• Most learners (76 and 60%) EXPERIENCED NO TROUBLE with the Palm device
• Most learners (83 and 68%) enjoyed using the Palm device VERY MUCH
• 25 and 41% of learners estimated that they made NO MISTAKES and 48 and 25% made FEW MISTAKES
• Most learners (87 and 66%) assessed Palm entry to be VERY EASY
• Most learners (53 and 60%) were NOT WORRIED about someone else seeing responses to questions about sexual behavior
• Most learners preferred Palm device entry (87 and 68%) to Paper entry (2 and 13%)
• Most learners thought that Palm device data entry (89 and 66%) is MORE CONFIDENTIAL IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX versus paper entry (11 and 9%)
• Most learners thought the Palm device (83 and 64%) PROMOTED TRUTHFUL ANSWERS versus the paper questionnaire (4 and 4%)

General Observations

• Field workers and learners `preferred’ the Palm questionnaire
• Classes with the paper questionnaire were more rowdy and out of control than those with the Palm questionnaire
• Interviewees can’t see how long the questionnaire is on the Palm device
• More general complaints with the paper questionnaire

Conclusions
To date, we have completed about 10,000 questionnaires with PDACT. Based on our experience with PDACT, we conclude that handheld data collection is a highly appropriate, affordable and convenient technology for health data collection in resource-poor and developed settings alike.

(Some) Benefits

• Easier questionnaire setup and management
• Automatically generates database
• More confidential
• Easier to use in remote and resource-poor settings
• Much faster data turnaround time
• Probably reduces transcription errors