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[Kim-Anh Vo <catakim@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Here is the paper form and the current system (entry). The entry of the
current running system and the current design with DHIS2Tracker.

And the cases of unchecked the users (of Vietnam case) do not care much the
reason why, just count on the checked one.
Moreover, the Maternal (Mother) Form program just cover the input data of
mother's situation and history of the previous pregnancy/delivery and the
information of the current delivery with complication if having.
Noting that the users of this system normally enter data for the forms
monthly with thousands of records/forms (one for each delivery case). So,
we're trying to support the best for the entry to fit their familiarity and
convenience.

For the Child program, currently at the field (Reproductive Health Center)
they just collect data for child-examination mainly  under 5 (weight,
height, ...) and immunization (tracking of the doses of vaccines). So that
system has just a few data-entry (check the example of examination of the
php/mysl system). And in the design for DHIS2-Tracker of this program, we
use current combobox for entry of the Boolean values. (We did it because
it's that all currently supported)

But for the MaternalForm program... with lots of input (check out the paper
version: 1. Paper(maternalForm).png) the requirement of checkboxes quite
clear.

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> Since the question of checkboxes for boolean dataelements is a general
> technical issue, allow me to forward this to the dev-list.
>
> In general, I agree that checkboxes are more intuitive. However, please
> note that there is a subtle issue on what to do if the checkbox is not
> ticked - do you then store a NO value, or nothing? Today, we actually store
> the NO and YES value (as 0 and 1) only if it is selected in the dropdown,
> otherwise nothing gets stored (could be interpreted as "blank/NULL", "not
> applicable", "not responded" "form is not yet complete"). So it will be
> important to make sure the users (and we) understand the semantics of
> leaving a box unchecked).
>
> This is a little similar to the "Zero is significant" setting that has
> been the topic of much discussion (the Indian NRHM guidelines explicitly
> recommends using Blank to indicate "Service not available" in contrast to a
> zero, which indicates "No cases this period")
>
> As for the current forms, it would be good if you could scan the original
> paper forms (both mother and child),  and then indicate any changes  you
> are planning to make. Also, please send screenshots of the current
> implementations (the PHP application and the local DHIS2 module).
>
> Thanks,
> Knut
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Kim Anh,
>> Before going ahead with this can you please provide a mock up/drawing of
>> how you want to see the data entry form? That will better communicate your
>> requirements to all of us and avoid any confusion.
>> Thanks,
>> Ola
>> -------
>> On Feb 29, 2012 4:37 PM, "Kim-Anh Vo" <catakim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> There is a requirement from the local Mother-Child (Maternal) program
>>> in Vietnam:
>>> data-element boolean type with checkbox for entry (not combobox).
>>>
>>> The requirement based on the current systems (paper and web-solution -
>>> which is very limited for long-term use in the field and that's why
>>> DHIS2-tracking is counted for replacement) with checkboxes is very
>>> familiar/friendly to the users and necessary for further aggregate
>>> data in the reports. So, the development/customization of
>>> DHIS2-tracking for Vietnam, (esp. the entry-form(maternal form) which
>>> is the data-input) requires on-going adaptation.
>>> Moreover, DHIS2-tracking global and local should be synchronized if
>>> possible, so I'd like to suggest this as the first requirement from
>>> Vietnam.
>>>
>>> That would be good for us to have this approved (in order to have Tran
>>> to develop) so that we could move on.
>>>
>>> Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks!
>>>
>>> P.S: I also Cc this email to Tran for further follow-ups
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Kim-Anh Vo
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Knut Staring
> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
> +4791880522
> http://dhis2.org
>
>


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Best regards,
Kim-Anh Vo