Roger, FYI – This is very helpful; thanks for pointing it out. FWIW, different programs have different definitions of "household" so the household module needs to allow for those definitions to vary (i.e., there can be different types of households). Ultimately, we could envision taking lessons learned from the household module to build up the power of cohorts within OpenMRS to accommodate households and even consider cohort-level observations (something that would be a boon for household data, treatment group data, etc.). We've added "Household Module" to the list of topics for the 2011 Implementers Meeting <https://wiki.openmrs.org/x/cQNLAQ> in order to explore the household module as well as how household data might find its way into core over time.
Cheers, -Burke On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Friedman, Roger (CDC/CGH/DGHA) (CTR) < [email protected]> wrote: > Jonah, good work.**** > > ** ** > > Yesterday I had the opportunity to see a presentation by and talk to one of > the members of the international activities group of the US Census Bureau. > They, MEASURE and ICF Macro are particularly active in building Census > capacity in Africa. I asked him particularly about issues relating to the > definition of a household, and he referred me to a UN document, > http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/SeriesM/Seriesm_67rev2e.pdf. > Starting at p.100, this document has some basic definitions (person, > household, living quarters) which may be useful in defining some data > elements for the household or for the relationship between the patient and > the household. It provides a structure for handling some of the special > cases -- homelessness, refugee camps, institutional quarters. By aligning > our data with Census data, we can make better use of GIS and identify > catchment areas/populations to measure the reach of the health system.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Darius > Jazayeri > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:25 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OPENMRS-DEV] Household Module v 1.0.0**** > > ** ** > > Hi Jonah,**** > > ** ** > > This will be exciting to see! Is the module ready to upload to the Module > Repository?**** > > ** ** > > -Darius**** > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Jonah S. Mwogi <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hi All, > > I am glad to inform you that Household module version 1.0.0 is committed > into the svn <http://svn.openmrs.org/openmrs-modules/household>. You can > now checkout the most recent copy, compile and test. > Documentation on the openmrs > wiki<https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Household+Module>will be filled in > tomorrow with sample screen shots. > > Tickets that relate to this module can be created in the provided > link<https://tickets.openmrs.org/browse/HSHOLD>. > > > This module forms our first step towards capturing household level data in > openmrs for clinical decision support. I look forward to seeing more > programmers/implementors help support/improve this module as well as > integrate it with other modules e.g. HTMLFormEntry module to be able to > realize its intended vision. > Hope you find the work done in it a step towards the realization of > comprehensive care in health care. > > Thanks, > -- > *Jonah S. Mwogi > System Engineer/AMRS programmer > Ampath Centre - Eldoret Kenya***** > ------------------------------ > > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list > **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list > **** > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list > _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
