Population health surveys are an important tool to effectively allocate limited resources in low resource communities. In such an environment, surveys are often done by local population with pen and paper. Data thus collected is difficult to tabulate and analyze. We conducted a series of interviews and experiments in the Philippines to assess if mobile forms can be a viable and more efficient survey method. We first conducted pilot interviews and found 60% of the local surveyors actually preferred mobile forms over paper. We then built a software that can generate mobile forms that are easy to use, capable of working offline, and able to track key metrics such as time to complete questions. Our mobile form was field tested in three locations in the Philippines with 33 surveyors collecting health survey responses from 266 subjects. The percentage of surveyors preferring mobile forms increased to 76% after just using the form a few times. The results demonstrate our mobile form is a viable method to conduct large scale population health surveys in a low resource environment.

翻译：人口健康调查是在低资源社区有效分配有限资源的重要工具。在此类环境中，调查通常由当地人口使用纸笔完成，由此收集的数据难以进行制表和分析。我们在菲律宾开展了一系列访谈和实验，以评估移动表单能否成为更高效且可行的调查方法。首先通过试点访谈发现，60%的本地调查员更倾向于使用移动表单而非纸质表单。随后我们开发了一款软件，可生成易于使用、支持离线工作并能追踪完成问题时间等关键指标的移动表单。该移动表单在菲律宾三个地点进行了现场测试，33名调查员采集了266名受访者的健康调查数据。在仅使用几次移动表单后，偏好使用移动表单的调查员比例升至76%。结果表明，移动表单是在低资源环境中开展大规模人口健康调查的可行方法。