All posts by Chrissy h.

Encryption

All LSHTM Open Data Kit forms need to be fully encrypted in order to comply with the GDPR.
The attached documents explain how to implement encryption in your forms.
Any and all data currently stored on LSHTM ODK servers which is not encrypted should be downloaded from the server and…

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Project Report : Quantitative study to assess the appropriateness of 3 physical capacity tests for field use in Malawi

Talia Cox, LSHTM MSc student, 2016/2017

Stunting is a form of chronic malnutrition defined by a low height-for-age. Worldwide, stunting affects approximately 165 million children under 5. Stunting has been associated with impaired physical capacity as poor nutrition in early-life impacts physical development as well as…

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Project Report : Health needs of an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú

 
Health needs of an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú

by María Calderón,

MSc. in Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2016/17

 

Amantani is one of the islands located in Lake Titicaca in the region of Puno, in the southern…

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SSL Certificates / Trust Issues

A few users have recently had problems connecting to our servers via ODK collect.

The error mentions a CertPathValidatorException

This happened because we recently renewed the SSL certificate for ODK and our latest certificates use a different Certification Authority (CA) to the previous one. Most likely what was happening here…

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Media assisted data entry

One of our users was interested in using ACASI  (audio computer-assisted data entry) for a survey. This is easy to do in ODK.

 

This link will allow you to download an example survey which uses both audio and video assistance.

The survey contains two questions, the first has…

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