Christian Lengeler|Donald De Savigny|Hassan Mshinda|C Mayombana|S Tayari|Christoph Hatz|A Degrémont|Marcel Tanner
Community-Based Questionnaires and Health Statistics as Tools for the Cost-Efficient Identification of communities at Risk of Urinary Schistosomiasis
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute|Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
selfadministered questionnaires distributed existing administrative channels village party chairmen headteachers schoolchildren showed good diagnostic performance qualitative assessment urinary schistosomiasis endemicity cost 34 times whorecommended parasitological screening strategy schoolchildrens questionnaire allowed screening 75 77 schools rural tanzanian district six weeks exclusion schools high risk urinary schistosomiasis 90 confidence headteacher party questionnaires made possible assess perceived importance spectrum diseases symptoms among schistosomiasis priority rank schistosomiasis control strongly correlated prevalence rate disease community questionnaires also looked prioritization health among community issues thus contributed important information planning district level standardized monthly disease reports sent primary health services also analysed allowed zonal schistosomiasis endemicity classification