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A System for Household Enumeration and Re-identification in Densely Populated Slums to Facilitate Community Research, Education, and Advocacy

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  • Dana R Thomson
  • Shrutika Shitole
  • Tejal Shitole
  • Kiran Sawant
  • Ramnath Subbaraman
  • David E Bloom
  • Anita Patil-Deshmukh

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Background: We devised and implemented an innovative Location-Based Household Coding System (LBHCS) appropriate to a densely populated informal settlement in Mumbai, India. Methods and Findings: LBHCS codes were designed to double as unique household identifiers and as walking directions; when an entire community is enumerated, LBHCS codes can be used to identify the number of households located per road (or lane) segment. LBHCS was used in community-wide biometric, mental health, diarrheal disease, and water poverty studies. It also facilitated targeted health interventions by a research team of youth from Mumbai, including intensive door-to-door education of residents, targeted follow-up meetings, and a full census. In addition, LBHCS permitted rapid and low-cost preparation of GIS mapping of all households in the slum, and spatial summation and spatial analysis of survey data. Conclusion: LBHCS was an effective, easy-to-use, affordable approach to household enumeration and re-identification in a densely populated informal settlement where alternative satellite imagery and GPS technologies could not be used.

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  • Dana R Thomson & Shrutika Shitole & Tejal Shitole & Kiran Sawant & Ramnath Subbaraman & David E Bloom & Anita Patil-Deshmukh, 2014. "A System for Household Enumeration and Re-identification in Densely Populated Slums to Facilitate Community Research, Education, and Advocacy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(4), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0093925
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093925
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    1. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai,, 2010. "Mumbai Human Development Report 2009," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198066248.
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    1. Subbaraman, Ramnath & Nolan, Laura & Shitole, Tejal & Sawant, Kiran & Shitole, Shrutika & Sood, Kunal & Nanarkar, Mahesh & Ghannam, Jess & Betancourt, Theresa S. & Bloom, David E. & Patil-Deshmukh, An, 2014. "The psychological toll of slum living in Mumbai, India: A mixed methods study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 155-169.

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