Implementation of a Computerized Tablet‐Survey in an Adolescent Large‐Scale, School‐Based Study

• Published in: The Journal of school health Vol. 87; no. 7; pp. 506 - 512
• Main Authors: Delk, Joanne, Harrell, Melissa B., Fakhouri, Tala H.I., Muir, Katelyn A., Perry, Cheryl L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.07.2017; Wiley-Blackwell; American School Health Association; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; adolescent health; Adolescents; Computerization; Computers; Computers, Handheld; Exposure; Feasibility; Female; Handheld Devices; Health aspects; Health Behavior; High School Students; Humans; Identification; Interviews as Topic - methods; Inventories; Item Analysis; Male; Marketing; Marketing - methods; Middle School Students; Nursing; Online Surveys; Pictorial Stimuli; Polls & surveys; Questionnaires; Schools; school‐based research; Smoking; Smoking - psychology; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Students; Students - psychology; Students - statistics & numerical data; survey administration; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tablet computer; Tablet computers; Tablets; Teenagers; Tobacco; Tobacco products; tobacco use; Youth; survey administration; school-based research; tobacco use; adolescent health

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Computerized surveys present many advantages over paper surveys. However, school‐based adolescent research questionnaires still mainly rely on paper‐and‐pencil surveys as access to computers in schools is often not practical. Tablet‐assisted self‐interviews (TASI) present a possi...