Evaluation of Mechanisms to Improve Performance of Mobile Phone Surveys in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Research Protocol

Dustin G Gibson   ^{1 *} , MS, PhD ;   George William Pariyo   ^{1 *} , MBChB, PhD ;   Adaeze C Wosu   ² , MPH ;   Abigail R Greenleaf   ³ , MPH ;   Joseph Ali   ⁴ , JD ;   Saifuddin Ahmed   ³ , PhD ;   Alain B Labrique   ¹ , MHS, MS, PhD ;   Khaleda Islam   ⁵ , MMed, MPH, MBBS ;   Honorati Masanja   ⁶ , MSc, PhD ;   Elizeus Rutebemberwa   ⁷ , MBChB, MPH, PhD ;   Adnan A Hyder   ^{1, 4} , MD, MPH, PhD

¹ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁴ Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁵ Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁶ Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

⁷ Makerere University School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Science, Kampala, Uganda

*these authors contributed equally