Paper Info
Title
Participant and interviewer attitudes toward handheld computers in the context of HIV/AIDS programs in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract
Handheld computers have untapped potential to improve HIV/AIDS programs in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in the collection of survey data. We conducted an experiment in three neighborhoods of Luanda, Angola to assess the impact of the technology on people's comfort and willingness to disclose sensitive personal information, such as sexual behavior. Participants were asked about their HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices by local interviewers using either handheld computers or paper surveys. T-tests showed no differences between participants' self-reported comfort across handheld and paper conditions. However, participants in the handheld condition were more likely to give socially desirable responses to the sexual behavior questions than participants in the paper condition. These results suggest that using handheld computers in data collection in sub-Saharan Africa may lead to biased reports of HIV/AIDS-related risk behaviors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1357054.1357175
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
aids program,self-reported comfort,data collection,sexual behavior,handheld computer,handheld condition,paper condition,interviewer attitude,sub-saharan africa,aids-related risk behavior,aids-related knowledge,paper survey,developing country
Survey data collection,Data collection,Computer science,HIV/AIDS,Simulation,Developing country,Interview,Mobile device,Personally identifiable information,Multimedia,Applied psychology
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.97
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karen G. Cheng1565.21
Francisco Ernesto2161.50
Khai N. Truong32002162.82