Hi, you can actually have combo boxes, by defining Option Sets (Data Administration => Option Set) and choosing option set when creating the data element.
By the way, I just learnt that Uganda is also adding a child death form as well, not just maternal death. Olav Den 25. mai 2012 kl. 11:17 skrev Wilson,Randy: > Hi Olav, > > Thanks for the tip on using the anonymous event – and creating a name as one > of the attributes. That will save a step of registering beneficiaries first. > Also we couldn’t figure out how to remove some of the pre-defined > beneficiary attributes (such as blood type) that is a required field, so that > will get us around that issue. > > We’ll let the group know how this works, since many countries are trying to > introduce/decentralize death audits and having a web interface linked to DHIS > is ideal. > > One limitation that we have for the moment is the lack of support for > combo-boxes for many of the data element attributes. We’re currently storing > the responses as numbers, but that won’t help much when it comes to analysis. > For example: > > Respiratory frequency of child on admission: > (1) less than 40 breaths/minute > (2) 40 to 50 breaths/minute > (3) more than 60 breaths/minute > (4) not recorded > > I remember Bob Jolliffe indicating that this could be emulated by creating > data element groups, but I’m not sure how practical that would be. There are > quite a few such questions. > > Randy Wilson > > > From: Olav [mailto:op.registrer...@me.com] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:07 AM > To: Wilson,Randy > Cc: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Dhis2-users] DHIS-2 for child death audit forms > > Hi, > not aware of any child death audit forms, but in Uganda they are working on a > maternal death audit. > > There are actually three separate supported use cases. As you say, the first > is for programmes with multiple cases. There is also the option of choosing > the "Single Event" option when creating a programme, which will create a > programme for a single event. Finally, you can choose "Single event" and > "Anonymous", which will create a programme that does not require registration > of beneficiaries before data entry. Although the name is "anonymous", nothing > prevents you from creating a data element for name etc, but it is not linked > to a beneficiary. In Ghana, the "anonymous" events are used for registering > deliveries and in-patient cases for example. > > I guess in you cases, either a single event programme (with beneficiary > registration) or single event anonymous is what you are looking for. > > Agree that beneficiary is not the best name for a dead child, and it's > actually decided to change "Beneficiary" to "Person" throughout DHIS. > > Olav > > > Den 25. mai 2012 kl. 09:24 skrev Wilson,Randy: > > > Has anyone used DHIS-2 to enter child death audit forms? We’re working on > this in Rwanda and thought we would check on other country experiences first. > We planned to use the name-based data entry for individual records, but it > seems like calling deceased children ‘beneficiaries’ is a bit drole. They > are not enrolled in a program for multiple contacts, which seems to be the > purpose of the name-based data entry module. > > Any other suggestions? > > Randy Wilson > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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