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H3Africa PHWG Data Collection Toolkit - General Medical History v2.0

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posted on 2022-11-14, 14:19 authored by Liberata Mwita, Upendo Masamu, Lyndon ZassLyndon Zass, Katherine JohnstonKatherine Johnston, Taryn Allie

Description

The General Medical History (GMH) toolkit can be used to collect essential phenotypes associated with GMH research, including: medical history related to allergies, pregnancy(ies), surgeries, vision and hearing disorders, mental disorders, respiratory system disorders, nervous system disorders, musculoskeletal system disorders, endocrine system disorders, digestive system disorders, cardiovascular system disorders, urogenital system disorders, circulatory system disorders, integumentary system disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, and developmental disorders. 

Administration

The phenotype protocols contained in the toolkit are Interviewer/Self-administered questionnaires. The toolkit is applicable to human participants of all life stages, though some phenotype protocols are age-specific. For more information on administration of the toolkit, see the toolkit guideline.

References

The toolkit consists of both existing and novel data collection standards, and was based on several existing resources. These resources are listed below:

  1. Protocol - Immunizations (www.phenxtoolkit.org/protocols/view/161001)

Funding

H3ABioNet: a sustainable African Bioinformatics Network for H3Africa

National Human Genome Research Institute

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Department/Unit

Computational Biology, University of Cape Town