@article{ref1,
title="A system for household enumeration and re-identification in densely populated slums to facilitate community research, education, and advocacy",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2014",
author="Thomson, Dana R. and Shitole, Shrutika and Shitole, Tejal and Sawant, Kiran and Subbaraman, Ramnath and Bloom, David E. and Patil-Deshmukh, Anita",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="e93925-e93925",
abstract="BACKGROUND: We devised and implemented an innovative Location-Based Household Coding System (LBHCS) appropriate to a densely populated informal settlement in Mumbai, India. <br><br>METHODS AND FINDINGS: LBHCS codes were designed to double as unique household identifiers and as walking directions; when an entire community is enumerated, LBHCS codes can be used to identify the number of households located per road (or lane) segment. LBHCS was used in community-wide biometric, mental health, diarrheal disease, and water poverty studies. It also facilitated targeted health interventions by a research team of youth from Mumbai, including intensive door-to-door education of residents, targeted follow-up meetings, and a full census. In addition, LBHCS permitted rapid and low-cost preparation of GIS mapping of all households in the slum, and spatial summation and spatial analysis of survey data. <br><br>CONCLUSION: LBHCS was an effective, easy-to-use, affordable approach to household enumeration and re-identification in a densely populated informal settlement where alternative satellite imagery and GPS technologies could not be used.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0093925",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093925"
}