Brief Report: Methods for Collecting Sexual Behaviour Information from South African Adolescents--A Comparison of Paper versus Personal Digital Assistant Questionnaires

Autor/inn/en	Jaspan, Heather B.; Flisher, Alan J.; Myer, Landon; Mathews, Catherine; Seebregts, Chris; Berwick, Jessica R.; Wood, Robin; Bekker, Linda-Gail
Titel	Brief Report: Methods for Collecting Sexual Behaviour Information from South African Adolescents--A Comparison of Paper versus Personal Digital Assistant Questionnaires
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 30 (2007) 2, S.353-359 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.11.002
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Sexuality; Computers; Comparative Analysis; Questionnaires; Indigenous Populations; Risk; Health Behavior; Data Collection; Disadvantaged; Information Technology; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Digitalrechner; Fragebogen; Sinti und Roma; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Data capture; Datensammlung; Informationstechnologie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Reporting bias in adolescent behavioural research may be overcome with the use of personal digital assistants (PDA) or other computer based technologies. However, there is little insight into the use of these tools among adolescents in low resource settings. We compared self-administered paper questionnaires with PDA questionnaires to collect sexual behaviour data from a sample of 11-19 year olds living in a periurban, Xhosa-speaking community in South Africa. There was a high level of agreement between sexual risk behaviour data collected via each method (kappas greater than or equal to 0.50). Data collected from the PDA questionnaires were more complete. Subjectively, adolescents found the use of PDA to be simple and confidential. PDA may be a useful method to collect sensitive, self-reported information from adolescents in resource-limited settings. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10