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.

We devised and implemented an innovative Location-Based Household Coding System (LBHCS) appropriate to a densely populated informal settlement in Mumbai, India.LBHCS codes were designed to double as unique household identifiers and as walking directions; when an entire community is enumerated, LBHCS...

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Main Authors: Dana R Thomson, Shrutika Shitole, Tejal Shitole, Kiran Sawant, Ramnath Subbaraman, David E Bloom, Anita Patil-Deshmukh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983094?pdf=render

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