDivision of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South AfricaDepartment of Public Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United StatesMedical Research Council/Wits Rural, Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaLife history calendars (LHCs) are able to capture large-scale retrospective quantitative data, which can be utilized to learn about transitions of behavior change over time. The Testing and Risk History Calendar (TRHC) is a version of life history calendar (LHC) which correlates critical social, sexual and health variables with the timing of HIV testing. In order to fulfill the need for time-bound data regarding HIV testing and risk of older persons in South Africa, a pilot of the TRHC was performed using a paper fold-out grid format. Though the TRHC study in this format was effective as older persons were able to recall details about their HIV testing and risk contexts, the interview process was tedious as data were collected manually. Development of a tablet application for TRHC study will improve data quality and make data entry and collection more automated. This paper presents the development of the TRHC application prototype in order to collect TRHC data electronically and provides a platform for efficient large-scale life history calendar data collection.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frph.2021.671747/fullHIVNCDTesting and Risk History Calendarlife history calendarapplication |
| spellingShingle | Dilruba Parvin Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa Lucia Knight Lucia Knight Enid J. Schatz Enid J. Schatz Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans Frontiers in Reproductive Health HIV NCD Testing and Risk History Calendar life history calendar application |
| title | Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans |
| title_full | Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans |
| title_fullStr | Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans |
| title_short | Development of a Tablet Computer Application for HIV Testing and Risk History Calendar for Use With Older Africans |
| title_sort | development of a tablet computer application for hiv testing and risk history calendar for use with older africans |
| topic | HIV NCD Testing and Risk History Calendar life history calendar application |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frph.2021.671747/full |
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