Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay

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Autor(a) principal: Hortal,Maria
Data de Publicação: 1993
Outros Autores: Meny,Miguel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101993000200008
Resumo: A cohort study on acute respiratory infections, involving 270 children observed by pediatricians in their homes every 10 days over a period of 32 months, gave the opportunity to experience logistic and methodological problems seldom described in the literature. The purpose of this article is to alert researchers as to the difficulties faced when performing community-based studies in developing countries. Although a carefully planned project was undertaken, problem areas included the establishment of the target population, population dynamics, field related problems, laboratory aspects and data management. It is hoped that other investigators may benefit from the extensive experience gained from our program in foreseeing and coping with the difficulties involved.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
title Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
spellingShingle Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
Hortal,Maria
Respiratory tract infection/epidemiology
Cohort studies
Epidemiologic factors
title_short Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
title_full Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
title_fullStr Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
title_full_unstemmed Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
title_sort Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay
author Hortal,Maria
author_facet Hortal,Maria
Meny,Miguel
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author2 Meny,Miguel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Hortal,Maria
Meny,Miguel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Respiratory tract infection/epidemiology
Cohort studies
Epidemiologic factors
topic Respiratory tract infection/epidemiology
Cohort studies
Epidemiologic factors
description A cohort study on acute respiratory infections, involving 270 children observed by pediatricians in their homes every 10 days over a period of 32 months, gave the opportunity to experience logistic and methodological problems seldom described in the literature. The purpose of this article is to alert researchers as to the difficulties faced when performing community-based studies in developing countries. Although a carefully planned project was undertaken, problem areas included the establishment of the target population, population dynamics, field related problems, laboratory aspects and data management. It is hoped that other investigators may benefit from the extensive experience gained from our program in foreseeing and coping with the difficulties involved.
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