Data was collected using a structured questionnaire administered by trained public health personnel.
Each patient data collection observation included: 1) a pre‒visit patient survey administered by the data collector before the visit, 2) an audio recording of the patient visit, 3) a brief exit survey administered by telephone within 48 hours after the visit, and 4) a six‒week follow up survey administered by telephone.
To ensure full cooperation and understanding of the research aims by the participants, an information sheet and a consent form was prepared & administered by trained data collectors to each participant.
Exit interviews with clients were administered by trained data collectors who were female high school graduates.
At recruitment, a pre-tested structured questionnaire in the local language (Lumasaaba) was administered by trained data collectors, fluent in the local language.
In ensuring confidentiality of the participants, the survey was administered by trained data collectors who followed protocols that included separation of desks during the completion of the surveys as well as close monitoring of students during the completion of the survey.
A health and lifestyle questionnaire was administered by mail, collecting data on smoking, alcohol consumption, social class, basic family medical history, exercise, and reproductive history [ 28].
The questionnaire was administered by two female data collectors in face-to-face interviews in Laotian in private settings at the FSWs workplaces.
In the sub-districts where birth weight was not measured, the questionnaire was administered by the project data collectors, having been informed by the traditional birth attendant or DSS enumerators that the woman had given birth.
All medical record data are stored on protected data servers at Swiss Paraplegic Research in Nottwil, controlled and administered by the SwiSCI Study Center data manager.
