Mobile Phone Survey Publications

This series of publications details the scientific studies conducted in order to improve the performance and quality of mobile phone surveys

Resources

Promised and lottery airtime incentives to improve interactive voice response survey participation among adults in Bangladesh and Uganda: Randomized controlled trial

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

May 9, 2022

Mobile phone surveys for collecting population-level estimates in low- and middle-income countries: A literature review

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

literature review

mobile phone survey

population level estimates

Created

May 5, 2017

Health surveys using mobile phones in developing countries: Automated active strata monitoring and other statistical considerations for improving precision and reducing biases

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

May 5, 2017

Moving the agenda on noncommunicable diseases: Policy implications of mobile phone surveys in low and middle-income countries

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

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mobile phone survey

policies, laws and regulation

Created

May 5, 2017

Using mHealth to predict noncommunicable diseases: A public health opportunity for low- and middle-income countries

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

May 5, 2017

Consent for mobile phone surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors in low-resource settings: An exploratory qualitative study in Uganda

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

August 1, 2019

Informed consent for mobile phone health surveys in Colombia: A qualitative study

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

September 25, 2020

Building the evidence base for remote data collection in low and middle-income countries: Comparing reliability and accuracy across survey modalities

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

literature review

mobile phone survey

Created

May 5, 2017

The development of an interactive voice response survey for noncommunicable disease risk factor estimation: Technical assessment and cognitive testing

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

qualitative study

Created

May 5, 2017

Effect of airtime incentives on response and cooperation rates in non-communicable disease interactive voice response surveys: Randomised controlled trials in Bangladesh and Uganda

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

September 6, 2019

Ethics considerations in global mobile phone-based surveys of noncommunicable diseases: A conceptual exploration

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

May 5, 2017

Ethics of mobile phone surveys to monitor non-communicable disease risk factors in low- and middle-income countries: A global stakeholder survey

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

knowledge, attitudes and practices

mobile phone survey

Created

January 10, 2019

Evaluation of mechanisms to improve performance of mobile phone surveys in low- and middle-income countries: Research protocol

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

May 5, 2017

Does mobile phone survey method matter? Reliability of computer-assisted telephone interviews and interactive voice response non-communicable diseases risk factor surveys in low- and middle-income countries

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

April 10, 2019

Integrating capacity development during digital health research: A case study from global health

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

capacity building

mobile phone survey

Created

January 16, 2019

Perceptions on using interactive voice response surveys for non-communicable disease risk factors in Uganda: A qualitative exploration

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

qualitative study

Created

September 12, 2019

Noncommunicable disease risk factors and mobile phones: A proposed research agenda

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

May 5, 2017

User perceptions and experiences of receiving and responding to an interactive voice response mobile phone survey in Uganda: A qualitative study

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

March 12, 2020

A cost study for mobile phone health surveys using interactive voice response for assessing risk factors of noncommunicable diseases

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

Created

June 28, 2021

Adaptation of a mobile phone health survey for risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in Colombia: A qualitative study

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Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

August 28, 2020

Leveraging mobile phone surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador and Sri Lanka: Methods, timeline and findings

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

April 15, 2021

Using mobile phone data collection tool, surveda, for noncommunicable disease surveillance in five low- and middle-income countries

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

application of tools

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

December 8, 2020

Remote consent approaches for mobile phone surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors in Colombia and Uganda: A randomized study

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

data collection method

Created

December 21, 2022

Effect of the data collection method on mobile phone survey participation in Bangladesh and Tanzania: Secondary analyses of a randomized crossover trial

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

April 20, 2023

Developing digital tools for health surveys in low- and middle-income countries: Comparing findings of two mobile phone surveys with a nationally representative in-person survey in Bangladesh

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

July 27, 2023

The effect of airtime incentives to improve participation in noncommunicable disease interactive voice response surveys: randomized controlled trials in Colombia and Tanzania

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

September 15, 2023

Understanding community perception and acceptability of interactive voice response survey method: findings from formative research in Bangladesh

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

mobile phone survey

qualitative study

Created

September 1, 2023

A nationwide mobile phone survey for tobacco use in Tanzania: Sample quality and representativeness compared to a household survey

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

January 24, 2024

Recruiting hard-to-reach populations via respondent driven sampling for mobile phone surveys in Colombia: a qualitative study

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

qualitative study

Created

January 11, 2024

Examination of the demographic representativeness of a cross-sectional mobile phone survey in collecting health data in Colombia using random digit dialling

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

Created

May 22, 2023

Improving success of non-communicable diseases mobile phone surveys: Results of two randomized trials testing interviewer gender and message valence in Bangladesh and Uganda

Domains

Noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance

Topics

data collection method

mobile phone survey

survey participation

Created

May 24, 2023