Madhavan Sangeetha, Collinson Mark, Townsend Nicholas W, Kahn Kathleen, Tollman Stephen M
PhD, Department of African-American Studies and Maryland Population and Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand.
Demogr Res. 2007 Nov 27;17(13):369-388. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.13.
Demographic surveillance systems (DSS) depend on community acceptance and involvement to produce high quality longitudinal data. Ensuring community support also exposes power relations usually concealed in the research process. We discuss the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System in South Africa to argue that: 1) long-term presence and community involvement contribute to high response rates and data quality, 2) to maintain community support the project must demonstrate its usefulness, 3) reporting to community members provides valuable checks on the local relevance and comprehension of questions, and 4) community opinion can modify both wording and content of research questions.
人口监测系统（DSS）依赖社区的接受和参与来产生高质量的纵向数据。确保社区支持也会揭示通常隐藏在研究过程中的权力关系。我们通过讨论南非阿金库尔健康与人口监测系统来论证：1）长期存在和社区参与有助于提高应答率和数据质量；2）为维持社区支持，该项目必须证明其有用性；3）向社区成员汇报可为研究问题在当地的相关性和可理解性提供有价值的检验；4）社区意见能够修改研究问题的措辞和内容。
