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eConsent administered by Community Health Workers in a study using the Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design-Experiences from the Community-Based chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL) project

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In Lesotho, a study used electronic consent (eConsent) to improve data collection for a project involving community health workers (CHWs) who help manage type 2 diabetes and hypertension in remote villages. Over 100 CHWs, both caregivers and data collectors, used a tablet-based system to present simplified consent information and collect signatures electronically. This … [Read more...] about eConsent administered by Community Health Workers in a study using the Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design-Experiences from the Community-Based chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL) project