Therefore, for the financial burden analysis, the covariates measured at the individual level were excluded (sex, age), or identified at the household level, as a household with at least one older adult with physical or mental limitations; household with at least one older adult with chronic disease, and so on.
All individuals in a selected household were enumerated by study staff, and one eligible individual from each household was identified at random for recruitment.
Suitable households were identified at a pediatric health service comprising the emergency department of a pediatric hospital and a pediatric primary care practice in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
In a small proportion of investigations, the worker identified at least one hazard present in the household (1,683 investigations, 9.7%) or identified that the household regularly ran out of money (2,515 investigations, 14.5%).
The first household food inventory as a one-time measure would have mistakenly identified at least one-half of the participant households without fresh fruit, canned vegetables, dairy, protein foods, grains, chips, and sugar-sweetened beverages.
USA300 was the predominant strain and identified at least once in 38/114 (33.3%) households.
Separate dichotomous variables identified households with at least one female adult; households with at least one child; and households headed by a single parent.
The quantitative study conducted in 2007 comprised a population-based survey that identified household members at community level in the three districts as part of the REACT project.
Therefore, this study aimed to identify malaria risk at household level (resolution of 1 to 3 m), and to evaluate changes in this risk over time, in a hyperendemic village in Mali.
Information collected on uniquely identified households included geographical location, head of household and household assets.
