TY  - JOUR
AU  - Leal Neto, Onicio B
AU  - Albuquerque, Cesar M
AU  - Albuquerque, Jones O
AU  - Barbosa, Constança S
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/03/10
TI  - The Schisto Track: A System for Gathering and Monitoring Epidemiological Surveys by Connecting Geographical Information Systems in Real Time
JO  - JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
SP  - e10
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
KW  - epidemiological survey
KW  - schistosomiasis
KW  - public health
AB  - Background: Using the Android platform as a notification instrument for diseases and disorders forms a new alternative for computerization of epidemiological studies. Objective: The objective of our study was to construct a tool for gathering epidemiological data on schistosomiasis using the Android platform. Methods: The developed application (app), named the Schisto Track, is a tool for data capture and analysis that was designed to meet the needs of a traditional epidemiological survey. An initial version of the app was finished and tested in both real situations and simulations for epidemiological surveys. Results: The app proved to be a tool capable of automation of activities, with data organization and standardization, easy data recovery (to enable interfacing with other systems), and totally modular architecture. Conclusions: The proposed Schisto Track is in line with worldwide trends toward use of smartphones with the Android platform for modeling epidemiological scenarios. 
SN  - 2291-5222
UR  - http://mhealth.jmir.org/2014/1/e10/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.2859
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25099881
DO  - 10.2196/mhealth.2859
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/mhealth.2859
ER  -