Electronic mobile data in global health research: a hands-on course

Centre for International Health-University of Bergen

   Course leaders: 

  • Thorkild Tylleskär, Professor, University of Bergen, Centre for International Health
  • Jørn Klungsøyr, Researcher, University of Bergen, Centre for International Health
  • Weiqin Chen, Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Information Science and Media Studies
  • Peter Wakholi, Researcher, University of Bergen, Centre for International Health / Department of Information Science and Media Studies

Invited course leader:

    • Bruce MacLeod, Professor, University of Southern Maine, USA
    • Aamir Khan, Center for Health Informatics, Interactive Research & Development & Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Short Course description

Implementation of measures to improve public health in most countries in the world requires good data either as a baseline or in the evaluation process. This course will give an in-depth coverage of new and emerging data collection and management tools using mobile telephones, handheld computers and web-based systems. The course will cover all steps required from designing a study, setting up systems and including immediate analysis using open source tools.
The course provides an update on current state-of-the-art ways of collecting and managing data collected in health research in different settings, highlighting the special challenges in low-resource settings.

    • Principles of data management in health research
    • Paper and double data entry
    • Electronic data collection
    • Data management and security

    The course is a course focusing on increasing the quality of field research data collection and management through the usage of the free and open source software packages including: