Sample collection, transportation, and monitoring of survey operations in our study have been challenging.
The data is being collected using a Juno Trimble survey device (http://www.trimble.com/junosb.shtml), allowing on-going quality assurance, monitoring of survey coverage, and recording of GPS coordinates for later mapping using a geographical information system.
The quality of these independent audits was assured through rigorous daily monitoring of the survey team by a supervisor, double data capture at sites by the two team members, and random duplicate audits.
- Monitoring of the survey was also undertaken by officials from the NPPB.
In addition, the system will allow for real-time monitoring of participant survey completion and patient data with built-in data quality, auditing, and integrity checks.
In addition to the participant's user interface, it also provides a researchers' user interface and dashboard for real-time monitoring of recruitment and survey data collection, and a survey administration interface for survey creation and management (Additional file 1: Figures S1-4).
In order to monitor the safety of survey respondents, households in some villages were re-visited several days to a week after the initial interview, and respondents were asked about any positive or negative consequences following their interview.
Therefore, the aim of this paper is to provide a case study analysis of the utilization of the findings from an Australian series of population monitoring surveys of school-aged children's weight and weight-related behaviors, the Schools' Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS).
Our findings highlight the importance of survey monitoring programs being conducted by credible independent agencies, the use of a range of dissemination strategies that directly engages EUs, and the need for strong partnerships with policy makers and EUs from the inception in order to increase ownership over the findings and commitment to action.
3D visual mapping of the seafloor has found applications ranging from environment monitoring and survey of marine minerals to underwater archaeology and inspection of modern artificial structures.
Activity monitors that contain an accelerometer provide accurate, reliable and feasible measurements of physical activity [ 2- 4], and have recently been used in several nation-wide monitoring surveys of population levels of physical activity and temporal trends in physical activity [ 5- 8].
