Implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked data collection system: a feasibility and acceptability study among Zambian female sex workers

Autor: Mubiana Inambao, Susan Allen, Shawn Sarwar, Sarah E. Anderson, Tyronza Sharkey, Kristin M. Wall, Nishant Kishore, T. Roice Fulton, David Mark, Yi No Chen, Yuna Tiffany Hammond, Hanzunga Halumamba, William Kilembe, Alex Tran, Linda Kimaru, Trisha Finnegan, Mwaka Mchoongo, Kalonde Malama
Přispěvatelé: Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale (SESSTIM - U1252 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - UMR 259 IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
Zambia
Context (language use)
HIV Infections
Patient care
Risk Assessment
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Automation
0302 clinical medicine
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Stigmatized populations
Health care
Medicine
Humans
Confidentiality
030212 general & internal medicine
Fingerprinting
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Female sex workers
030505 public health
Data collection
Sex Workers
business.industry
Health Policy
Public health
Research
Data Collection
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Health services research
Key populations
medicine.disease
3. Good health
Family medicine
Biometric Identification
HIV/AIDS
Feasibility Studies
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Risk assessment
Social psychology
Zdroj: Globalization and Health
Globalization and Health, BioMed Central, 2015, 11 (1), ⟨10.1186/s12992-015-0114-z⟩
ISSN: 1744-8603
Popis: Background Patient identification within and between health services is an operational challenge in many resource-limited settings. When following HIV risk groups for service provision and in the context of vaccine trials, patient misidentification can harm patient care and bias trial outcomes. Electronic fingerprinting has been proposed to identify patients over time and link patient data between health services. The objective of this study was to determine 1) the feasibility of implementing an electronic-fingerprint linked data capture system in Zambia and 2) the acceptability of this system among a key HIV risk group: female sex workers (FSWs). Methods Working with Biometrac, a US-based company providing biometric-linked healthcare platforms, an electronic fingerprint-linked data capture system was developed for use by field recruiters among Zambian FSWs. We evaluated the technical feasibility of the system for use in the field in Zambia and conducted a pilot study to determine the acceptability of the system, as well as barriers to uptake, among FSWs. Results We found that implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked patient tracking and data collection system was feasible in this relatively resource-limited setting (false fingerprint matching rate of 1/1000 and false rejection rate of
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